Keir Starmer chooses jaw jaw over trade war with Trump
There used to be a sign up in No. 10 which quoted Gilbert and Sullivan. ‘Quiet calm deliberation disentangles every…
Andrew Rosindell defects to Reform
Reform UK has gained its seventh MP after Andrew Rosindell switched sides on Sunday night. The longtime Member for Romford…
Robert Jenrick joins Reform
Robert Jenrick has rounded off an extraordinary day on the British right by formally joining Reform. Sacked by Kemi Badenoch…
Kemi sacks Robert Jenrick
Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the Tory whip and suspended his party membership. In…
Starmer’s gags fail to save his PMQs
It used to be said that Keir Starmer had a magic lamp, such was his fortune in opposition. If this…
Why Ed Davey is happy being boring
The Sopranos is not an obvious starting point when discussing the Liberal Democrats. But a TV programme about mafia, murder…
Why Nadhim Zahawi joined Reform
How many Tories is too many? That’s the question that Westminster is asking after the unveiling of Reform’s latest defector.…
Labour’s next rebellion
When Bridget Phillipson arrived at the Department for Education, she knew which issue would define her tenure. Within days, she…
Can Laila Cunningham win London for Reform?
Laila Cunningham has been unveiled as Reform’s candidate for the 2028 London mayoralty race. Cunningham, who was elected as a…
Is Labour’s ‘war on farmers’ cranking up a gear?
After a difficult year for No. 10, what better way to end it than by unveiling a nice package of…
Keir Starmer just declared war on the lobby
This evening, Downing Street has announced a major overhaul of the ‘lobby’ briefing system. Currently, accredited political reporters are invited…
Keir Starmer’s union woes just got worse
During the dying days of Rishi Sunak’s regime, Labour politicians liked to encourage the idea that a change of government…
Starmer’s liaison committee grilling revealed three things
Today’s liaison committee meeting was not one for the history books. It was a fairly lacklustre affair, with some of…
Will Keir still be Prime Minister in a year?
Keir Starmer will start the new year as he means to go on: by attempting to convince his troops that…
Farage and Bardella’s small boats pact
What will European politics look like in 2029? Nigel Farage is hoping that it resembles something like the pictures he…
Lammy’s jury reforms face an uphill battle
If you speak to Labour MPs about looming battles in the new year, most are quick to mention the elections…
The meaning of Lord Offord’s defection
Malcolm Offord has today quit Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives to join Reform UK. The peer was unveiled at a press conference…
Will Robert Jenrick join Reform?
For more than a decade, Westminster has been obsessing about whether Nigel Farage will do a deal with the Tories.…
Lammy unveils plans to slash jury trials
David Lammy has this afternoon set out his plans in parliament to drastically reduce the use of jury trials in…
Starmer’s China policy seems stuck in the past
Prior to entering No. 10, Keir Starmer had little experience of foreign affairs. Yet in office, the subject has consumed…
Richard Hughes quits as OBR chairman
They think it’s all OBR – it is now. Political journalists should always be wary of that word ‘inevitable’. But…
Starmer defends Rachel Reeves over Budget ‘lies’
Much of Rachel Reeves’s Budget was unprecedented: the leaking, the speculation and the OBR accidentally uploading its details an hour…
Zack Polanski is the real winner of the Your Party conference
After two days of discord and division, Your Party has voted and it finally has a name – Your Party.…
Reeves’s ‘lying’ denials are only the start
Four days after a Budget is usually the time when it starts to unravel. Some within Labour see it as…
The ‘Your Party’ conference is a mess
It used to be said that the old Liberal party had so few MPs that they could fit in the…
