Starmer’s tears show why he failed as PM
Keir Starmer looked visibly emotional as he walked up to the lectern in Downing Street this morning. The Prime Minister…
David Lammy’s heart wasn’t in DPMQs
Claire Coutinho emerged as the Tory frontbencher taking deputy prime minister’s questions today, with the shadow energy secretary focusing on…
Will Burnham avoid the Starmer trap?
Voters in Makerfield haven’t even gone to the polling stations, but already the Labour leadership contest is well into a…
Keir Starmer’s weakness was on display at PMQs
Prime Minister’s Questions today was ostensibly about the Defence Investment Plan – or its absence. But Kemi Badenoch was really…
Starmer is in survival mode – but for what purpose?
Keir Starmer is using this morning’s cabinet meeting to underline the message he has been sending to more junior ministers…
The irony of Keir Starmer’s plan to fund defence
Where could the government possibly find the money to fund its defence investment plan (DIP)? That question has been the…
Burnham’s leadership ambitions have fooled no one
Andy Burnham finally confirmed last night that he is indeed standing for the Labour leadership – just in case anyone…
Emotional politicians create bad policies
We have now reached the stage of political debate around Henry Nowak’s murder where politicians are talking more about tone…
Starmer and Badenoch can’t avoid the politics of Henry Nowak’s death
Kemi Badenoch clearly decided that it would be difficult to call for calm around the Henry Nowak case, and then…
No one wants to be honest about social care
It’s refreshing that social care has become a topic over which the putative Labour leadership contenders are prepared to scrap,…
Streeting has abandoned the NHS like everyone else
As well as making noises about wealth taxes that sound suspiciously similar to the kind of thing Andy Burnham would…
It’s no surprise Starmer’s ‘pompous’ tone annoys voters
Keir Starmer probably found it vaguely comforting that today’s Prime Minister’s Questions at least gave the impression that he is…
Starmer’s King’s Speech response bore little resemblance to reality
Like the rest of the King’s Speech, Keir Starmer’s address on the government’s legislative agenda had been prepared long before…
Jess Phillips’s resignation will be particularly painful for Starmer
All three of the resignation letters from ministers who have quit government in the past couple of hours will be…
It’s all too late for Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer’s big survival speech could never be big enough to save him as Prime Minister. Whether he ends up…
Keir Starmer hasn’t done enough to save himself
The final Prime Minister’s Questions of a parliamentary session is often quite a demob-happy affair with a pantomime atmosphere. Today’s,…
What is the argument for keeping Keir Starmer?
For something that’s apparently only a ‘desperate political stunt’, Keir Starmer is taking the looming vote on whether to refer…
Did Keir Starmer watch the same Olly Robbins as me?
It will come as no surprise that Keir Starmer appears to have heard a very different evidence session from Sir…
Olly Robbins hits back over Mandelson’s vetting
Sir Olly Robbins has only been giving evidence to the foreign affairs committee for 20 minutes, and already he has…
Lee Anderson and Zarah Sultana are two sides of the same coin
What a funny pair Lee Anderson and Zarah Sultana are: so vehemently opposed to one another’s politics and yet so…
Starmer wants to ask, not answer, the questions at PMQs
Keir Starmer gave six responses to questions about Lord Robertson’s defence spending comments today, none of which addressed the criticism…
Why I still watch PMQs
Is Prime Minister’s Questions past it? We frequently ask this question in Westminster when the Wednesday lunchtime ding-dong between the…
Will Starmer fix any of Britain’s big problems?
George Robertson’s critique of the government’s reluctance to commit to proper defence spending is deeply politically inconvenient for Keir Starmer.…
Is Britain falling out of love with the NHS?
Why is Wes Streeting launching a report that argues the NHS doesn’t need to change its funding model? The Health…
Has Starmer run into trouble with the defence investment plan?
One of the key rites of passage for all modern prime ministers is losing their temper a little during an…
