Julian Smith finds Brexit diplomacy a piece of cake
Julian Smith has his work cut out as Chief Whip. As well as trying to stop Tory MPs firing off…
David Lammy’s shambolic PMQs appearance should worry Corbyn
Theresa May is in China so the Westminster bunfight has been replaced by dull politics. Journalists hate dull politics. But…
Watch: Minister resigns at the despatch box
A government minister has just dropped a clanger in the House of Lords – by resigning for missing a question.…
Tory leadership crisis: where are the whips?
Despite having to answer questions about whether or not she is a ‘quitter’, Theresa May must be reasonably glad that…
Turkey tightens control over Syria’s war narrative
Something has changed in the way we cover Syria. In 2015, Turkey began building a wall along the length of…
Trump’s sunbed optimism is rubbing off on the world
Donald J Trump’s State of the Union was as expected: long, boastful, cheesy — and largely right. Trump says he…
Trump’s State of the Union address shows he is ready for war. But who with?
It was a sound move by Donald Trump to single out the North Korean defector Ji Seong-ho in his first…
Baroness Trumpington: Theresa May is terribly boring
Oh dear. Theresa May’s bad week just got worse. On top of Tory MPs taking to social media, the airwaves…
John Humphrys has the last laugh at Oldie of the Year
John Humphrys has had a rough time of late. Not only has the Today programme anchor voluntarily taken three pay…
Eastern Europe’s new conservative alliance
Viktor Orban, Hungary’s ‘controversial’ (i.e. conservative) prime minister, travels today to Vienna to meet the new premier of Austria, Sebastian Kurz,…
Are Labour MPs in line for their own Haringey-style showdown?
The centrist faction in the Labour Party has been pretty quiet since the snap election, with most MPs who opposed…
Trump’s State of the Union goodwill won’t last long
The real story about Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech today may not be what he says, but that…
Feminists have a new target: working-class women
So this week two things have got feminists cheering and whooping. First, the coming together of BBC women to demand…
Tory attacks on the Brexit impact report will help Corbyn
The good news is that the latest civil service analysis of the most likely impact of Brexit is more optimistic…
Len McCluskey calls on Labour MPs to vote down the Brexit deal
The Conservatives are currently in such disagreement over what the government approach to the second round of Brexit negotiations should…
Stepford students come for Jacob Rees-Mogg
Here we go. First the Stepford students at LSE submitted a motion to ban the university’s free-speech society, next City University…
Trumponomics is working
As Donald Trump makes his State of the Union address this evening his many opponents have an increasingly large problem:…
Theresa May’s good news: poll finds Prime Minister is the least worst option
Finally some good news for Theresa May. After a tawdry few weeks in which Conservative MPs have taken to Twitter,…
What the BBC won’t tell you about the leaked Brexit forecasts
The leaked government Brexit forecasts have this morning been reported by the BBC just as its leakers intended: as embarrassing…
Angela Merkel’s Theresa May jibe
Theresa May’s not having a good few weeks. With Tories scrambling to either criticise their leader or covertly campaign to…
What the papers say: Eurosceptics are wrong to ‘rage over the Brexit transition’
Michel Barnier’s Brexit transition deal offer – under which Britain will continue to pay into the EU’s budget and have…
The myth of the 2017 ‘youthquake’
So was it Corbyn’s appeal to younger voters what swung last year’s general election in his favour? Not according to…
Theresa May’s caution about appearing weak has made her even weaker
Can Theresa May really solve the latest crisis affecting her leadership? Previously, her survival owed a great deal to Conservative…
Philip Hammond loses power
Oh dear. After a weekend of on-the-record briefings against him, it’s safe to say that Philip Hammond has found himself…
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