OPINION
— It is safe to say now that the Conservative party has made a catastrophic mistake by choosing Liz Truss as its leader and as Prime Minister.
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OPINION
— It is safe to say now that the Conservative party has made a catastrophic mistake by choosing Liz Truss as its leader and as Prime Minister.
Long-Read
— Professor Chris Grey’s analysis on how the Brexiters’ budget, which they say is crucial to Brexit, exposes their total incompetence (not a cunning plan), so that the crisis is a verdict on Brexit itself.
Analysis
— In her first party conference speech as prime minister, Liz Truss has emphasised that growth is the only solution.
UK Politics
— Keir Starmer has never made the creation of a story of us central to his leadership; his storytelling is an occasional practice. When he brings it out, his instincts are spot on, but so far he has lacked the courage of his convictions.
Environment
— Environmental groups have criticised the government’s approach to nature – but what is this approach and why is it concerning?
COMMENT
— Former PM Gordon Brown’s budget analysis sums up Liz Truss’s government plans perfectly. Wouldn’t it be good to be governed by grown-ups again?
OPINION
— Liz Truss and her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng are becoming so absurd about their economic plans for Britain as to be beyond satire.
COVID-19 Inquiry
— An ongoing narrative seeks to shift the blame away from the government for mismanagement of the pandemic, by depicting it as beholden to all-powerful scientists.
OPINION
— It’s all going so terribly well, isn’t it? Liz Truss is living down to expectations that she would prove to be the next worst Prime Minister in living memory and is doing so in spectacular style.
UK Politics
— The economic turmoil from Liz Truss’s growth plan is causing unease among Conservative MPs. But is removing her worth the risk?
UK Politics
— A quick look back at the history books might have deterred PM Liz Truss from her extreme actions.
What The Experts Say
— What health experts say about the autumn COVID wave currently hitting the UK and what they think we should do next.
OPINION
— Liz Truss finally made a public appearance after keeping quiet for a week while her government burned down the economy, trashed the pound, and threatened to tank pension funds.
OPINION
— If Liz Truss can do this much damage in 2 days, God knows what she can do in 2 years.
UK Politics
— Forming a pact with the Liberal Democrats to form a ‘Progressive Alliance’ would make electoral sense in England – but Keir Starmer does not see it as a risk worth taking.
OPINION
— It’s not for the taxpayers to pick up the tab for getting the former Prime Minister off the hook. Here’s what Good Law Project are doing about the fact we all have, they think unlawfully, paid for Boris Johnson’s legal advice. And here’s why they think that legal advice is wrong.
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