Liz Kendall’s difficult task of defending the winter fuel cut
Arguably the most difficult speech of the whole of Labour conference came from Liz Kendall. The Work and Pensions secretary…
Britain is growing. Can Rachel Reeves start spending?
The OECD’s interim Economic Outlook report has landed this morning and its forecast for the UK has been revised significantly…
Starmer uses son’s exams as excuse for freebies
Labour’s freebie fiasco isn’t going away. Sir Keir Starmer has prompted more headlines by suggesting he took thousands of pounds…
How Wagner mercenaries abused HSBC and JP Morgan
Whatever happened to the Wagner Group, Evgeny Prigozhin’s shadowy army of prisoners and mercenaries? In the wake of Wagner’s abortive…
Wes Streeting is convincing, but where’s his plan?
This Labour conference has largely been about Keir Starmer and his ministers making the argument for what they are doing,…
Is this the end for Hezbollah?
The recent fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is a war that’s not yet officially a war, initiated by a political…
Evacuating Lebanon would test Starmer’s mettle
As the security situation in Lebanon deteriorates, the British government is accelerating plans to evacuate its civilians. The Foreign, Commonwealth…
While Xi reigns, China’s economy is unreformable
It was presented as a bold stimulus to boost China’s ailing economy – but while it excited stock markets in…
Would scrapping the monarchy really save us money?
Britain’s republicans won’t give up. In spite of trying to use the coronation of Charles III as an opportunity to…
Nato to admit Ukraine … tomorrow
An irresistible force is keeping Ukraine’s membership of Nato infuriatingly out of reach. Everyone, not least Ukraine, wants to see…
A basic flaw in IPCC science
Detailed research is underway that threatens to undermine the foundations of the climate science promoted by the IPCC since its…
Reform exodus continues in professionalisation drive
The ravens really are leaving the tower. In recent months, Reform has been turbo-charging its professionalisation drive, working to set…
Joe Biden’s dishonest farewell tour
‘Some things are more important than staying in power,’ Joe Biden just told the United Nations, and the General Assembly…
Trump could teach Starmer a thing or two about speeches
The standout line from Sir Keir Starmer’s first speech to conference as prime minister – the one that will be…
Keir Starmer has shown why the Tories will struggle against him
Keir Starmer gave a formidable speech to the Labour conference today. It was easily good enough to inspire the party’s…
The shame of anti-Israel proponents
Israel’s ingenious pager attack against Hezbollah last week (followed by a second attack targeting walkie-talkies the next day) was not…
Keir Starmer is in the mood to fight
Keir Starmer’s first conference speech as Prime Minister neatly embodied the past three days in Liverpool: patchy, uninspiring, with a…
Watch: Starmer heckled by pro-Gaza protestor
It’s day three of Labour conference, and Sir Keir’s has just delivered his much anticipated keynote speech. The Prime Minister…
Gretchen Whitmer’s struggle shows Democrats’ Israel problem isn’t going away
Democrats have an Israel problem that isn’t going away any time soon. Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer illustrated why this weekend…
Full text: Keir Starmer’s Labour conference speech
Thank you, Conference. And I do mean that from the bottom of my heart. Thank you, Conference for everything you…
Rendering unto Caesar in the Neoliberal era
‘Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.’ (Matthew 22:21) Like many…
Why is Labour so puritanical?
Can you be a progressive without being po-faced? I wonder sometimes, especially when I read that public health minister Andrew…
Watch: Starmer calls for the return of ‘the sausages’ from Gaza
Oops. After his first Labour conference as Prime Minister was overshadowed by power struggles in No. 10 and the growing…
Surprise, surprise, Dale Vince wants vegan schools
Socialism, wrote George Orwell, has often had a habit of attracting posh cranks. He witheringly described the ‘sandal-wearers and bearded…
Pat McFadden’s bizarre Reform rant
Ahead of the Prime Minister’s address a number of Cabinet ministers are savouring the last full day of their party…
