British Politics

Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are making a huge mistake in not openly embracing offers to cut red tape

The right wing are lying about a cover-up. But the information vacuum which allowed fascists to foment mass violence can’t be allowed to continue

There's a thin line between "progressives got a lot wrong" and "the far right are winning because they're right"

The nation’s problems are so deeply ingrained that no single technology could ever sweep them all away

Progressives’ cowed silence has let the toxic talk of Farage and Jenrick take hold. Now we must respond – and taking action on integration should be the start

The prime minister’s limited Brexit reset means the best UK FC can hope for is avoiding relegation, not shooting for glory

We need government to lead, to inspire and to give people hope. Talk in language that ordinary folk use, and actually go and listen and learn

It’s time for Brussels to clamp down on Musk and the disinformation pumped out by Twitter. But are they up to the job?

Donald Trump is a ridiculous, laughable figure – but behind the showmanship and the foreground noise is something profoundly dangerous

The right wing columnists want to see “the Trump administration humiliate our government”

The Reform leader attacked Boris Johnson, who did make it into the Rotunda

Just because Trump won and populism is surging doesn’t mean the Labour party should give up its election promises

Gordon Rayner's interview with the shadow foreign secretary was peculiarly fawning

The Reform MP is the focus of a new YouTube film from the Daily Express. It's as good as you might expect

The journalist famed for his erroneous predictions is now claiming Donald Trump may block Keir Starmer's preferred US ambassador

Reform's deputy leader is splitting his time between home and Dubai. But constituents shouldn't worry - it's all for their benefit

Sources say the recently ousted Andrew RT Davies is actively seeking an ‘off-ramp’ to justify a move to Nigel Farage’s party

We told you last week of Tory beliefs the former prime minister, not Nigel Farage, was the Brit with the ear of Trump's first buddy Elon Musk

The former home secretary’s visit to Washington DC has sparked fears among Conservatives she might be about to make the jump to Reform

The shadow justice secretary has won Conservative Home's MP of the Year after shamelessly courting the right wing press

A new book reveals why we are so polarised by the battle between left an right– and what we can do to lessen the gap between “us” and “them”

Fighting a ferocious election campaign, Kamala Harris declared “we’re not going back”. Yet, we're we are

The Tory leader’s habit of saying what she thinks is refreshing. Her staff’s habit of pretending that she hasn’t said it is dreadful politics

The GB News presenter's favourite footballer is a product of a migrant success story. No wonder he's confused

A little more money in employees’ pockets and the potential for falling interest rates may help ease fears for the economy

The Tory leader’s big speech was long on waffle and light on content – and it gives Keir Starmer a free run at fixing their mess

The right are fuming that Keir Starmer won’t be in Washington for the president’s swearing-in. But no prime minister ever has

Our elected government is facing an assault on its very legitimacy from right wing politicians and their media toadies. So what are we on the left going to do about it?

Far too many of them have newspaper columns, radio slots and TV shows. As the US experience shows, nothing good happens when you give politicians too much attention

The Conservative leader's great gift to the prime minister is the inability to choose a topic and focus on it