Something tilted in my way of thinking yesterday afternoon when I heard the news that Morgan McSweeney had resigned as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff.
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Keir Starmer’s authority collapsed in the House of Commons this week, and it will not recover. This video explains why his judgment failed, why sacking
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I am not recounting what happened in the Commons yesterday here. The mainstream media exists to do that, and they might on this occasion do
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I noticed this Tweet yesterday. I cannot embed the Tweet here. Follow the link to listen to it. I also did not watch the original
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An economy that removes agency from communities should not be surprised when people disengage from politics. That is why warnings that Labour risks electoral wipe-out
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The latest poverty data from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation is already being met with a familiar shrug. The BBC appears not to have noticed the
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As many readers here will know, I write for The National in Scotland, which is the only pro-independence newspaper in that country. I am proud
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We put out this video this lunchtime: This is the transcript: Latest opinion polls are showing that in both Scotland and Wales, there’s a very
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As the FT has noted: The Scottish government said it planned to introduce a “mansion tax” on homes valued at more than £1mn and to
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