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US political strategist James Carville once quipped that, after death, rather than being reincarnated as the President, he would rather come back as something more powerful: the bond market. As scary as it might sound, the bond market is…
Chris Patten, the former Conservative minister, has retired as Chancellor of Oxford University, triggering an election for the post. The post has never been won by a Labour figure, although the once Labour minister Roy Jenkins held the post…
In trying to get a fix on what kind of Prime Minister Keir Starmer will prove to be, commentators have reached for various historical antecedents. Given Starmer once said Harold Wilson was his favourite Labour leader, they have searched for…
The Daily Telegraph splashes on the suggestion Rachel Reeves will warn of a £19bn hole in the public finances in a major speech pencilled in for next Monday about the state of the government's financial inheritance.
There were plenty of reasons the leadership hasn't just kept the cap, but brutally punished rebels – and plenty of reasons 361 MPs toed the line.
Waiting for Labour’s comeback in Scotland was like waiting on a football team other than Celtic to win the Scottish Premier League. Predictable and boring. But last week, Scottish politics was realigned. Scotland returned 37 Labour MPs to…
The electoral landscape of Britain has been set for the next five years, ushering in a historic Labour majority.
Across the UK, regions renowned for natural beauty, from West Wales to West Durham, lies a paradox at the centre of the UK's green energy transition.
Thursday’s election results dramatically underlined how far Labour has reversed the ‘Southern Discomfort’ that afflicted the party for much of the last fifteen years.
The new Prime Minister met with England’s mayors today, within days of taking office. As a statement of intent, it takes some beating. However, many governments have promised to take office to give power away, so we might be forgiven for…
Keir Starmer will meet with the First Ministers of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales starting this weekend, and with the UK's 'metro mayors' on Tuesday, he announced today.
Whatever happens next, Labour’s 2024 election victory will go down in history along with its small handful of earlier landslide triumphs. The most fondly remembered by Labour people is, of course, that of 1945 when the party won 49.7% of…
