Is the Labour leadership contest already a done deal?
Labour’s leadership contest has been attracting less and less media interest as it goes on. Despite this, Jeremy Corbyn’s successor…
The motivation behind the government’s plans for the BBC
Since Boris Johnson returned to No. 10 with a majority of 80, there’s been a growing sense that the Prime…
Emergency terror laws set to end early prisoner release
The government has this afternoon unveiled its response to the Streatham terrorist incident on Sunday – which saw a man recently…
Why Australia-style deal is the new Brexit buzzword in government
As the second round of Brexit negotiations loom with the EU, there’s already talk of an early bust-up coming up…
Boris Johnson won’t dance to the tune of big business on Brexit
Now that the Withdrawal Agreement Bill has received royal assent and become law, the UK will leave the EU at…
The Labour candidates the Tories are worried about
When a Labour politician or aide stops to chat in the corridors of parliament these days, they only have one…
Cummings offers a glimpse of the incoming Whitehall revolution
Over the parliamentary recess, there’s been much speculation over what the government’s mooted Whitehall revamp will mean in practice. Part…
Indyref2 could be the biggest headache of Boris’s premiership
Nicola Sturgeon is the only opposition leader who survived the general election. She has emerged far stronger. The Tories had…
Why Boris Johnson is talking about ‘ten years’ time’
One of the most striking things about the government’s Queen’s Speech was Boris Johnson’s focus on where the country could…
Inside Labour’s post-election PLP meeting – ‘We lost the f—ing election’
The first meeting of the parliamentary Labour party since the party’s disastrous election defeat began with a round of applause.…
The battle for the soul of the Labour party
In the days before the election, senior Labour people were already discussing how to replace Jeremy Corbyn should the party…
Tory lead more than halved in final YouGov MRP poll
When the first YouGov MRP poll of the election campaign was published last month, it was a cause of anxiety…
How the Conservative strategy is faring across the country
It’s the week of the election and Boris Johnson is to spend the final days of the campaign visiting every…
Viral videos, not leaders’ debates, could decide this election
You might well expect the final election debate, Johnson vs Corbyn head-to-head on primetime BBC, to provide the most watched…
Nicola Sturgeon’s threat of Indyref2 could save the Scottish Tories
In the village of Waterfoot on the outskirts of Glasgow, a lady in her thirties is explaining to her local…
Why YouGov’s MRP poll will worry the Conservatives
When the 2017 snap election result came through, it proved a shock to many who had been covering the campaign…
Jeremy Corbyn’s credibility problem
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party manifesto has made the front of all the papers today. The response is mixed. While the…
Why trust is an election issue for Boris Johnson
What is the main take away from ITV’s leaders’ debate? Listen to the news bulletins and it appears to be…
Jeremy Corbyn’s opportunity to unite the Remain vote
As the election campaign enters its third week, the Conservatives are enjoying a 17-point lead, according to a YouGov poll.…
The five groups of voters the Tories are targeting
Tory MPs used to think they could rely on telltale signs while out on the campaign trail — a detached…
The voters the Conservatives plan to persuade to win a majority
In this election, the Tories hope to persuade voters who have never backed the Conservative party before to turn blue.…
Farage’s ‘unilateral’ Leave alliance doesn’t guarantee the Tories a majority
Will a Leave alliance lead the Tories to victory in the snap election? Nigel Farage has today announced that the…
Why the Tories remain optimistic despite a shaky campaign start
The first official week of the Conservatives’ election campaign did not go as many inside CCHQ had hoped. A cabinet…
Will former Labour MPs help the Tories break the ‘red wall’?
Will former Labour MPs help the Tories break the red wall? A key plank of the Tory path to a majority…
Jo Swinson’s Corbyn problem
The Liberal Democrat election campaign launch was beset by technical difficulties which meant that Jo Swinson was at times hard…
