Rachel Reeves has welcomed an unexpected 0.3 per cent uptick in GDP as the first quarterly estimate dropped this morning (economists were expecting the economy to shrink). In the same breath she warne
Why break a habit of a lifetime, I wondered as I headed to Dagenham to campaign on what would turn out to be a day the tectonic plates of British politics shifted. It was clear my time would be best s
At least 81 Labour MPs have now called for the Prime Minister to leave office. The manner in which they would like him to depart gives some indication of their allegiances – and of whom they would lik
Keir Starmer will try to save his political career this morning by giving a speech in which he will admit mistakes and say “incremental change won’t cut it”. The most immediate consequence of the spee
We are entering a week that will define British politics for years to come. After months of anguished prevarication, Labour MPs have finally – and definitively – concluded that Keir Starmer
Angela Rayner is thoroughly sick of being underestimated. In recent months, waiting out her time on the subs bench after resigning over her still-unresolved tax affairs, she has been on doorsteps with
“Ms Rayner”, a recent Times leader column noted in high serious tones presumably baffling to any overseas readers, “is Marmite.” To those who dislike her, our Ange is an “ambitious”, “foulmouthed”, “i
The PLP is looking towards the future, after the May elections, and about who might replace Starmer if the results make his position untenable. While the number of Labour MPs who have publicly called
