Downing Street has derailed its own good news agenda
Why did Keir Starmer use his first interview of the season to wade into the St George’s Cross culture war?
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Douglas Carswell has sunk to the gutter
The former MP is far from the only Brit to be sent into a rage spiral by watching X.
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Keir Starmer seeks to grip his government
Staff brought in by the mini-reshuffle will be tasked with jump-starting Whitehall and the Treasury.
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Will Keir Starmer’s shake-up in No 10 make a difference?
The Prime Minister has made Darren Jones his chief economic adviser in the latest change to his top team.
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Has Nigel Farage finally seduced young voters?
There’s been a sea change in attitudes towards the Reform leader.
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The struggle over Epping’s asylum hotel is not over
There were outraged protests outside the Bell Hotel as the ruling to evict its asylum seekers was overturned.
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Did Labour let down abused women?
Jess Phillips needs to decide what matters more: the sector that nurtured her career or women’s lives.
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Labour can’t agree on how to fight Farage
The party is split between Starmerites focused on delivery and a soft left demanding greater radicalism.
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Who is the Green Party for?
After this leadership election, the party will never be the same.
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Keir Starmer should appoint the archbishop of Canterbury
Labour needs to embrace – and use – the power of the Church.
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The truth about the “hostile takeover” of the Green Party
The left has no place in Labour any more.
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What the Bell Hotel closure reveals about the asylum housing stalemate
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
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Journalists in Gaza are accepting a death sentence
Anas al-Sharif is among the hundreds killed by Israel since 7 October 2023.
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What Bridget Phillipson can learn from Conservative education policy
In a new book, the former schools minister Nick Gibb defends a strong, if controversial legacy.
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Shabana Mahmood’s star is rising
By turning the prisons crisis into an opportunity, the Justice Secretary has drawn praise from across the spectrum.
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How Labour fell in love with Dominic Cummings
Five years ago the British left thought dark data Dom was a crank. Now they take his ideas seriously.
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Why can’t we give our prime ministers a break?
Whether mocked for a staged snap or forced to return home, PMs rarely enjoy a holiday.
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Why is Jeremy Corbyn courting Daily Telegraph readers?
His recent attack on Angela Rayner was smart – and ambitious – politics.
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Keir Starmer alienates left and right on Gaza
Discontent has spread to his own cabinet.
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How Britain lost the status game
The country wants its leaders to deliver. What if they can’t anymore?
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