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Robert ShrimsleyFinancial Times |
Rulings on climate and migration offer Europe’s populists a rallying cry against the court’s legitimacy
While Keir Starmer’s cautious strategy may reassure voters, the party needs a programme for what it will do in power
But they could help turn a potential electoral catastrophe into a normal-sized defeat
In the tussle between good intentions and bad actors, society is in danger of losing sight of what it most needs to protect
State intervention in everything from childcare to small-town soccer clubs will help the opposition argue for even more
Keir Starmer is looking for ways to rebuild relations with the EU step by cautious step
Tax cuts now put off the reality of how to pay for them later — for both Jeremy Hunt and the shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves
Conservatives must confront the inflammatory rhetoric of the right and resist the gravitational pull to the extremes
MPs are asking whether Lindsay Hoyle’s procedural manoeuvre has made them more or less safe
The UK has experienced the steady and stealthy erosion of individual freedoms
Labour doesn’t need detailed pledges because if the party is voted in it will have scope for change
Wobbles damage the prime minister but Tory critics have no solutions — and are implicated in the years of chaos
Humza Yousaf cannot offer a convincing route to the independence his party demands
Both parties are in denial about the importance and the scale of the financial crisis in higher education
Labour’s traditions of government activism are strong and the public will expect improvements in hollowed-out state services
If the Conservatives won’t stand up for their record, they invite UK voters to agree that they deserve a long spell in opposition
The Brexit ultras resent the realism that the prime minister has sprinkled into government
MPs’ fear of Reform UK, and the scale of the numbers, have led to tougher measures without political relief
The UAE-Telegraph deal should probably be blocked but the roll call of UK press barons is hardly one to shout about
Hunt has given the Conservatives a story to tell the voters but no one should assume it has a happy ending
Braverman may not be the beneficiary, but the right will now seek to blame the centre-right cabinet for election defeat
The prime minister picks a fight with the right as the pragmatists return
Embodying change worked for his more shameless predecessor but this prime minister has failed to make a break
Labour’s row over the Israel-Hamas war is indicative of forcing an entire set of positions on supporters of both left and right
The first task of an opposition is to ensure the voters have a viable choice. Labour is electable and the credit for that is his
The Conservatives cannot be a party of change, but they can destabilise Labour’s promises of being one
Any attempts at reinvention are hampered by a governing record the prime minister can’t escape
There has been a breakdown in the economic promise that previously swung voters to the right as they got older
Either by starting a new party, or seeking to steer the existing Tories to the right, the populists are on the move