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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Could Labour give the SNP a second independence referendum?
The suggestion that the SNP could force another vote in return for propping up a minority Labour government is helpful…
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Rod Stewart has become an unlikely hero on the left – and it’s all thanks to Carolyn Harris
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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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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Is Rishi Sunak reviving the Tories? Live at the Cambridge Literary Festival
Despite losing his deputy Dominic Raab, the Prime Minister is seeing an improvement in the polls
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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Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak’s infantile war over crime must end
A political race to impose the toughest sentences does nothing to address the justice system’s real problems.
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Liz Truss becomes the latest Tory MP to fancy a presenting gig on GB News
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The new Tory tribes
Rishi Sunak’s MPs are already competing to define the party’s purpose and shape its future.
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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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Kemi Badenoch boasts she can kick out staff in less than ten minutes
The minister is taking a ruthless approach to her departmental merger.
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Shoppers aren’t buying the Tories’ economic optimism
Jeremy Hunt might believe in the British economy but its consumers don’t.
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Today’s Tories lack Nigel Lawson’s philosophical depth
In contrast to the late chancellor, modern Conservatives offer stale thinking rather than intellectual curiosity.
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Happy, liberal conservatism is becoming impossible
With less public money to go around, no-one can avoid judgements about who deserves what.
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Jamie Wallis proves the Tories are better placed than dithering Labour to lead on trans rights
Section 28 was a stain on the Conservatives – the Prime Minister ought to be wary of this in his…
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Boris Johnson risks making “murder respectable” with claim Cop26 spells the end of coal
Alok Sharma admitted the diluted coal pledge was disappointing despite the PM’s claim it makes no difference
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