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Christmas is coming, but people across the country are anxious. We are waiting to hear whether our festive plans will be cancelled, or rather which ones and when. The government has consistently treated this pandemic as if it were a…
“I said to Keir Starmer when I met him in this office, I find it disappointing – and I'm being diplomatic – I find it disappointing that Labour are not coming out far more robustly in terms of what's happening to workers and communities.”…
Keir Starmer has told Nick Robinson on his ‘Political Thinking’ podcast that he has not spoken to Jeremy Corbyn in over a year and the ex-leader may not be able to stand as a Labour candidate at the next election. “I haven’t spoken to…
Zarah Sultana, the Labour MP for Coventry South, was elected to parliament for the first time in 2019 aged just 26. It has been a “whiplash experience”, she tells me. That description seems especially true of an incident in the chamber last…
Emily Thornberry has used an interview with Gloria de Piero on GB News today to share her experiences growing up with a "terrible father" and her thoughts on the Rochester tweet that forced her resignation in 2014. In 'The Real Me', airing…
Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy has told a Labour Party conference fringe event when discussing trans rights this morning that "there are some dinosaurs on the right" and also that “those dinosaurs exist in our own party” who want to…
Labour's shadow minister for disabled people Vicky Foxcroft has shared her experiences of domestic and sexual abuse during her childhood in an interview with Gloria de Piero on GB News today. Describing her background as "fairly tough", the…
One of the great joys in life is spending time with remarkable people who inspire you and give you a new perspective on the world. Dame Margaret Beckett MP is such a person. I recently spoke with her to reflect on some of her greatest…
Boris Johnson has promised England a “Freedom Day” on July 19th. For those classed as “clinically vulnerable” or “clinically extremely vulnerable”, however, the lifting of remaining coronavirus restrictions is set to be anything but. In…
Grab your pencils, it’s voting time again – if you live in Chesham and Amersham. After Labour’s defeat in Hartlepool last month, the party now faces another by-election. The death of former MP Dame Cheryl Gillan means this historically safe…
When I last interviewed Paul Sweeney, he was fighting for re-election as the Labour MP for Glasgow North East, defending a majority of just 242. He had been made an MP unexpectedly in 2017, when Labour didn’t win but enjoyed many happy…
"I genuinely have lost count of the number of people who come up to you, cross the road, to tell you that they are so glad that they have lived in Wales in the last 12 months," Mark Drakeford says as he sits across from me reflecting on the…
