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A government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse
Toning down its positions in pursuit of wider appeal would risk an exit of supporters on the right
Undercover report raises new questions over funding of Reform UK
The prime minister needs to defy the vibes of tax-and-spend socialism
Andy Burnham is attempting to demonstrate he understands the priorities of voters who feel unheard
Summer’s droughts and wildfires demonstrate the need to stick to cross-party consensus on policy and to UK strategy on net zero
Forward-looking ideas are being crowded out on all sides by myths about a better yesterday
Like Starmer and Sunak before him, he risks focusing too much on things beyond his control
Understanding Burnham’s term as a shorthand for inward-looking, transactional politics is misguided
There are lessons to be learnt from the left on how rage alienates potential allies
A new law imposing a duty of candour seeks to force officials to tell the truth. But will it work?
The Tory leader’s stance on climate exposes her greatest strength and weaknesses
The lesson from Manchester is that it takes time for public investment policies to show up in GDP
The taboo around political violence is fraying — but restricting speech is not the answer
The right hopes that Labour’s new leader will fail, but who exactly is going to step in and shake things up?
Big government must be tested to destruction for serious reform to finally happen
Britain needs to revive animal spirits, not return to a statist past
The new premier’s MPs think they have backed a winner but have no idea what his programme will be
When words like fascist and Nazi are thrown around, being merely conservative seems mild by comparison
The new prime minister has to set out a coherent and business-friendly platform
Once in Downing Street, the new prime minister should tell the Labour Party what it doesn’t want to hear
A story might be reported to no great acclaim for months before it finally blows up in the public consciousness
Parody candidates are a well-established tradition in Britain’s political panto
The “establishment” he is so fond of bashing must beware of playing into stereotype
Even if he could do all he wants, it would be unlikely to solve the UK’s growth problem
There are moments to prioritise other things, but after 18 years of historic economic slowdown this is not one of them
The choice of chancellor will reveal the likely character of the government and the extent of any new radicalism
The policy differences between his future premiership and Starmer’s will be small but significant
A modern democracy should have a way to decide together what matters most
It is the threat of Reform UK that has so panicked Labour MPs
Britain must rebuild EU ties, but trying to rejoin would for now be a diversion
His winning campaign in Makerfield was long on hope but a vague prospectus won’t be enough in Number 10
The alternative is despair and the uglier politics that heralds
Government should use the best technology for any task, but be wary of ‘lock-ins’
Fractured party politics and enthusiasm from Labour’s hopefuls are not a sign of imminent proportional voting
The UK needs to confront the policies that have made us poorer
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
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