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Could the Tories lose the South?
The coming Batley and Spen by-election — triggered by the incumbent MP’s election as the first mayor of West Yorkshire — is currently attracting a…
Are Meghan's Covid claims correct?
When you are on the side of global enlightenment, the standards of proof required for your assertions tend to be…
The furlough scheme is holding back the jobs market
Last week the Bank of England increased its forecast for economic growth in 2021 from 5 to 7.25 per cent.…
Nine lessons from the elections
Here are the big things I learned from Thursday’s elections and their aftermath. 1. The Scottish parliament will vote to…
Starmer is Labour's Iain Duncan Smith
After a gruelling election campaign the most important thing to do is to have a rest and have a think. Everyone…
Westminster must avoid the Sturgeon trap
The challenge for the UK government in the coming months is to make Nicola Sturgeon look like a constitutional obsessive.…
Why French soldiers are moving against Macron
Emmanuel Macron was in Strasbourg on Sunday where he addressed the Conference on the Future of Europe. This is where…
Jon Lansman finally gets a left victory
While the Conservatives in Cornwall may celebrate winning control of the council in last week’s election, they had one notable…
Diane Abbott calls for Labour to embrace free movement
Left-wing figures are picking over the carcass of the Labour party this morning, after the party performed poorly in Hartlepool…
The problem with investing in cryptocurrency
‘This time next year Rodney, we will be millionaires.’ If Only Fools and Horses was still being made I imagine…
Is the reshuffle the answer to Labour's woes?
More than 24 hours after he started trying to reshuffle his shadow cabinet, Sir Keir Starmer has finally got what…
The SNP has no mandate for a second referendum
Tom Bradby got them started. On Friday night, the News at Ten anchor opined that ‘if the SNP can assemble…
Defeated Labour councillor: ‘The voters have let us down’
With dozens of Labour councillors defeated across the country, the recriminations and inquests have already begun. Various reasons have been…
Laurence Fox loses his deposit
The London election results have finally been declared and it turns out the poll were not lying: Laurence Fox is…
How Boris can beat the SNP at their own game
The re-election of a pro-independence majority to the Scottish Parliament shows that the next five years will be dominated by…
How to dip into political philosophy
Beneath the polarized political spats that characterize the national conversation, there is a surprising degree of consensus between left and…
Who is more upset about Labour's results: Starmer or the BBC?
It’s not just the Labour Party which is institutionally incapable of understanding why the Conservative Party kicked the hell out…
Why did the government listen to Sage's doomsday outlook?
Professor Neil Ferguson struck an unusually optimistic tone this week. With just one Covid death reported on Monday, and infection…
The London mayoralty needs to be reformed
Who does a capital city belong to? In the case of London tonight, one answer could be ‘Labour’, now that…
Sturgeon wins a resounding victory — and a mandate for indyref2
The Scottish election is over but the battle for the winning narrative has only just begun. Clearly, in the eyes…
Labour recriminations begin: Angela Rayner sacked as party chairman
The local election results are not over yet but the recriminations in Labour over the party’s bad results are already well…
Andy Burnham makes life more difficult for Starmer
As Keir Starmer spends the weekend working out how exactly to bounce back from disappointing results for his party in the…
Andy Street's success is part of the English political realignment
Andy Street won the West Midlands mayoralty in 2017 by the slimmest of margins, with 50.4 percent of the vote…
The 'mandate wars' won't be resolved anytime soon
So what does it all mean? The first thing to bear in mind is that more than one thing may…
Can the UK government navigate the SNP's calls for a second referendum?
The Unionist tactical voting in Scotland makes it tempting to see the country as split down the middle between pro-independence…
