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Uk PoliticsFinancial Times |
The UK governing party’s hard-to-define faction is newly powerful
Being a new face gets you a hearing but doesn’t change the economic picture
The accusation of vagueness does not fit this straightforwardly leftwing government
Starmer and his party failed to do any hard thinking in opposition and they are now paying the price
We are witnessing the fracturing of the traditional party system that glues our society together
The markets will not allow the UK to borrow to maintain a standard of living that we have not earned
The past few weeks have exposed the cracks that Starmer has spent two years trying to paper over
The surge of Reform in Makerfield presents a significant challenge
Short-termism and poor choices are to blame for the country’s political predicament
Challenge to Starmer is a perilous moment for the UK and its standing
The prime minister still sounds like an opposition leader
Our electoral system will force consolidation within the left and right blocs
Widespread disillusionment with Labour and the Tories is understandable
Britain’s third party is being drowned out by noisier insurgents
Labour’s assumptions about its leader-in-waiting are logical but no guarantee of success
Proposals for a new patriotic syllabus reveal the ambiguous appeal of rightwing populism
Factionalism effectively quashed the Corbynites but has undermined Keir Starmer’s leadership of party and country
The country requires centre-left foreign policy and centre-right reform at home
How Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset ran out of road
What voters are really being drawn to is confident leadership that appears to offer new solutions
As with Brexit, public anger could swing behind the idea that we need to take back control
Castigating companies for ‘profiteering’ is nonsensical and unhelpful rhetoric
Panic-buying a slightly less unpopular rival will not help Labour face its real challenges
The UK’s debt mountain would constrain a new prime minister’s choices — and could make further tax rises more likely
Starmer has failed to level with the public that Britain’s control over its destiny is limited
The defeat by the Greens in Greater Manchester demonstrates the danger of failing to address economic burdens
Their influence is not inherently problematic — but such visible challenges to key policy proposals are
Westminster struggles to talk seriously about most topics and in particular about the economy
The Gorton and Denton by-election confirmed just how capricious our electoral system has become
Governments should build on, not rip up, what went before — the new skills strategy does just that
Shamima Begum made grave mistakes. But she is our responsibility and no one else’s
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