Brexit
— Professor Chris Grey’s analysis on how Keir Starmer's timid policy could become less constipated, the implications of his foolish stance on post-election cooperation and the best/worst scenarios that follow.
Refugees
— A heartening 70% of British voters want to allow Ukrainians into the UK but only 50% feel the same way about Afghans. And the difference is even starker among those who vote Conservative.
Analysis
— He hardly has any government ministers and his own cabinet tried to force him to resign. What is going on?
Analysis
— Kinnock lost two elections as Labour leader. Starmer could learn a lot from his successes and failures.
UK Local Elections
— What to expect for Labour and Conservatives in England and Wales, as the pressure keeps mounting on Boris Johnson? What about Northern Ireland where Sinn Féin are favourite to become the largest party?
UK Local Elections
— The party has long dominated but the scale of the lead raises questions about why the Conservatives are experiencing such unprecedented unpopularity.
UK Politics
— Labour’s deputy leader was forced to justify her own response to comments made about her. How the responsibility shifted to Angela Rayner.
OPINION
— I want to be in the EU, but I tend to think Keir Starmer is right that there is no way to do it (for the foreseeable future) and that therefore it is a pointless fight – especially as waging that fight is playing right into the hands of the Tories.
Brexit
— As the false claims made about the benefits of Brexit are gradually being found out, Brexit isn’t suffering from a failure to control the narrative. It’s suffering from failure, Professor Chris Grey writes.
Analysis
— Backbenchers are rattling their sabres and a brutal by-election loss has made it all so much worse for Boris Johnson.
Analysis
— What’s behind the appointments to Labour’s front bench?
