Repealing the Human Rights Act is nonsensical and dangerous
By David Carrington The argument between the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Conservative Party has highlighted a…
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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Jon Sopel has put together the first of his “Sopel on Sunday” montages…
The Tories dump their mole
By Brian Barder Unlike most media commentators, with their vested interest in encouraging leaks by civil servants who…
‘Hold on to this feeling: Change is a journey’
There’s an old adage in politics that voters don’t say thank you, they ask ‘what’s next?’ And after…
‘What Batley and Spen taught me about standing up to divisive politics’
The Batley and Spen by-election in July 2021 has been described as one of the most unpleasant of…
‘Better the devil you know’: what Gorton and Denton voters say about by-election
Focus groups ahead of today’s nail-biting by-election in Gorton and Denton give an insight into Labour voters who…
‘Reconciliation is not weakness. It is leadership’
The dramatic intervention of Anas Sarwar could not have come at a more delicate point in the Prime…
‘Winning was the easy part. Governing requires a different politics’
The events of recent weeks have been widely framed as a story about personalities. They are not. They…
‘Mor-gone but not forgotten’
Morgan McSweeney resigned on Sunday afternoon. By that point, his going felt like an inevitability. Exclusive polling conducted for us by…
‘Farage’s two-child cap U-turn exposes who he really is: a grifter’
If anything proved that Farage and his misfit band of ex-Tories have always been style over substance, yesterday…
