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Sunak plays it safe with his manifesto
With three weeks to go until polling day, Rishi Sunak this morning unveiled his prospectus for a Conservative government. There…
Why Rishi Sunak can’t weaponise the ECHR
One of the major themes of the current election campaign is the attempt by Rishi Sunak to draw a dividing…
Former Green leader jumps ship to Labour
Another day, another drama. As general election campaign shenanigans continue, it now transpires that Robin Harper — the UK’s first…
It isn’t true that elections are always won from the centre
Last week, the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt argued that the Tories shouldn’t pitch to the right in response to Nigel Farage…
How France’s shy Le Pen voters caused a political earthquake
Emmanuel Macron visited Oradour-sur-Glane on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary since the village in central France was liquidated by SS…
The Tories are addressing welfare reform too late
The launch of the Conservative manifesto later this morning will dominate today’s headlines. But it’s worth reflecting, before the full…
Trump is forcing Biden to the right
Joe Biden is a pragmatist. With just five months to go until his rematch against Donald Trump, the veteran Democrat…
Australia’s Covid honours farce
Whatever one thinks of all that happened in the Covid years, and how the experience scarified so many and even…
What can we expect in the Tory manifesto?
Day two of manifesto week will see the Conservatives launch their prospectus for government. At a chunky 77 pages, the…
The EU election earthquake spells trouble for Ukraine
If one story dominates the cacophony of results of the European election from across the 27 countries of the Union,…
The trouble with ‘centrist’ Tories
‘Elections are won from the centre ground,’ the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said. Perhaps he should have a word with…
Sorry Sunak can’t muster much of a fight in BBC interview
A clash of the razor-blades. That’s how it started. Nick Robinson’s grey jowls were dotted with stubble as he sat…
Sunak splutters in BBC interview, but Starmer won’t do much better
Rishi Sunak has started to move on from his D-Day blunder. He probably won’t recover from the electoral damage he…
Lib Dem policies are as barmy as their campaign
Ed Davey has finally taken a break from fooling around to launch some policies. But one of them, in particular,…
Fighting over the Tory manifesto begins a day early
On Tuesday morning, Rishi Sunak will unveil the Conservative party’s 2024 manifesto. So far, there is talk of tax cuts,…
Reform candidate apologises for his Hitler neutrality comments
Oh dear, it seems like the election scandals are coming thick and fast at the moment. Today, it was the…
CNN’s moderators must ask Biden the tough Hunter question
The upcoming June 27 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be the first of its kind — a…
Will the Lib Dem manifesto win over the ‘Blue Wall’?
Sir Ed Davey kicked off manifesto week by launching his party’s document this afternoon in East London. In true Lib…
The establishment triumphed in Spain’s elections
Spain’s Conservative Popular party (PP) came first in Sunday’s EU elections, upping its share of seats in the European parliament…
The Scottish Tories won’t accept Faragism
Douglas Ross was not a game-changing leader of the Scottish Conservatives in the way Ruth Davidson was but he announces…
The EU may struggle to find its way out of this election crisis
It is said that the EU thrives on crises. These are what spurs it on to the ultimate goal of…
Douglas Ross has made things even worse for the Tories
You thought things couldn’t get worse for the Conservative party in this election? They just did. The Scottish Conservative leader, Douglas…
Is the Lib Dems’ election campaign silly or savvy?
General elections are strange things, particularly for the Lib Dems. For a few weeks, broadcasters are compelled to actually give…
Sinn Fein’s immigration stance has blown up in its face
It’s been three days since Ireland went to the ballot box to decide the local and European elections and, much…
The truth about the rise of the ‘far right’ in Europe
‘The rise of nationalists and demagogues is a danger for our nation but also for Europe,’ said Emmanuel Macron as…
