Andrew Rawnsley
Andrew Rawnsley is the Observer's award-winning chief political commentator. He is also a critically acclaimed broadcaster and author
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This isn’t a Tory game of thrones, the stakes are high for everyoneIn the final weeks of the European Union referendum campaign, all of the United Kingdom needs to be heard
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Our European allies dread Brexit, and they have good reason to fear itThe ambition of some anti-Europeans goes further than pushing Britain out. They hope to destroy the EU
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Two tribes go to war and neither the red nor the blue chief is safeIt is conceivable that before year’s end there will be attempts within both major parties to oust their leaders
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Why swapping partisan nastiness for olive branches would be smartDavid Cameron needs support across the opposition for his In campaign. The problem is, he’s royally riled them all
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Politicians need to get off their knees with the likes of GoogleThey have the power, if only they had the will to use it, to deal with outrageous tax-avoiding multinationals
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The Corbynistas are already preparing their alibis for defeatFearing bad results in the May elections in Scotland and elsewhere, they’re getting their excuses in early
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Now if only I had followed my own advice about opinion polls…An inquest into how they got the election so wrong is out this week. But the clues to the true result were all there
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Blue on blue, red on red. Welcome to the year of great schisms…The Tories will go to war over Europe and Labour over the nuclear deterrent. And neither leader can do much about it
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And a big hand for Westminster’s ‘heroes’ in 2015The men and women who made their mark on the British political scene in 2015. Most of them for the wrong reasons
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The Tories are unstitching the tapestry of our democracyThere is a trend of moves set to advantage the government at the expense of accountability and opposition
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The fear and loathing in Labour and the question of accountabilityThe civilised way in which Hilary Benn and his father disagreed is a far cry from the furies unleashed over Syria
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There is no obvious escape route for Labour from the party’s agoniesIt is trapped with a leader without the confidence of his MPs who can’t be removed while he’s popular with its members
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David Cameron is turning up the temperature on the in/out debateAs the prime minister finally puts his negotiating position in writing, what does he want and will he get it?
Labour needs to seize the day and make a powerful case for Remain