The Sentencing Council U-turn is a victory for Jenrick
It was not quite at the eleventh hour – but it wasn’t too far off. The Sentencing Council has tonight…
The Lib Dems are gunning for Middle England
This morning’s local elections launch was everything we have come to expect from the Liberal Democrats. In leafy Henley, Ed…
Starmer pledges migration action before summer wave
The British weather is improving – and that is bad news for Labour’s migration efforts. For the past five years,…
Can Reform emulate its Canadian cousins?
A historic election defeat leaves the Conservatives crushed, Reform rampant and a left-wing government securely entrenched in power. The similarities…
The Boden Belt: the Lib Dems are the new party of the posh
The English social season has begun, kicking off with Gold Cup day. But this year, there is a new common…
Carney calls Canada election for 28 April
At long last, we have a date. In just over a month’s time, Canadians will head to the polls to…
Inside Team Kemi’s plan for power
In elections, as in wine, lesser years can still produce good vintages. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown first won their…
Will Kemi’s anti-net zero campaign bother Labour?
The people’s republic of Holborn and St Pancras is not exactly fertile Tory territory. But it was in a swanky…
Why Kemi Badenoch is abandoning Net Zero
There are two big speeches being made in London today. Shortly after midday, Liz Kendall will rise in the House…
Badenoch lays claim to Thatcher’s legacy
It is a hundred years next month since Margaret Thatcher’s birth – so what Conservative leader would miss the chance…
Can Dale Vince make Labour go even greener?
Dale Vince has donated millions of pounds to Labour, but the green energy tycoon is only just getting started in politics. Having helped remove the…
Starmer insists ceasefire coalition has momentum
Following Thursday’s big speech on public sector reform, Sir Keir Starmer has since turned his attention back to foreign affairs.…
The trouble with Starmer’s plan for change
At his speech at a Hull business campus this morning, Keir Starmer was introduced by a man who proudly noted…
Trump escalates his tariff war on Canada
He has done it again. Donald Trump has announced that, from tomorrow, tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium imports will…
Mark Carney is Canada’s new PM
The race to replace Justin Trudeau has been not so much a contest, as a coronation. Mark Carney, the former…
Reform refer Rupert Lowe to the police
After months of leading in the polls, Reform UK is now in meltdown. This afternoon, the party chairman, Zia Yusuf,…
Rupert Lowe’s warning shot to Nigel Farage
There is a striking interview in today’s Daily Mail between Andrew Pierce and Rupert Lowe. The Reform MP is known for speaking…
The Special Forces scandal is not going away
What was the most important moment at Prime Minister’s Questions today? It was not the somewhat pedestrian back-and-forth between Keir…
Keir Starmer’s bridge to Trump is crumbling
So it turns out he wasn’t bluffing after all. Six weeks after taking office, Donald Trump has made two big…
Priti Patel attacks Nigel Farage over Zelensky comments
During the early days of the Gaza crisis, there was an unofficial refrain doing the rounds in the Foreign Office:…
Starmer timed his defence announcement to perfection
Politics is a matter of timing – and Keir Starmer perfected today. Barely two hours after Kemi Badenoch’s big foreign…
Is there any substance to Kemi’s ‘conservative realism’?
Kemi Badenoch set out her world view in a speech this morning at Policy Exchange. As protesting tractors blared their…
Reform fancies its chances in Mike Amesbury’s seat
This afternoon Mike Amesbury was sentenced to ten weeks in prison. The ex-Labour MP for Runcorn and Helsby was handed…
Germany’s results are a relief for Starmer – for now
Over beer, pretzels and sausages, guests gathered last night at the German ambassador’s house in Belgravia to watch the federal…
Starmer’s Scottish headache
What does a party get after nearly two decades in office, collapsing public services, an internal civil war and a…
