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The Tories’ collapse has hurt Labour
In Reform, Keir Starmer faces an opponent without a record
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At London’s anti-Trump rally, I sensed the death of liberal England
Condemning the president has become passé
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Combustible Britain
As unrest grows on the nation’s streets, Keir Starmer must hold off civil war in his own cabinet
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The missing trusts from the maternity review
Why has the government excluded some of the worst-performing hospital units from its investigation?
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Keir Starmer’s position has never been more fragile
Former loyalists are preparing for a leadership contest before Christmas
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How much danger is Keir Starmer in?
All sides are now preparing for life beyond the Prime Minister.
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The legacy of David Lammy’s “progressive realism”
What can Yvette Cooper learn from her predecessor in the foreign office?
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Tommy Robinson’s day of rage
The Unite the Kingdom protest in London quickly became something much grimmer than a nationalist street party.
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Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney are bound together
The chief of staff’s departure would only intensify questions over the PM’s own future.
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Civil war looms over this brittle Labour government
Peter Mandelson’s sacking has only heightened factional conflict in the party.
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Peter Mandelson must be held accountable, says top US congressman
Representative Ro Khanna is leading efforts to open the “Epstein files” to public scrutiny.
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Peter Mandelson runs out of excuses
The Prime Minister sacks his ambassador – less than a day after defending him in parliament.
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Could the Epstein scandal force him out of politics for a third time?
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To govern is to choose
Keir Starmer’s premiership needs a defining mission around which it can rally both Labour and the country – and it…
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Armando Iannucci’s Strong Message Here can teach the government a lesson
With Labour reeling from Angela Rayner’s resignation and the rise of Reform, it’s going to need all the comms help…
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Lea Ypi: “Labour is committing political suicide”
The Albanian philosopher on No 10’s shift to the right on immigration, her grandmother, and that Spectator article.
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PMQs review: Badenoch hammers Starmer on Mandelson
Keir Starmer struggled to deflect questions about his ambassador’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
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Nobody can replace Angela Rayner
The proposed candidates for Labour’s deputy leadership lack her credibility and charisma.
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David Lammy’s Gaza cowardice
In a letter last week, Lammy said the Foreign Office had concluded Israel’s actions were not a genocide.
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