Burnham’s National Care Service is a Tory vote winner
Andy Burnham wants to thank the nation’s carers – except, possibly, the one he told us slipped his Granny Kitty’s…
Andy Burnham’s Great British Grid is doomed
There was a very big hole in the Chancellor John Healey’s claim yesterday that he is going to generate a…
Tactical voting is Burnham’s secret weapon
For Andy Burnham the biggest challenge is to avoid going down like Gordon Brown, who passed up the chance of…
Could slavery reparation demands save Reform UK?
Small boat arrivals are down a bit. Meanwhile, Reform UK has had a difficult year over its donations and seen…
Why green zealots want to drop ‘net zero’
First, the good news. The Commons select committee on energy security and net zero has called on the government to…
If Burnham won’t make cuts, the IMF will do it for him
Even the weather has been playing along with the bizarre 1976 tribute act in which we seem to be trapped.…
Oil at $100 a barrel is a disaster for Trump
When Donald Trump’s political obituary comes to be written, none of his colorful phrases over the years will seem quite…
Ryanair is right to fume about the chaos at Britain’s airports
In a crowded market, the National Air Traffic Control Service (Nats) still has a good claim to be our most…
Are our maps colonialist?
It has been clear for years that the UN has fallen under the influence of left-wing activists and rapacious developing…
Sadiq Khan is the victim of a terrible miscarriage of justice
Who – at least among those of a Conservative mind — didn’t feel a pang of pleasure at the news…
Burnham is a big state man heading for disaster
Should public utilities be in public hands? I am prepared to see both sides of that argument, especially as some…
Has Burnham gone shy on welfare reform?
Will the government ever get around to reforming the welfare system? I ask because Andy Burnham seems to have bottled…
Net zero isn’t bringing down our energy bills
We know all about climate change deniers; perhaps it is time we turned our attention to energy bill deniers. This…
Lucy Powell would be mad to undo the Tories’ school reforms
How lovely to hear Education Secretary Lucy Powell sending her ‘massive congratulations’ to children receiving their GCSE results. ‘More of…
Why is Rayner helping travellers build more sites?
Here it is, finally: Labour’s ‘growth’ strategy. And what does it consist of? Reform of planning laws to make it…
Why won’t Reform’s welfare cuts apply to the triple lock?
Well done to Reform UK for proposing to make chunky, £50 billion cuts to the welfare budget, more than twice…
Clacton has strengthened Nigel Farage
There are two words you will hear endlessly today: ‘hollow victory’. Nigel Farage is back as MP for Clacton, but…
Is this the best Labour can do?
Will Andy Burnham call an autumn general election and take advantage of his prime ministerial honeymoon, or will he go…
There’s one rip-off Andy Burnham will never crack down on
Trying to pay my taxes via the HMRC website the other week, my bank thought it had sniffed a rat. “Could…
No, Westminster isn’t banning ‘vertical drinking’
Well, Andy Burnham’s commitment to devolution didn’t last long. It has failed to survive the mildest of challenges: a proposal…
Our airports have won the battle against net zero – but not the war
For anti-airport campaigners it is a double setback. In the space of 24 hours, legal challenges against the expansion of…
Why Burnham’s levelling-up drive is sure to backfire
‘Growth in every postcode’, ‘levelling up’ – whatever you call it, it is easier to sympathise with the general aim…
Why a ‘social care levy’ is a bad idea
I am not having an election because I am going to stick to the 2024 manifesto on which Labour was…
Will Labour ever cut the benefits bill?
Does anyone really believe that Andy Burnham will succeed in cutting welfare benefits for 16–24-year-olds, as is being reported? Good…
Is Andy Burnham really ready to hand power to Reform councils?
Keen to keep up the momentum on his big (or not so big) ideas, Andy Burnham will apparently announce on…
