Plumbing the depths of Boris Johnson’s incompetence
Anthony Seldon’s account of Johnson’s time in Downing Street confirms he was hopelessly out of his depth.
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Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on the Brexit Bonfire Bill threatens his party’s uneasy coalition
Eurosceptic Tories have already begun to question the strength of the government’s commitment to taking back control.
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The dark heart of the Tory Party
By reckoning with Britain’s nasty side, the Conservatives have claimed its soul.
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The Tories only have themselves to blame for antagonising the civil service
Through their collective bullying of Whitehall, Conservative ministers have inevitably made themselves a target.
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Why the collapse of the CBI could be a gift to the Conservatives
The Tories and their associates are busy preparing right-leaning alternatives to Britain’s biggest business group.
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Why a Brexit inquiry would be ideal but impossible
A Tory government will never admit it has impoverished our country.
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The Tories need to get over their obsession with the “I’m afraid there’s no money” note
It’s meant to shift the focus to the threat of a Labour government. But all it does is remind of…
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Could Sunak be the Tories’ new Pitt the Younger?
In the latest in our series on the crisis of conservatism, the MP Danny Kruger calls for a new radicalism…
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Is the era of Boris and Brexit over?
The former prime minister looks like yesterday’s news
Colum Eastwood: “We’re on the road to a united Ireland – and that’s going to be unstoppable”
The leader of Northern Ireland’s nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party on Brexit, power-sharing and updating the Good Friday Agreement.
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The Brexiteers know they’re losing
The momentum is now with those who want a close relationship between the UK and the EU.
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Turnips over tomatoes? My taste of Brexit Britain’s withering food culture
As supermarkets ration salad, the Environment Secretary suggests Britons turn to turnips. But even that is a distant dream.
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Rishi Sunak has an opportunity to purge the Brexit ultras
The Prime Minister should threaten to remove the whip from those Tories who vote against a deal on Northern Ireland.
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Can Rishi Sunak solve the Brexit Schleswig-Holstein question?
There’s one way to end the stalemate over Northern Ireland.
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The Brexiteers are still living in a fantasy world
There is no point in Rishi Sunak trying to appease the unappeasable over the Northern Ireland protocol.
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Is Brexit to blame for the UK’s tomato shortage?
Bad weather and energy prices are at fault but the effects of Brexit, both direct and indirect, are also to…
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Keir Starmer has most to gain from resolution of the Northern Ireland Protocol
The fury of Brexiteers and unionists at compromise only makes Labour look more like the grown-ups in the room.
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Boris Johnson’s intervention on Brexit is really aimed at Rishi Sunak
The former PM’s warning over the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill has been timed to cause maximum difficulty for his replacement.
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On the Northern Ireland protocol Rishi Sunak must win over the DUP and his own party
The Prime Minister is in Belfast to meet with the DUP, which has refused to form a government until its…
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A Brexit truce won’t last for long
A Labour government would face inexorable pressure from Remainers to pursue a far deeper relationship with the EU.
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