The Covid inquiry is derailing Tory Britain – and Labour will inherit the chaos
Divisions are plaguing the whole country, and are rooted in personality and populism, rather than policy.
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Keir Starmer knows his NHS plan will make life harder for a Labour government
The condition of the NHS is not like other political issues, so any politician who promises health reforms had better…
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What could go wrong for Keir Starmer?
The “coalition of chaos” attack line won’t work but Labour still faces big questions over its plans for government.
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Why Britain needs to have an honest conversation about rising migration
Few things are more corrosive of public trust than pretending a problem isn’t there. Sooner or later the public notices.
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Andrew Marr and Jackie Ashley on 110 years of the New Statesman: “There wasn’t too much rivalry”
The married couple recall their respective times as the magazine’s political editor.
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How Labour lost the moral high ground
Attack ads are fundamental to politics. But the smear campaign against Rishi Sunak is a strategic and moral error.
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As the polling gap closes, Keir Starmer faces his greatest test yet. He mustn’t panic
It’s “squeaky-bum time” for the Labour leader – but we know he has an appetite for concrete change.
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Rishi Sunak is moving at speed – but can he outpace the spectre of Boris Johnson?
This spring’s prime ministerial activity has a frantic velocity we haven’t seen since the days of New Labour.
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