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Kate MccannThe Telegraph |
In his first speech as Prime Minister, Keir Starmer promised he would “tread more lightly” on our lives. After months of turbulence during the...
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...
Having already faced the ire of farmers and businesses within months of entering Government, it is perhaps no surprise that Labour’s pensions...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Asked on Wednesday when he first became a fan of the controversial “fire and rehire” employment practice, Sir Keir Starmer grimaced on the Commons...
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...
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...
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...
A few months ago, a shift, imperceptible to most, happened in Westminster. It came one Wednesday afternoon after Prime Minister’s Questions as the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
Election campaigns are fraught with risk for campaigners and candidates. Hot mics, internal party squabbles, photo ops gone wrong: all can divert...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Another week, another poll, this one delivered just in time for Easter to dash what little hope remained of a resurrection of the Conservative...
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...
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...