Backlash grows over Sunak’s D-Day mistake
When Rishi Sunak’s team were mapping out this week, Wednesday and Thursday were viewed to be non-political days as the…
Clacton goes wild for Nigel Farage
Farage-mania has come to Clacton-on-Sea this lunchtime. Hundreds of locals gathered around the Essex seaside town’s pier to hear Nigel…
Rishi’s nightmare: YouGov MRP predicts Labour super majority
It never rains but it pours for Rishi Sunak. Less than an hour after Nigel Farage performed a shock U-turn,…
Sunak and Starmer’s plans for battle in first TV debate
The parties are gearing up for their first full week of campaigning since parliament was dissolved on Thursday. This means…
Are any of the party leaders ready to be PM?
Since Rishi Sunak called the election last week, Tory MPs have been in a state of discombobulation. ‘It’s an absolutely…
Why is Starmer now saying that Diane Abbott can stand as an MP?
They say a week is a long time in politics but in the Labour party just three days is enough.…
Starmer purges the Corbynites
One of the first thing Keir Starmer and his team decided to focus on after winning the Labour leadership was…
Rachel Reeves avoids the Miliband trap
Rachel Reeves is out once on the campaign trail once again today as she gives her first major speech since…
Sunak introduces the ‘Triple Lock Plus’
Another day, another big policy pledge from the Tories – and this time it’s a pitch for the grey vote.…
Tory backlash grows over Sunak’s national service pledge
The Conservative campaign pledge to introduce mandatory national service is still dominating the news two days on. Many of Monday’s…
Tories and Labour go to battle on TikTok
The digital election battle is heating up. Just a few days ago the Labour party joined TikTok, the social media…
Sunak: let’s bring back national service
The first big new policy announcement of the election campaign is in from the Tories, and it’s likely to be…
How many Tory big beasts will the Lib Dems oust?
It’s four days since Rishi Sunak surprised his colleagues and announced a summer election. So far a lot of the…
The deluge: Rishi Sunak’s election gamble
‘Only a Conservative government, led by me, will not put our hard-earned economic stability at risk,’ said Rishi Sunak as…
Inside Labour’s fight with the unions
By the end of the year, Britain may be one of the few countries in the democratic world where the…
Michael Gove leads the Tory exodus
When Rishi Sunak told cabinet colleagues about his decision to call a general election, Michael Gove sought to raise spirits…
Has Sunak’s Farage gamble just paid off?
Rishi Sunak’s election gamble has hit a little turbulence less than 24 hours in. Several members of the cabinet voiced…
Sunak takes his biggest gamble yet: a July election
Rishi Sunak has chosen to go for a summer election. The Prime Minister has confirmed in an address to the…
Infected blood scandal was ‘no accident’, says report
The Infected Blood Inquiry has finally concluded after a five-year investigation. This lunchtime, the inquiry’s chair Sir Brian Langstaff said…
Shabana Mahmood: The disgraceful treatment of Kate Forbes
It was like a scene from the Blair government: a minister admits inmates are being released before their sentence ends,…
Starmer channels his inner Blair as he unveils six election pledges
It’s 1997 in Essex today as Keir Starmer unveils six election pledges. In a nod to Tony Blair’s election pledge…
What Sunak’s big speech reveals about his election strategy
Rishi Sunak has this morning given a speech aimed at framing the choice at the next election: security with the…
Natalie Elphicke row deepens
Was Keir Starmer’s decision to welcome the Tory right wing MP Natalie Elphicke to the Labour party a genius strategic…
The battle of the pollsters
There was plenty for Rishi Sunak and his cabinet to discuss on Tuesday morning. The Conservatives had lost half of…
Inside the Labour backlash over Keir Starmer’s latest Tory recruit
Has Keir Starmer made a tactical mistake by recruiting the Tory MP Natalie Elphicke as his latest Starmtrooper? That’s the…
