I liked this from Adam Payne at Politics Home this morning: Many Conservative MPs will remember this “bleak” week as the moment when they truly gave
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Angela Rayner has made it clear she wants Diane Abbott back in the Labour fold, with the whip restored. So has Ed Balls. I doubt
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The government has published its new definition of extremism this morning. It says of this: The new definition provides a stricter characterisation that government can
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I accused Rachael Reeves yesterday of finding it ‘really difficult to make any decisions when [she] lacks a moral compass, a political philosophy, and any
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Having waxed almost lyrical on the power of the written word in another post this morning on the power of writing, I am overdue to
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I watched Imelda May’s fascinating programme on Sky Arts last night, in which she explored the story of the Yeats sisters, Elizabeth and Susan, who
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I put this on Twitter last night: What Sunak and his far-right allies want to create with their pernicious rhetoric of unity, to which Labour
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Rishi Sunak spoke yesterday of the need for the government, police and others to stand up against those who oppose British values. But, just what
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This might well be the best commentary I have read on Sunak’s announcement yesterday. To put this in context, Caroline Slocock was Thatcher’s private secretary.
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