Will the Covid inquiry teach us anything?
The Covid inquiry has published the third of its ten (ten!) modules today, this time focused on how the healthcare…
Starmer doesn’t have a handle on his job as Prime Minister
Keir Starmer had an appalling performance at Prime Minister’s Questions today. It was summarised very well later in the session…
Starmer and Badenoch were like squabbling kids at PMQs
Prime Minister’s Questions today saw a leader under repeated attack for a ‘screeching U-turn’ and their suitability to be Prime…
Badenoch attacks Starmer’s Iran response at PMQs
Kemi Badenoch used Prime Minister’s Questions to accuse the government of being flat-footed in its response to the war in…
More reviews won’t fix the NHS’s failing maternity services
NHS maternity services are in crisis: everyone knows that. In fact, everyone has known a lot more than that for…
Badenoch savaged Starmer at PMQs
Kemi Badenoch was on savage form at Prime Minister’s Questions. The leader of the opposition has generally improved her performance…
Why ministers want to talk about Andrew
This afternoon’s Commons debate on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was unusual for all kinds of reasons. It was not just that the…
Keir Starmer doesn’t know how close his government is to collapse
Today’s unemployment figures aren’t just a reminder of the mess the government has made of the jobs market with its…
What could a Starmer government possibly achieve now?
What is the point of Keir Starmer’s government now? Morgan McSweeney’s departure may have been an attempt by the Prime…
Do MPs really want to save the Houses of Parliament?
Is there a building in Britain more important than the Palace of Westminster? Depending on who you listen to today,…
The question Starmer didn’t want to answer about Peter Mandelson
Prime Minister’s Questions today highlighted Keir Starmer’s weakness, and not just when it comes to Peter Mandelson. The Prime Minister…
Met launches criminal investigation into Peter Mandelson
Once again, Keir Starmer’s government has ended up talking about scandal, rather than policy: something the Prime Minister once levelled…
For once, David Lammy had a good DPMQs
Today’s Deputy Prime Minister’s Questions was a particularly low-rent affair. Andrew Griffith was the Tory sent out to question David…
Starmer blocks Burnham from parliament
Keir Starmer has blocked Andy Burnham from running for parliament, with the party’s National Executive Committee voting 8-1 against his…
Keir Starmer talked tough on Trump at PMQs
Keir Starmer tried to use Prime Minister’s Questions today to deliver what he hoped was a tough new line on…
Nigel Farage was the winner of PMQs – and he wasn’t even there
‘He has got no choice but to be here for Prime Minister’s Questions! That’s why he’s here. If he could…
It’s a bit rich for Keir Starmer to urge ministers to hold their nerve
Before Keir Starmer managed to escape Westminster for the relative safety of a European summit discussing war, the Prime Minister…
Badenoch – and Starmer – should work on their PMQs jokes
Kemi Badenoch and Keir Starmer conformed to time-honoured tradition today at Prime Minister’s Questions by producing lots of jokes that…
Ministers mull overhauling public inquiries
Do you have an issue you care about? You should probably be calling for a public inquiry into it, then.…
Where is the violence against women and girls strategy?
There was a revealing moment in today’s Liaison Committee session with Keir Starmer where the Prime Minister was asked about…
Badenoch still has a Herculean task ahead of her
Kemi Badenoch’s good form at Prime Minister’s Questions continues. The Tory leader visibly enjoyed herself again today as she feasted…
From grooming gangs to maternity safety: how the British state is failing
Is anyone happy with the latest maternity safety report, published by Baroness Amos today? The former UN diplomat says the…
Kemi Badenoch is enjoying herself
Kemi Badenoch had plenty to work with at Prime Minister’s Questions today. She opened with the departure of the head…
Badenoch’s PMQs attack ran out of steam
Kemi Badenoch had two chances to attack the government today: first at Prime Minister’s Questions, and then again in response…
Starmer did even worse than Badenoch at PMQs
Neither Kemi Badenoch nor Keir Starmer performed very well at Prime Minister’s Questions: both fluffed their lines early on. Badenoch…
