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Can Robert Jenrick save the Tories?
At the 2019 general election, the Tories won eight seats out of eleven in Nottinghamshire, but now the political map…
Spare a thought for our departing MPs
The MPs who lost their seats spent yesterday clearing out their offices. Their passes stop working later this week, and…
Why Wes Streeting is ‘optimistic’ he can win his battle with junior doctors
Wes Streeting has just emerged from his first set of talks with junior doctors over their pay, saying he is…
Is ‘True Gretch’ pure Michigan?
Gretchen Whitmer’s memoir, True Gretch, couldn’t have been released at a more suspect time. As the Michigan governor disavows calls…
The newly disciplined Trump is driving the left nuts
For years now Republicans have voiced some version of the same opinion: “If only Donald Trump could get out of…
J.D. Vance a ‘GREAT GOP candidate,’ says Ron Klain
The final days of the veepstakes are upon us — and Senator J.D. Vance may have an unusual ally in…
Watch: Farage attacks Bercow in first Commons speech
To the House of Commons, where party leaders are making their first post-election speeches. And for the first time, Nigel…
What Keir Starmer revealed in his first Commons speech as PM
Keir Starmer has just made his first Commons speech as Prime Minister. Both he and Rishi Sunak spoke at the…
How radical will Wes Streeting’s NHS reforms be?
Wes Streeting has spent years talking about NHS reform – but he’s always had a red line on ‘free at…
Dyson won’t be the last business to cut jobs
A major new factory from one of the American tech giants perhaps? Or a new lab from one of the…
Labour’s disturbing devotion to devolution
One of the defining themes of the new government will be devolution. Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner’s plan, according…
Braverman turns on Jenrick
All is not well in the Conservative party. Tory leadership hopeful Suella Braverman has turned on fellow MP Robert Jenrick…
There’s a reason Eton is cracking down on smartphones
Eton College has just announced that it will ban new pupils from bringing smartphones to school from September, and will give them…
Labour’s landslide is a triumph for Britain’s Sikhs
For years, there have been very few Sikhs – who make up around one per cent of the population of…
What will Starmer’s fellow world leaders make of him at the Nato summit?
In Westminster, Sir Keir Starmer is still in the honeymoon period as Prime Minister. In Washington, where Starmer heads for…
Was this council’s four-day week experiment really a success?
What a surprise. South Cambridgeshire District Council has declared its controversial experiment with a four day week – which put…
Britain is not addicted to punishing criminals
Mr Timpson, the new prisons minister, is the head of a company that employs about 600 ex-prisoners, and this is…
David Cameron has quit. Is anyone surprised?
The Conservative party is in disarray. What the party does next matters for the whole of Britain and maybe even for…
The ugly selfishness of France’s politicians
France play Spain this evening in the semi-final of the European football championship, and there may be a smile on…
Real Biden has crashed – but Artificial Biden is just getting started
Everybody knows that Joe Biden isn’t really there. His denials of ill-health are in fact a symptom of it –…
Suella hits out at pro-LGBT Tories
As rumours continue to swirl about who will make a bid for the Tory leadership, Suella Braverman has been on…
Should this Anglo-Saxon drama have a diverse cast?
A new eight-part TV series co-produced by the BBC about England in 1066, entitled King and Conqueror, has diverse actors playing…
Keir Starmer and the illusion of ‘seriousness’
The first few days of a totally new government are disorientating. Nobody knows quite how to react. The electoral dust…
Cameron and Holden resign as Sunak announces shadow cabinet
Richard Holden has resigned from his role as Conservative party chairman. The news comes as the Tory party has announced…
Kyiv children’s hospital bombed
I have been in Kyiv for a few weeks. The city has felt safe thanks to its improved air defences.…
