Johnson made to look like Captain Mainwaring as Colonel Starmer goes...

24 March 2021 | ANALYSIS “I just wondered who’d be the first to spot that,” Captain Mainwaring often told his Home Guard platoon in Dad's...

Welsh Election 2021: Contests to watch

1 May 2021 | ANALYSIS This week, the leaders from the five largest parties in Wales locked horns on the BBC in Cardiff.  But what electoral...

Key battlegrounds to watch in England on “Super Thursday”

5 May 2021 | ANALYSIS Tomorrow morning, voters across the UK will go to the polls in the biggest democratic exercise before the next General...

Conservative Leadership Debate: Underwhelming Boris remains on track for top job...

19 June 2019 | ANALYSIS A cacophony of noise without substance. Rather than being a contest which should assist Conservative Party members in deciding the...

Starmer’s ratings have dipped, but prosecuting the “Tory sleaze” may be...

"Sleazy, arrogant and incompetent" – that was what many voters thought of the Conservative Party in 1997.

But hang on, 2021 is completely different to 1997, right?

Well, yes.

Is no deal better than a bad deal? – Toby Amiel

3 April 2019 | ANALYSIS The current political crisis is one of the worst in the history of the Conservative Party.  May is backed into a...

London Mayoral Elections 2021: The runners and riders

31 March 2021 | ANALYSIS Much of the attention in the London Mayoral race has gone towards the incumbent, Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party,...

Boris Johnson’s reshuffle of the Whips’ and Cabinet Office: summary

10 February 2022 | ANALYSIS The fallout from PartyGate and the subsequent meeting between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the 1922 Committee resulted in reports...

EDITORIAL: How will Liz Truss be remembered?

29 OCTOBER 2022 | ANALYSIS As Prime Minister, Liz Truss will always be known as the shortest-serving leader of our country, not only in living...

MPs rebel against their leadership – James Marlow

20 February 2019 | ANALYSIS Guardian columnist Owen Jones last Monday tweeted that “seven Labour MPs won their seats on manifestos backing public ownership, higher...
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