Savour this, based on this morning’s YouGov poll results, already mentioned once: There is no right-wing majority in this. There is only a rainbow coalition.
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The new political landscape
I offer this Tweet from Sam Coates of Sky News, who is one of the most reliable commentators in the British political scene that I
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Rachel Reeves’ spreadsheets won’t be balanced
I have to overload on data this morning: I am on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show at lunchtime to discuss Rachel Reeves’ Spring
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Is this war all about the dollar?
As the FT has noted: Regime change, a campaign to stop Tehran’s ballistic missile programme, help for protesters and retribution for the deaths of American
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Where to from here?
One of the thoughtful comments received here after the Cambridge Hilton event on 28 February essentially embraced this idea: Could we create somewhere to talk
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Rachel Reeves will get it all wrong today
Rachel Reeves will present the Spring Statement as if she’s delivering stability. The Office for Budget Responsibility will offer forecasts. Markets will be reassured. But
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It’s not that those on the left lack principles. The whole point is, they have them.
This YouGov poll, issued in the last hour, shows how out of touch Reform and its supporters are with the majority of people in the
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Labour voters start to need rethinking
This Tweet uses data from Lord Ashcroft’s polls: This is the seat forecast: Let’s be clear: it is just a poll. Let’s also be clear:
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Needs are not determined by Whitehall budgets
We have just posted this article on Substack. It was co-authored with James Murphy: A government that treats the protection of vulnerable children as a
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