Politics

22 JANUARY 2025 | OPINION It’s not been a good week for the PM. Yesterday, he attempted some damage limitation over the Axel Rudakubana case and the associated...

15 OCTOBER 2025 | OPINION How much longer can this Prime Minister continue in office? In the first place, his policies appear chaotic. He has said...

17 August 2021 | OPINION Vanity and elitism have always been a pitfall in the character of our ruling classes. The potential for prestige and...

17 JULY 2024 | OPINION Today, the King’s Speech included elements of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s programme for radical change.  The first indication came even...

14 MAY 2025 | OPINION This week’s PMQs has more in it than can be covered here, because we take one key issue as our...

11 FEBRUARY 2026 | OPINION As the Prime Minister rose, both sides of the House cheered. “I did not think that the Prime Minister was...

28 January 2022 | OPINION Brexit has had and will have continue to have wide-ranging implications. But perhaps one of the less remarked-upon changes that...

27 NOVEMBER 2024 | OPINION It may be a record: the Leader of the Opposition inviting the Prime Minister to resign after less than six...

7 AUGUST 2025 | OPINION Votes for kids. Trains to Berlin. Corbyn’s comeback. Trump outshining Starmer. If you thought you were hallucinating, you weren’t. July...

In just two days' time, voters in the West Yorkshire constituency of Batley & Spen will go to the polls to elect the successor to the former Coronation Street actress and Labour MP, Tracy Brabin.