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First, Labour had “missions” and then it came out with “milestones” – but what it doesn’t have is a plan for government, and it seems incapable of making one

From the Sun to the Times, the papers and Boris Johnson are losing their marbles over Keir Starmer trying to get Britain a better deal

The Tories’ struggling leader fluffs her lines at prime minister’s questions once again

The former prime minister is claiming tens of thousands of pounds in state support to pay for a role in public life

It was a big year for centrist dads and reality revivals – but Joe Rogan continued to dominate the podcast world

Forget polling and lifetime party loyalty – all that’s gone. In their place we have a broken system, Reform as the main opposition party, and a growing threat from disinformation

We are, slowly, finding our footing when it comes to what we put on our plate

While Ed Davey faces an uncontested leadership election, a more interesting poll looms next year

Looking back on 12 months in Brexit, our only hope is that the government comes to its senses – because Trump is on his way

Images of a tumultuous year around the world

For anyone who cares about animal suffering, it should be a no-brainer that eating intensively farmed turkey is unethical

The number of people willing to pay the price tag for the titles is rapidly dwindling

The Father Ted creator and GB News commentator are off to America in search of "artistic freedom"

Labour's energy policy is absolutely critical to reviving growth, meeting net zero and keeping the far right out of power

The 'Brain of Brexit' has compared a colleague's suspension from the Lords for racist language to a violent revolution which cost up to two million lives

Reform’s leader has just revealed the extent of his work outside Parliament in the Commons’ Register of Members’ Financial Interests

The government talked big about a new chamber - but still wants to rig the old one to suit its purposes

Nick Candy, the billionaire property developer, is now in charge of Reform’s finances. Now people will see Farage’s “man of the people” act for what it is – a sham

On the anniversary of Johnson’s landslide, the UK/EU thaw is beginning to bring results

Why does the leader of the Conservative Party have such a disturbing set of role models?

A survey shows UK voters would accept free movement and want closer ties with Europe

Patrick Marber’s unremarkable revival delivers polite laughs only

With the prime minister pursuing a string of unpopular policies, the Tory leader used PMQs to focus on things Keir Starmer said years ago

The Reform deputy leader used disgusting language to attack Daniel Finkelstein for questioning his conspiracy theories about butter

A sold-out event at the Guardian's London headquarters with the Observer's departing food writer has been mysteriously cancelled

How British music turned away from America and learned to love the continent

To all the naysayers who doubt we can return to the EU, we have no choice. If Starmer really believes in Britain, it must be done

A beautiful memoir about the ugly side of Europe tops our round-up of 2024’s best non-fiction

The pronunciation of his name has always been debatable, but its origin seems clear enough – and it’s not from the Huguenots

Most Labour supporters don’t realise how muscular their own tradition will have to become to survive what’s coming

It underlined that he views politics mainly through the lens of personality and rarely bothers with policy