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Andrew Rawnsley

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Heathrow expansion puts the government on the flight path to years of trouble and strife

Heathrow expansion puts the government on the flight path to years of trouble and strife
yesterday 30

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Andrew Rawnsley

Will the return of King Maga to the White House mean a Trumpification of British politics?

Will the return of King Maga to the White House mean a Trumpification of British politics?
26.01.2025 20

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Andrew Rawnsley

Keir Starmer will have to stick by Rachel Reeves – they’re lashed to the same mast

Keir Starmer will have to stick by Rachel Reeves – they’re lashed to the same mast
19.01.2025 20

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Peter Mandelson is being sent to Washington to join the battle for Donald Trump’s ear

From Prince of Darkness to deputy prime minister to Your Excellency. It is fair to say that the latest incarnation of the politician with nine...

22.12.2024 20

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Britain has never looked more exposed, adrift in the Atlantic in a world pulsing with perils

‘I don’t know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.” I thought of the Duke of Wellington’s remark...

08.12.2024 50

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Keir Starmer’s new delivery targets are intended to give an electric jolt to Whitehall

Whatever you say about it, don’t call it a relaunch. Sir Keir Starmer will fanfare a new “Plan for Change” this Thursday and it is being bigged...

01.12.2024 20

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Faced with many foes, Labour needs to get out of its defensive crouch and on to the front foot

As slogans go, it is a tongue-twister. You wouldn’t want to try organising a chant of “Starmer Farmer Harmer” with a group who had been necking...

24.11.2024 20

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Why Labour’s high command has become very obsessed with bills and borders

German politicians used to know where they were with their voters. If they gave you one term in power, they were likely to offer a second serving...

17.11.2024 10

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Will Typhoon Orange wreak havoc on Britain? Keir Starmer has to prepare for the worst

Peas from the same pod they sure ain’t. No one is ever going to think that Keir Starmer and Donald Trump are twins who were separated at birth. In ...

10.11.2024 10

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Kemi Badenoch’s first task as Tory leader: say sorry to the people for her party’s failings

No one who knows her describes Kemi Badenoch as a politician who is much troubled by self doubt. Yet the manner of her victory in the Tory...

02.11.2024 3

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Be under no illusions, Keir Starmer: a Trump presidency will be a harrowing nightmare

It is a shocker that about 100 current and former Labour party staffers are hopping over the pond to campaign for Kamala Harris in swing states as...

27.10.2024 20

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Rachel Reeves won’t be loved for a tough budget. Her best hope is to earn respect

I have now heard so many Labour people quiver that Rachel Reeves’ looming budget is a “make or break” event that I’ve given up counting. Whether or...

20.10.2024 50

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Whoever becomes the next Tory leader shouldn’t assume they’ll be safe in the job

When I read people referring to the competition to be the next leader of the Tory party as “a beauty contest”, I reach for my red pen. It has more...

06.10.2024 10

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Urgent memo from his anxious ministers to Sir Keir Starmer: you need to get a grip of No 10

Over a cuppa in Liverpool, the Labour MP was getting nostalgic about the election campaign. Drivers would spot her on the street and stop their...

28.09.2024 5

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Give us your vision for the country, Sir Keir. Costly glasses shouldn’t be required

Should have gone to Specsavers. You don’t need £2,435-worth of designer glasses to see how corrosive it is to the government when the media,...

22.09.2024 10

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‘Iron chancellor’ Rachel Reeves faces an early challenge to her authority over winter fuel payments

I hope he enjoyed it while it lasted. From being promisingly positive when he moved into Number 10, Sir Keir Starmer’s personal ratings have soured...

08.09.2024 10

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Is Sir Keir Starmer’s cautious ‘reset’ with Europe enough to undo the damage done by Brexit?

Every prime minister has their verbal tell-tales. “Reset” is a favourite Starmerism. When he visited Berlin last week to pave the way to a...

01.09.2024 60

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Putting a stop to far-right violence is an early, defining test of Keir Starmer’s mettle

When a new prime minister crosses the threshold of Number 10, he or she receives briefings from the director general of MI5 and their counterpart...

03.08.2024 4

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Why Rachel Reeves wants everyone to know that the Tories left the Treasury brassic

You think that the public finances are in a bad way? Tomorrow (Monday) Rachel Reeves will come to parliament to tell you different. No, the...

28.07.2024 30

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Call off the search to discover Starmerism. It is already beginning to reveal itself

When Labour was in opposition, but looking very likely to be the next government, some intrepid explorers gathered together all the food and water...

20.07.2024 3

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Why Labour wants to hang the Tory legacy around the Conservatives’ necks for years

For a man whose first speech to the new parliament expressed disdain for “the politics of performance”, Sir Keir Starmer is putting on quite the...

14.07.2024 20

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