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If you ever worry that you might be a bad judge of character, fear not – it could be worse. You could, after all, be Prince Andrew. For while you...
We like to think we are different, us Brits. The idea of British exceptionalism is deeply embedded in our national psyche. We convince ourselves...
Britain is sick – that much is obvious. We have become a nation of unwell people. The statistics make for harrowing reading. One in five...
Britain has a housing crisis. That much, everybody knows. We hear it time and time again: we don’t have enough homes. We must build and build and...
Next Friday’s vote on assisted dying has left many MPs facing a major dilemma. While some have long-standing and deeply held views on the issue,...
It did not take long in the end – just 78 minutes, in fact. That was all the time that was needed for Rachel Reeves, delivering the Budget last...
There was a time when you’d find out directly from the chancellor of the exchequer what would be in the Budget; now, most of it is published in the...
“A country with its future back” is a slogan that Keir Starmer used repeatedly during the election campaign, and one the Prime Minister has...
When Labour’s newly-appointed Cabinet ministers entered their respective departments on the morning of Friday 5 July, sleep-deprived but giddy...
When a small number of Conservative backbenchers gathered in a stuffy House of Commons committee room in mid-July, the meeting received little...
As any Hollywood aficionado could tell you, the idea of parallel universes has long been a favourite of novelists and scriptwriters. You know the...
Labour’s first party conference in government in 15 years was supposed to be a triumphant afterparty – a barnstorming celebration of July’s...
Keir Starmer and his team knew that their first few months in Government would be difficult. They had inherited an anaemic economy, failing public...
You might well have thought that the Conservatives’ worst ever election result would prompt a period of deep reflection, soul-searching and...
And so there are six. Six men and women who will spend the next four months touring village halls, community centres, summer fetes and members...
A Nato summit, an Oval Office meeting with the US President, a day spent welcoming dozens of European leaders for talks at the birthplace of...