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The trouble with Keir Mather
Every time I cross paths – or swords – with a cranky student activist, I have the same thought: ‘Oh…
Starmer turns on Sadiq over Ulez
You just hate to see it. Less than 12 hours after the Uxbridge result and already the Labour blame game…
Labour’s Uxbridge chair quits and attacks Starmer
For all Keir Starmer’s eager spin, last night wasn’t the great Labour triumph it was supposed to be. While the…
Ulez isn’t the election gift Sunak wishes it was
Given everyone has won a prize in this round of by-elections, the three main party leaders have been feasting on…
Rishi Sunak is caught in a debt trap
Two by-election defeats have made it a miserable morning for the Tories, even if they did manage to cling on…
The Ulez rebellion has started
It was, to adapt the famous Sun headline from the 1992 general election, Ulez wot won it. The Conservatives’ narrow…
Seven graphs that show the challenge for the Tories at the election
The Tories have avoided total wipeout in last night’s triple by-election. Rishi Sunak dodged the embarrassment of becoming the first…
A nagging doubt about Keir Starmer has been exposed
‘One out of three ain’t bad’ isn’t a saying you hear often. Yet avoiding a clean sweep of by-election defeats…
Has Britain avoided falling into recession?
Earlier in the week, the stock market responded very positively to news that inflation had come out a little lower…
Does the Somerton victory mark the return of the Lib Dems?
Set against the expectation of a triple by-election defeat, last night will be seen as cause for optimism by some…
Tories shouldn’t deceive themselves over their Uxbridge win
Some Conservatives are going to take heart from the by-election results. They may have lost Somerset and Frome to the…
Watch: Johnny Mercer attacks Labour ‘Inbetweeners’ MP
An enjoyable bit of by-election telly this morning. As political bigwigs trooped into the news studios to discuss last night’s…
Starmer hails ‘historic’ moment after Selby by-election victory
Labour has won the Selby and Ainsty by-election – overturning a majority of more than 20,000, the biggest it has…
Sunak avoids triple by-election defeat after Tories hold Uxbridge
Rishi Sunak has narrowly avoided three by-election losses. Overnight, the Conservatives lost Somerton and Frome to the Liberal Democrats, overturning…
What explains Ron DeSantis’s woeful run for president?
It’s widely acknowledged that, as governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis has been a success. As a presidential candidate, however, he…
Stanford’s Marc Tessier-Lavigne and the messiness of modern science
The president of Stanford University, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne, has resigned in the shadow of an investigation that revealed that some…
2024’s biggest winners will be the candidates who control the news cycle
This week a new Morning Consult poll — a qualifier for the first Republican primary debate — shed new light on…
Humiliation for Coutts as they grovel to Farage
Gerald Ratner, eat your heart out. The decision by Coutts to ‘de-bank’ Nigel Farage over reputational concerns and then brief…
Roll up, roll up for Ian Blackford’s farewell tour
Ian Blackford, the SNP MP, is to stand down at the next election. And last night he gave an interview…
Francis Suarez’s Messi debate stage ploy
As Miami mayor Francis X. Suarez looks to dribble onto the presidential debate stage in Milwaukee, he’s raffling off front-row…
Putin has escaped his South African dilemma
As a founding member of the International Criminal Court, South Africa has an obligation to arrest Vladimir Putin should he…
Prigozhin reappears for first time since failed Wagner coup
Nearly four weeks on from his failed coup, Evgeniy Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner group, has finally resurfaced in public. A video published…
America’s regional culinary traditions are at risk of extinction
Without divulging my exact age, I will tell you my generational status lies tucked in the crevasse between solid Gen…
The liberal case for Nigel Farage
After ‘it’s not happening’, ‘it may be happening, but for different reasons’, and ‘would it be such a bad thing…
Striking consultants aren’t likely to get sympathy
Today and tomorrow’s strike by NHS consultants underlines how industrial action has become the preserve of the well-paid. The consultants…
