John Healey’s ‘Nero’ Budget was a missed opportunity
John Healey and the Emperor Nero do not have much in common. Yet the Roman emperor has given the Chancellor…
Burghart: Veterans’ Bill risks Britain’s place in the world
In an office stuffed full of books, Alex Burghart sits back in his chair, sipping on a mug of tea.…
Nigel Farage: ‘Kemi has had the easiest ride of any Tory leader in my lifetime’
What’s so frustrating about the last three or four months is you might have got the impression of chaos but…
Blair aide to write Burnham’s Ten Year plan
Expectations are ramping up for John Healey’s statement next week. But with Treasury officials briefing that the Budget will be…
‘My contacts are my superpower’: An interview with Andrew Griffith
If the facts of life are conservative then Andrew Griffith is the man entrusted to remind voters of that truth.…
The minor party leaders are in major peril
After the silly season comes the serious stuff. On Monday, parliament returns after a bumper five-party conference season. But while…
Revealed: Reform’s new media strategy
After a tricky few months for Nigel Farage’s party, Reform UK is fighting back. Senior figures have spent the summer…
Labour’s by-election triumph is a sign of Burnham’s signal achievement
Labour has comfortably won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election with 45 per cent of the vote, leaving Zack Polanski…
Badenoch’s speech marks the return of conviction politics
Most conference speeches are significant for only one moment. Kemi Badenoch’s address to the Tory faithful today had two of…
Have the Conservatives found ‘the right way’?
Kemi Badenoch often likes to claim that the Conservative Party is her ‘family’ and there is plenty of evidence to…
Exclusive: Tory MP met Reform treasurer at defection peak
The Conservative Party conference is well underway in Birmingham, with Kemi Badenoch making the first of two speeches to the…
Harold Wilson is the new Labour lodestar
After Andy Burnham’s speech at the Labour party conference on Tuesday, one veteran factionalist declared: ‘We are all Burnhamites now.’…
The four words missing from Zack Polanski’s conference speech
Zack Polanski has just finished his leader’s speech at the Green party conference in Brighton. It has been an extraordinary…
Burnham has no idea what kind of EU relationship he wants
Labour conference is done and dusted, and Andy Burnham will be a happy man. His speech yesterday went down well…
Can Burnham now sell Britain the vision of his promised land?
Andy Burnham has just finished his first speech as Labour leader. The Prime Minister delivered the message his party craved:…
Burnham delays social care reform this parliament
The Labour Party conference gets underway in Liverpool today, with Andy Burnham giving his big sit-down interview to Laura Kuenssberg…
Can Andy Burnham resist the techlash?
If Andy Burnham wants a reminder of the case for artificial intelligence (AI), he need only walk down the streets…
Can the Lib Dems hold their nerve?
In Brighton Rock, Graham Greene’s 1938 work has two characters debating whether people can truly change. Rose, the naïve, tragic café…
Does Andrew Griffith have what it takes?
Appointments to the shadow cabinet recall Ernest Shackleton’s job advert to cross the Antarctic. ‘Men wanted for hazardous journey, small…
Can Reform in Wales turn it around?
The Reform group in the Welsh parliament has just had a nightmare 24 hours. On the first day that the…
Bardella offers Britain European olive branch
In Birmingham, Reform UK has begun its conference amid a wave of allegations that has forced Nigel Farage to suspend…
Badenoch promotes top Jenrick backer
With the shadow cabinet reshuffle completed, Kemi Badenoch is now turning her attention to the junior ranks. One of the…
The thinking behind Badenoch’s reshuffle
The scale of yesterday’s shadow cabinet reshuffle has taken most Tories by surprise, given a report by the Daily Telegraph…
Katie Lam gets Cleverly’s old brief
Of all the 26 Tory MPs elected in the new intake, none has grabbed more headlines than Katie Lam. A…
Badenoch bets on a new economy team
Today is the day that Kemi Badenoch settles all family business. A Tory reshuffle that was expected to be small…
