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Whispers about Starmer’s future are growing louder after Waspi

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Labour sees our Brexit remorse - and plans to use it

12.12.2024 7

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Starmer's plan for change proved one thing – he's not the leader he wanted to be

In his first speech as Prime Minister, Keir Starmer promised he would “tread more lightly” on our lives. After months of turbulence during the...

06.12.2024 5

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Drunk MPs and my pretend G&Ts – Westminster's booze problem has gone too far

There are lots of things in life that we accept which can even seem normal until we say them out loud. Only then do people question why a situation...

29.11.2024 10

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Labour knows the four-day week can work – but won't say so

Having already faced the ire of farmers and businesses within months of entering Government, it is perhaps no surprise that Labour’s pensions...

15.11.2024 10

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The truth about David Lammy: he has been fighting for his job

Keir Starmer and his team recognised the potential for a second Donald Trump term in the White House long before the new president-elect won the...

09.11.2024 3

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Meet the man in charge of Reeves’s Budget pledges

Spending other people’s money can be quite stressful – speak to anyone who has ever organised a hen do or booked a group holiday. So perhaps...

01.11.2024 6

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Keir Starmer has missed the mark on reparations - and he knows it

Politics is much easier when you’re not actually in charge, as Keir Starmer is finding out. It’s not the lack of accountability that makes things...

24.10.2024 7

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Rachel Reeves's ultimate power move has just become clear

When things go wrong in politics, those in the eye of the storm tend to respond in one of two ways.  Some batten down the hatches, weather it as...

17.10.2024 3

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Labour's flagship workers' rights bill is a mess that pleases no one

Asked on Wednesday when he first became a fan of the controversial “fire and rehire” employment practice, Sir Keir Starmer grimaced on the Commons...

10.10.2024 6

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Suddenly free after 14 years, the Tories are learning to enjoy life in opposition

Up until a few months ago the sight of a couple of Conservative MPs laughing and enjoying a drink on the House of Commons terrace wouldn’t have been...

12.09.2024 5

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What you really mean when you criticise Angela Rayner's dancing

When I first started working in Westminster I was invited to dinner with a cabinet minister, his advisers and another reporter. Of the group of five I...

05.09.2024 5

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Rachel Reeves's realism is a good start - weary voters want more honesty

As every woman who has ever bought a cheap razor knows, there is a cost to failing to invest – often a painful one. Rachel Reeves has acknowledged...

21.07.2024 9

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More decisive, less apologetic: Keir Starmer is enjoying his unique power

A few months ago, a shift, imperceptible to most, happened in Westminster. It came one Wednesday afternoon after Prime Minister’s Questions as the...

15.07.2024 10

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The Tories broke one of the most fundamental promises made in recent times

Break-ups are always difficult. First come the tears, then the anger and then, further down the line, the blame. This process is never easy. The...

07.07.2024 6

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Election result is more unpredictable than many of us realise

This week is the final push for political campaigners who have spent the last five weeks knocking on doors, delivering leaflets and turning up at...

01.07.2024 5

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What Keir Starmer could learn from Taylor Swift

Standing in the evening sunlight, surrounded by nearly 90,000 people singing along with Taylor Swift on Friday evening, it was hard to hold back the...

24.06.2024 10

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It's not politics that's turning people off – it’s Starmer and Sunak

Generally, when people find out what I do for a living, they ask if I’ve ever met anyone “famous”. In trying to live up to expectations I list...

17.06.2024 20

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Only one thing can break the manifesto doom loop

I recently discovered that you used to be able to buy election manifestos in WHSmith. It came as such a surprise to me that anyone would hand over...

10.06.2024 30

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I've hosted a TV debate - this is how Starmer and Sunak can win

“Just try to act normal,” my best friend whispered to me as we attempted to sneak into a party. She, with the air of someone who absolutely was...

03.06.2024 10

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The issue Starmer and Sunak won't touch with a barge pole

Election campaigns are fraught with risk for campaigners and candidates. Hot mics, internal party squabbles, photo ops gone wrong: all can divert...

30.05.2024 20

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We are paying the price in Britain for our quiet rage 

There is something very British about quiet rage. It is remarkably close to the surface for many of us, yet most of the time we pretend it doesn’t...

20.05.2024 50

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The danger in calling defecting Tory MPs' traitors'

It’s a funny word, traitor. Like gallant or noble, it feels as if it belongs to a previous age, rarely found outside story-books or occasionally war...

13.05.2024 40

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Sunak may have shaken off the pessimism but this week will put him to the test 

Making small-talk with the Prime Minister is always a bit strange for a political reporter. And after two days on the road to Poland and Germany this...

29.04.2024 10

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Laughing at Liz Truss only proves her point: Westminster has stopped listening

Liz Truss has refused to rule out having another go at leading the Conservative Party, which has sent most of Westminster into a fit of pique or...

17.04.2024 9

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Trump meeting shows off Cameron's power – and poses a tricky question for Labour

The last foreign secretary in office longer than two years was William Hague, whose four-year stint ended in 2014 when Philip Hammond took over. Since...

09.04.2024 6

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It's time for Rishi Sunak to be honest with the public

Another week, another poll, this one delivered just in time for Easter to dash what little hope remained of a resurrection of the Conservative...

01.04.2024 30

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We've entered the era of the political thirst trap

Most of us have done it. Posted a photo on social media designed to be read in a certain way by a certain someone. Often partially clothed or at the...

24.03.2024 10

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Even Rishi's ring-binder can't stop the Tory death spiral

If knowing how to count is the most important thing in politics, Rishi Sunak should be the master. Yet the Prime Minister is discovering that there...

18.03.2024 10

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