British Politics

Could the prime minister really lose his seat at the next election? A visit to his North Yorkshire constituency reveals the locals are true blue... for now

The damage Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings did to the country is off the scale

The new brand of Conservatism they sponsor is more disturbing than any cynical opportunism – and Sunak really believes this stuff

Nearly 60% demand more details of how think tanks are funded - and findings show right wingers are less transparent than those on the left

Cruella Braverman’s proposed new laws will make it illegal to even have mean thoughts about the Conservatives

The King’s Speech shows a government out of ideas and running out of time

Sunak has stooped to cheap sensationalism and the country deserves a leader who aims higher

The supply of drugs, including of antibiotics, is being squeezed

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

Life for most people under 40 has been made needlessly complicated by this government. Making parenthood unaffordable is just one example

The crisis has put the Labour leader between a rock and a hard place

Thanks to higher costs, increased red tape and supply chain damage, we must get used to living in a country with empty shelves

If the Conservatives lose the next general election on the scale of their 1997 defeat, it will be a very long time before they can hope to win again

There is a glaring problem with the way we choose prime ministers

The PM’s tone-deaf remarks in his weird AI chat again shows he is useless at politics

A new poll shows 47% want a new Brexit vote by the end of 2028

In 2022, Britain produced a billion fewer eggs than in 2019. The knock-on effects of that shortfall are huge

Embracing both the dilemmas and rewards of multicultural coexistence will mean abandoning the government’s populist resentment

He knows that unless parliament passes a new act, the museum cannot restitute the Parthenon Marbles

The Covid Inquiry is uncovering the chaotic way the government handled the pandemic and gambled with the country’s future

What might Boris Johnson name his new show? Here are a few ideas...

In an extract from his searing new book, the LBC presenter takes on the politicians who denied everything and took responsibility for nothing

Only the richest 4% will pay it, but everyone seems to hate it. Now it is in the government’s sights

Most of us are at odds with her policies and over-zealous remarks, but she is a high achiever who holds herself to exacting standards

“Jews so keenly feel the trauma of 7 October and its aftermath, not because they support the Netanyahu government or the fundamentalist West Bank settlers… because, like everyone else, we want to be accepted”

The insulting terms he used for Johnson and others tell us much more about him than his intended targets

Worse even than Boris Johnson or Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak’s blinkered arrogance has accelerated the decline and fall of the Tory empire

Want to know why? Just go abroad

It will be the only way to hold off an extremist, post-defeat Tory party

A new report claims leaving the EU has created a £850m drop in the industry’s exports to Europe