Soft press or hard truths?
Labour members complaining about a hostile press is as old as the party itself. There has rarely been…
Analysis
‘Football doesn’t care about the Oxbridge tech corridor’
I often joke with friends that I, at times, serve as a reference point for “the duality of…
Tory conference reveals their party has learnt nothing from their time in power
There’s perhaps no more terrifying nine words than ‘I’m from the Conservatives, and I’m here to help.’ Perhaps…
Hope in Holborn and St Pancras
There’s something about canvassing with certain politicians. It comes from the delays that happen because they are so…
‘Hope again’ has the power to be more than a slogan
The signs have come down but there is still hope again in the hearts of Labour members. Conference…
‘Hope again’: Inside Labour’s feelgood conference
Whisper it quietly, but Labour MPs think they’ve got their mojo back. One year on from a challenging…
‘We are all hero voters now’
Well, that was a speech and a half. Andy is an exceptionally good orator – perhaps the best…
‘Activists are not as weird as we worry they are’
Watching the coverage of the Lib Dem conference has been quite interesting and instructive. You might expect me…
A positive start: Burnham sits down with Trump in New York
From Manchester to Manhattan. Yesterday, the former Mayor of ‘some town’ now Prime Minister of our nation had…
The frightening warnings from Sky’s The Wargame
Sky’s new show The Wargame is genuinely sobering. Its depiction of how a potential conflict with Russia could…
