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Theresa May is slowly steadying the Tory ship
It was better from Theresa May today. She was combative, prickly and forceful at PMQs. The ship is moving on…
Why are some on the Left claiming a ‘bonfire on red tape’ led to Grenfell Tower?
Now that Labour councils have been shown to be as much up to their eyeballs in the tower block cladding…
May turns back the clock to the Cameron and Osborne era at PMQs
During the general election campaign, Theresa May was strikingly reluctant to defend the Tories’ economic record. But today at PMQs,…
Students are right to vote Labour
Almost everything which is said officially about student finances is obfuscatory and contradictory, starting with Damian Green’s assertion at the…
What the papers say: It’s time for the Tories to stop panicking
‘The unexpected appeal of Jeremy Corbyn’s manifesto has thrown the Tories into panic’, says the Sun. With Damian Green suggesting…
J.K. Rowling’s schizophrenic politics
On the face of it, there is nothing complicated about the politics of Harry Potter, who made his first appearance…
The government’s fragility is good news for Parliament
This first week back in Parliament has proved quite how fragile the government’s power is. It may be able to…
Jeremy Corbyn: the nation’s therapist
Comparisons between Jesus and Jezza became commonplace long before he chose to end his election campaign with a rally at…
Theresa May will be feeling the heat at today’s PMQs
What a very different atmosphere the House of Commons Chamber will have today for its first PMQs since the election.…
Why some Tories are deeply worried about the DUP deal
The Tory DUP deal has been signed in Downing Street this morning, the text of it is on the government…
Theresa May’s Government is safe – for now
The Government’s deal with the DUP is done – but it has come at a price. The confidence and supply…
What the papers say: Corbynism isn’t funny any more
The laughing should stop, says the Sun, which calls Corbynism a ‘joke’ which ‘simply isn’t funny any more’. The Labour…
Britain is in desperate need of a truly national party
I am not sure I can think of any great public assembly in Britain I’d enjoy less than Glastonbury. Within…
Theresa May’s exhaustion makes more blunders inevitable
Theresa May’s body language on leaving the European Council summit last night shows quite how much of a toll the past…
Corbyn overtakes May on question of who would make the best PM
Would Jeremy Corbyn or Theresa May make a better Prime Minister? In April, when Theresa May called the election, that…
Labour and the Lib Dems are as much to blame as the Tories for Grenfell Tower
I haven’t been in Camden this afternoon, so I can’t vouch for there being no marches of activists holding banners…
If Jeremy Corbyn can rise from the depths, why can’t Theresa May?
When John Curtice speaks, listen. That’s one thing we learned in the general election. This week we hosted John at the Social…
Labour should form a coalition with the DUP
So, they limp on, and Corbyn is justified in holding aloft the Queen’s Speech in jubilantly derisive fashion. Some of…
Corbyn regains his confidence – but his Brexit troubles aren’t far away
Today’s exchanges between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn in the Commons following the Queen’s Speech showed how much difference confidence…
What the papers say: The Queen’s Speech is the Tories’ last chance
Today’s Queen Speech will be a muted affair, with Her Majesty dressing down for the opening of a Parliament which will…
Gerard Coyne’s show trial is a stark warning to Labour moderates
‘There is no step, thought, action, or lack of action under the heavens,’ wrote Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, ‘which could not be…
Labour is now the party of the middle class
I’m not sure I’ve ever been so pessimistic about this country’s future, and I’m not usually a barrel of laughs…
Listen: Ed Miliband hosts toilet discussion on Radio 2
Poor old Ed Miliband. The former Labour leader was once convinced he was destined for Downing Street. Now, he’s hosting discussions…
Please can the bullying of Theresa May stop?
We all remember it from school, whether as perpetrator, or assistant of perpetrator, or victim: the moment when everyone turns…
No, the election was not a rebellion against Brexit – or ‘austerity’
The lessons to be learned from the Conservatives’ poor showing in the election could fill more pages than the national…
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