Starmer loses another defence minister
To lose one defence minister might be regarded as misfortune; to lose two looks like carelessness. Al Carns has followed…
How Reform is preparing for a snap election
As the Labour government continues to tear itself apart, Thursday 18 June has assumed a much greater significance than any…
Inside the new Conservative Headquarters
The great and the good of the Conservative party turned out last night to mark the opening of the new…
James Murray is facing his first big test
James Murray, who replaced Wes Streeting as health secretary 13 days ago, is facing a fresh round of strikes by…
Farage’s plan to win over the left
The loudest man in politics knows when to keep his silence. Nigel Farage held his tongue on Monday as Keir…
Wes Streeting finally resigns
After days of deliberation, Wes Streeting has finally quit Keir Starmer’s government. At the stroke of 1 p.m., the Ilford…
Keir Starmer looked utterly miserable during the King’s Speech
This King’s Speech will live long in the memory: not for its contents, but for its context. The long-planned state…
Keir Starmer is done
This morning’s cabinet meeting was one for the ages. At 9.30 a.m., British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was greeted by…
Keir Starmer’s position is looking increasingly untenable
Things are moving very fast in Westminster this evening. More than 60 Labour MPs are publicly calling on the Prime…
Starmer is shedding support across Labour
By inclination, tradition and design, the Labour Party is much less prone to toppling leaders than their Conservative counterparts. There…
Labour MP: I’ll challenge Starmer for leader
In the aftermath of Thursday’s shellacking, a steady stream of Labour MPs have been coming out and calling on Keir…
Farage is the local election winner – again
It was a little before 3 a.m that Nigel Farage sauntered in to the spin room at Millbank Tower, where…
Kemi Badenoch: ‘I’m the one holding Labour to account’
It is 11:26 a.m. and Kemi Badenoch is on her second drink of the day. The Tory leader is out…
Is Reform now Scotland’s leading unionist party?
In Scotland, a changing of the guard is near. But while Hearts are set to break the duopoly of Celtic…
‘Even Corbyn at his worst never lost here’: how bad will it be for Labour in Wales?
Of all Labour’s heartlands, none has more mythos or magic than Wales. Its history of pits and pulpits produced Nye…
Starmer squirms on Mandelson debacle
Keir Starmer is enduring perhaps his most uncomfortable afternoon in the House Commons since being elected Britain’s Prime Minister. He…
Olly Robbins sacked over Mandelson scandal
The Mandelson scandal claims yet another victim. Late on Thursday night, Olly Robbins was sacked from his post as the…
Did Starmer mislead MPs over Mandelson?
It is the cardinal rule of British politics: never lie to parliament. For, as Boris Johnson found to his cost,…
Trump is making life increasingly hard for his allies
Here is a fun one: what do Giorgia Meloni, Pope Leo XIV, Ed Miliband and the Cato Institute all have…
Reform aim to weaponise the ‘Boriswave’
With three weeks to go until the local elections, Reform are back campaigning on their favourite subject: migration. Having talked…
Orbán concedes defeat in Hungary
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded election victory in Hungary after 16 years in power, with the opposition on course…
The Tory-fication of Reform
Nigel Farage likes a gamble. Crypto bros and hedge-fund managers bankroll his enterprises; his social circle is filled with traders,…
Starmer was plodding and peevish at PMQs
One of the great gifts in politics is the capacity to surprise. Kemi Badenoch, again, demonstrated her ability in this…
Badenoch goes traditional at Tory local launch
The Tories launched their local election campaign this morning, with a beaming Kemi Badenoch surrounded by rows of flag-waving party…
Angela Rayner’s warning to Shabana Mahmood over migrant crackdown
Shabana Mahmood made an impressive start as Home Secretary. Within her first 100 days, she had set out a tough…
