Sue Gray’s appointment is bad for public life and bad for Labour
Why did Keir Starmer not foresee the outrage that his chief of staff appointment would trigger?
BySue Gray
Weaponising Sue Gray’s Labour affiliation will not end well for the Tories
The civil servant is a shrewd choice as Keir Starmer’s new chief of staff – it raises the spectre of…
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Sue Gray’s appointment as chief of staff is a coup for Keir Starmer
The recruitment of the feared civil servant is a signal of Labour’s determination to clean up politics.
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Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the “deep state”
Why authoritarians use conspiracy theories to distract from their own failures.
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“They make fun of us”: Government cleaners respond to the Sue Gray report
Long treated with contempt, Whitehall cleaners have dealt with vomit, faeces and bloodstains.
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Criticising the government isn’t journalistic bias – it goes with the job
Boris Johnson and his party have weaponised their own definition of impartiality, to the detriment of democracy.
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Boris Johnson has remade the British government in his own shambolic image
This government, like the man who leads it, has no higher mission than to win the next election.
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Sue Gray report pulls distrust in UK politicians down to expenses scandal levels
Boris Johnson’s partygate scandal has fomented a deep apathy among voters.
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No 10 officials need to stand up to Boris Johnson, not appease him
If unchallenged, the Prime Minister will further contaminate the culture of the civil service with partygate, just as he has…
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Will the Sue Gray report finally unseat Boris Johnson?
The Prime Minister is struggling to hang on to party support, but the Tories are yet to find a suitable…
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Boris Johnson has proved once again that he has no shame
Any other Prime Minister would have resigned long ago. It will be up to voters to remove Johnson – and…
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Is the Sue Gray report damning enough for Tories to turn on Boris Johnson?
The civil servant’s findings will only lead to a leadership contest if it serves the self-interest of Conservative MPs.
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Courts, rivers, teeth: No 10 has shed its responsibilities
This government once had a big idea but, hampered by the pandemic and its own melodrama, it has become directionless.
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Sue Gray: the civil servant who could bring down Boris Johnson
The civil servant once nicknamed “deputy god” for her power around Whitehall is expected to publish her report into “partygate” as soon…
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Boris Johnson hasn’t got the “big calls” right
Brexit, Covid and Ukraine all reveal further failures by the Prime Minister, not successes.
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Tory MPs now have no excuse not to remove Boris Johnson
We do not need to wait for Sue Gray’s full report, or the police investigation, to know that the Prime…
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Sue Gray’s report leaves a bomb under Boris Johnson
It is now far harder for Downing Street to draw a line under the affair without ending Johnson’s premiership.
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Boris Johnson may survive – but only by doing yet more damage to the UK
In his desperate bid to cling to office, the Prime Minister is now being ably aided and abetted by the…
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Is the Met incompetent or does it just not care?
The force’s actions over Partygate will look to many people like a cover-up.
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Why Sue Gray’s report might not bring down Boris Johnson
Conservative MPs prepared to give the Prime Minister another chance may outnumber the rebels.
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