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Mark WallaceThe Times |
Andy Burnham, you may have heard, is a proud northerner. And rightly so; not only is the North of England the birthplace of industry, home to...
The Ukrainians have a term for the barrage of missile strikes they have landed on Russia’s oil and military infrastructure in recent weeks: they...
“Good growth in every postcode” – that’s the central pledge of Andy Burnham, who currently occupies the slightly peculiar and constitutionally...
I don’t blame Andy Burnham for being furious that Sir Keir Starmer is trying to rush through his ill-fated Defence Investment Plan before he leaves...
Back in 2018, in the depths of the Theresa May premiership, and with Sir Keir Starmer’s campaign for a second EU referendum in its pomp, Vote Leave...
The aftershocks of last week’s elections continue to rumble. The Prime Minister is fighting for his political life, while the United Kingdom now has...
It’s never a good sign for a leader when speculation shifts from “Should he go?” to “Exactly how are we going to get rid of him?” Somehow,...
It would be the understatement of the century to say that there are downsides to Donald Trump’s unpredictability. Wild swings in mood and opinion...
Some accuse Sir Keir Starmer’s Government of being slow. Slow to make its mind up, slow to respond to a crisis, slow to deliver. That isn’t wholly...
In the last week there have been no fewer than three shocking instances of group criminality on Britain’s high streets. First, a “link-up” flash...
Keir Starmer has made a serious mistake. Ok, I appreciate that I need to narrow it down and be more specific: Starmer has made another serious mistake...
Who could have foreseen that raising the cost of employing people would lead to a rise in unemployment? Well, me, for starters, in this very column...
As global energy prices skyrocket, and fears rise of a direct blow to British households’ bills, my mind returns to the most infuriating video on...
Sir Keir Starmer had three audiences in mind when he took to the stage at the Munich Security Conference. But if he is to keep his word to any of...