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Macron has unleashed political chaos on France
It is difficult to see how France will emerge from next month’s election peacefully. Flames are licking at the edges…
What wasn’t included in Labour’s manifesto
Keir Starmer has been promising ‘no surprises’ on tax in the Labour manifesto. At first glance, he has – technically…
‘Change’: Starmer unveils manifesto
What would Labour do in power? This is the question Sir Keir Starmer tried to answer this morning as he…
How will Labour fix a struggling NHS?
The latest NHS waiting figures are without question a problem for Rishi Sunak: they’re going up again for the first…
Watch: Farage’s plans to reunite the right
There may only be three weeks of election season left but there’s still a new development every day. Now Nigel…
The staggering dullness of Sunak and Starmer
We’re now about halfway through the election campaign. I don’t know how we’re going to keep our excitement from bubbling…
Expect tension and clashes at Italy’s G7 summit
Another year, another G7 Leaders’ summit. The confab between the world’s wealthiest democracies has long since become one of those…
Starmer wants to go for growth – but will he end up like Liz Truss?
Keir Starmer, it turns out, was a secret Liz Truss fan all along. Launching his party’s manifesto this morning he…
Keir Starmer needs a better answer to the Jeremy Corbyn question
Keir Starmer looked baffled by tonight’s questions. Rishi Sunak looked resigned. Separating the two candidates – having them face Beth…
Sunak’s aide under investigation after betting on election date
Oh dear. Now it has transpired that the Prime Minister’s closest parliamentary aide, Craig Williams, placed a £100 bet on…
The wonderful guilelessness of Rishi Sunak
Could Rishi Sunak’s emergence as this nation’s greatest gaffe machine since Prince Philip come in time to endear him to…
Listen: Andrew Neil schools Green co-leader on wealth tax
Another day, another campaign disaster. Now it’s the turn of the Green party’s co-leader Adrian Ramsay, who was this lunchtime…
The SNP shouldn’t celebrate being tied with Labour
It is a measure of the extent of the SNP’s decline that nationalist activists have seized on a new Ipsos…
Plane stupidity: my waking flight-mare
The skies above the Atlantic As airplane doors and Boeing stock prices continue to fall, I think it’s time to…
When will the Greens get real?
There is something a little refreshing about the Green party. In contrast to Rishi Sunak, who has no option but…
Nicola Sturgeon’s ITV hypocrisy
Back to Scotland, where the SNP’s Dear Leader is back in the news — literally, this time. It transpires that…
The Tories’ best hope is to keep Sunak away from the camera
Is Rishi Sunak Labour’s not-so-secret weapon in this election campaign? The question has to be asked after Sunak’s latest political…
How will Remainers cope with a right-wing Europe?
I love to make up new words and see them gradually used more by others – for a writer, there’s…
France’s future looks far from certain
The much loved and quintessentially French singer, Françoise Hardy, born in 1944, died last night. French certainties are disappearing. The…
How Marine Le Pen could win
Rumours that Emmanuel Macron could resign if Marine Le Pen wins a majority in parliament spooked French markets so much…
The Tories are going public with their ‘Dunkirk strategy’
The Tories managed to avoid any major own goals or gaffes during the launch of their manifesto. Given some of…
Watch: Sunak admits to Sky TV sacrifice
Oh dear. The first clips of Rishi Sunak’s now infamous ITV interview have started to surface ahead of the full…
Can a ragtag coalition stop Marine Le Pen?
The left in France may not be much good at winning elections but they are excellent when it comes to…
The Tories and Labour are both relying on a magic money tree
Ask any main political party how they plan to sustain public services in the medium-term, and their answer will be…
JK Rowling and the toxicity of social media pile-ons
Alex Kay-Jelski is the latest individual to realise that the internet never forgets and, when it suddenly remembers, the impact…
