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Middlemarch is overrated
Middlemarch, which a Guardian poll of ‘experts’ has named as the best novel ever, is overrated. I enjoyed reading it when I…
Burnham will soon slam into reality
‘Politics needs to change,’ Andy Burnham, our presumptive next prime minister, told the ‘Great North Summit’ in Leeds this afternoon.…
Did ‘millions’ attend Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally?
The Metropolitan Police were braced for one of the “busiest days for policing in London in recent years” on Saturday,…
Labour has bequeathed us a summer of nonsense
The Great North summit sounds like it should have been a peace conference attended by Peter the Great. Instead, it…
Lee Anderson takes over as Reform chairman
There has been a reshuffle at Reform towers today. Lee Anderson will be adding the role of chairman to his…
‘Save Chagos’ push launched in Lords
It is just over four weeks since the government was forced to pause its attempted handover of the Chagos Islands,…
Fining parents for their children’s crimes misses the point
Justice Secretary David Lammy is planning an overhaul of the youth justice system that would see the parents of young…
Has Brexit really harmed Britain’s economy?
The Labour top brass jostling to replace Keir Starmer have all indicated that they want to reverse the Brexit referendum in some…
Who’s backing whom for Labour leader?
While a Labour leadership race is not yet technically underway, shadow campaigns have certainly begun. Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham…
Donald Trump and the delusion at the heart of the EU
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggests to a classroom full of youngsters that Donald Trump has been “humiliated” by his war…
The problem with the Guardian’s top 100 books list
The Guardian has asked a panel of authors and critics to nominate their favourite novels to make up a ‘Top 100’,…
The EU is in terminal decline. Why would Britain rejoin?
Wes Streeting believes it was a ‘catastrophic mistake’ for Britain to leave the EU. If he becomes prime minister, Streeting…
Scrapping the fuel duty hike would teach Reeves a useful lesson
It has been, to put it politely, a very long wait. But it is possible that Rachel Reeves may have…
Don’t kick Southampton out of the play-offs for spying
For a brief while, in the early 2010s, supporters of Middlesbrough FC borrowed from the Proclaimers to create a terrace…
Reform kickstarts Burnham attack blitz
Nigel Farage is all too aware that he has no time to lose in making Reform’s case to the good…
Restore Britain joins the Makerfield race
I am proud to announce local businesswoman Rebecca Shepherd as our Restore Britain candidate for the Makerfield constituency. Rebecca has…
Does the Labour leadership race really matter?
For political journalists, a leadership contest is like the FA Cup final. I can imagine the BBC’s Chris Mason and…
Scotland’s parliament is in thrall to transgender activists
Mind your language if you want to speak in the Scottish Parliament. Newly elected presiding officer Kenny Gibson has told…
Is TikTok slop to blame for the fertility crisis?
Highly effective campaigning from parents and parliamentarians has forced the government to agree to introduce age restrictions for under 16s…
Keir Starmer is an even worse PM than Boris Johnson
Remember when Sir Keir Starmer was sold to us as, effectively, the anti-Boris? Where Boris was slapdash, Keir would be…
‘Save Chagos’ push launched in Lords
It is just over four weeks since the government was forced to pause its attempted handover of the Chagos Islands,…
Why was Starmer afraid of the Unite the Kingdom rally?
Perhaps the strangest thing about the Unite the Kingdom rally was just how unremarkable it felt. There were no mass…
Sunday shows round-up: Nandy says Labour leadership speculation is ‘froth and nonsense’
Lisa Nandy: Labour leadership speculation is ‘froth and nonsense’ Wes Streeting has resigned as health secretary, and declared that he…
Why Britain’s mobile download speeds are worse than Peru’s
The other month I was on a train in London, on a business call with a client in Kampala, Uganda.…
Why the public rejected anti-Israel theatrics at Eurovision
There’s a compelling explanation as to why Israel soared above the din of geopolitical protest to power into second place…
