Starmer’s reshuffle: Reeves frozen out?
2 SEPTEMBER 2025 | OPINION
Yesterday, the Prime Minister announced a personnel reshuffle in Number 10. Darren Jones, previously Reeves’ deputy at the Treasury, has...
Will Sir Keir Starmer make Labour great again? – Tom Pritchard
For the British Labour Party to win a General Election, recent history has shown that the party must move further to the centre and away from the far-left politics it has embraced in recent years, most notably under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.
The recorded rise in inflation and the potential consequences for trade...
23 MARCH 2023 | OPINION
Yesterday was a tumultuous day in British politics; whether it be the Boris Johnson Privileges Committee hearing, the usual theatrics...
War and peace – PMQs 5th March 2025
5 MARCH 2025 | OPINION
At Eton, they call it ‘oiling’. Half an hour in, newbie Labour MP Mike Tapp applied the grease gun ruthlessly:
"These are delicate...
Binfire Night reprise – PMQs 12th November 2025
12 NOVEMBER 2025 | OPINION
It did not begin well.
The honour of welcoming the PM back to the House fell to the Conservatives’ Lincoln Jopp,...
Labour Conference: Starmer’s last chance – William Hallowell
25 September 2021 | OPINION
If Starmer wants his Macbeth moment, he must use his final opportunity to call for unity at this year’s party...
Warning bells – PMQs 16th October 2024
16 OCTOBER 2024 | ANALYSIS
The Starmernaut continues to roll over the Opposition. Sir Keir is hardly trying: he repeated his "14 years" reference to...
Mind the shop! – PMQs 25 June 2025
26 JUNE 2025 | OPINION
As with last week, the PM was absent, leaving the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) to mind the shop.
Sir Keir was...
Public consent would be endangered by Boris’ four-week delay if the...
15 June 2021 | OPINION
On February 22nd, when the UK faced almost 10,000 Covid cases per day and had administered less than 18 million...
Will the Government nanny the Blue Wall away? – Jason Reed
17 February 2022 | OPINION
The cost-of-living crisis will hit us all hard this year. Raising the energy price cap will increase average household energy...