Two comments in one FT email this morning gave us a good clue that all my predictions about the failure to end the war in
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Will Starmer survive? Don’t rule it out
The Labour Party leadership question is very hard to avoid. The news is dominated by it. The government is being incapacitated by it. We have
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Will Starmer go, and if so what next?
The Labour Party leadership question is very hard to avoid. The news is dominated by it. The government is being incapacitated by it. We have
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Why is it that the UK can no longer find a decent Prime Minister?
Why does Britain keep ending up with weak Prime Ministers? In this video, I argue that the problem is no longer simply about personalities or
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How to manage the cost of government borrowing
Bond markets are reported to be twitchy this morning. Gilt rates are rising. The City of London is muttering about “fiscal credibility”. And the reason
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Wanted: a Prime Minister
The UK government has a job vacancy that is becoming available with increasing frequency at present. It wishes to recruit a new Prime MinisteCandidates must
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Why British politics no longer works in seven words
Why do so many people feel alienated from politics in Britain today? Why has trust in political parties collapsed? And why do so many voters
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It really is time to go for PR
I had the misfortune to hear former Tory MP, and now Tory peer, Michael Gove speaking on Trevor Phillips’s show on Sky yesterday. Without batting
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Clive Lewis: the Labour MP who gets it
Clive Lewis MP published this Tweet last night. I think he might have been reading some of what I have been saying here on defence,
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