Keir Starmer is having a good week, both outside the Labour Party and within it
When it comes to long-awaited reports, Sue Gray has nothing on Martin Forde QC. A new deadline was…
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Our collective response to Covid offers a blueprint for a new and better normal
We’ve spent two years grappling with surviving the pandemic. It’s been a tough time, not least for those…
PMQs: Boris Johnson asks the public, would they rather a lawyer or a liar?
Setting out his case methodically, former director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer began by asking Boris Johnson to…
Operation Save Big Dog spirals as MP claims PM was “ambushed with a cake”
The plot thickens. Boris Johnson was, according to one Tory MP, “ambushed with a cake”. His birthday bash was…
But our Covid lockdown rules were stupid, government appears to tell us
But the rules that we created were stupid! Once again, this is the bottom line of the excuses…
The new Tory tax on trade unions is an attack on working people
Throughout the pandemic, working around the clock to support frontline workers in our NHS, schools, care homes and…
International unity against Russian aggression is crucial and must continue
The Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders in Kyiv is a powerful testimony to the human costs of Russian…
PM forced to order another Cabinet Office inquiry after Nusrat Ghani claims
Another scandal, another Cabinet Office inquiry. Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani publicly claimed over the weekend that her “Muslimness…
Who and what does Labour stand for? Labour’s Covenant offers an answer
We are living through a time of extraordinary change. No part of the liberal settlement, including what was…
What will it take to make the Christian Wakeford defection really work?
According to the biblical parable of the Prodigal Son, there is more rejoicing in heaven for one sinner…
