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The Tory wipe-out is inevitable – unless you’re in the Westminster bubble
The political theatre of budget day will do nothing to stave off the inevitable
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Whatever the budget brings, let’s hope it’s not a tribute to Nigel Lawson
Jeremy Hunt is an admirer of the chancellor whose policies caused a massive recession
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Parliament’s lessons from the Commons Gaza vote
An issue as serious as the Israel-Gaza war got lost in arcane parliamentary semantics
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The Tories broke Britain. But the right wing press still blame Labour
The right wing media has finally woken up to the fact that nothing in Britain works. Now they can’t wait to pin it all on Starmer
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Lee, Liz and Suella are lessons in how not to be an MP
The “poor choice of words” argument is trotted out so often it has become meaningless. A poor choice of MPs is the real issue
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Here’s the budget Hunt won’t dare deliver
Instead of a pitiful tax cut and more shuffling of deckchairs on the Tory Titanic, this programme would revitalise Britain
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Britain can’t afford tax cuts in this budget, and Jeremy Hunt knows it
A new report makes clear that the Tories’ economic planning is based on fantasy
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A lasting stain on the Tory soul
Lee Anderson is gone, but he shouldn’t be forgotten. His rise says it all about a discredited party
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What the hell just happened in Parliament?
Procedural manoeuvres, bellowing and walk-outs – there’s a good reason for it all
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Let kids keep their phones
Banning phones for under-16s would make them more anxious, not less
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Abused MPs deserve better.. but we deserve better MPs
Parties need to take greater care when selecting their candidates
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The prime minister is sunk
I'm starting to think the Tories are heading back, not a day too soon, into opposition
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Damning Brexit verdict completes Sunak’s triple whammy
The Tories can change the manager but not the facts: their flagship policy is a huge economic drag
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The trouble with Kemi Badenoch
New by-election defeats have put Sunak under pressure. But the flaws of his likely successor suggest she would be another disaster for the Tories
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Cleaner politics needs more than just outing donors
Why not make it clear that any party which takes a donation from an individual cannot then award that individual an honour?
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Rishi Sunak has got the farming industry’s back -and he’s stabbed them in it
The PM’s performance at the NFU conference was pathetic even by his standards
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Boris continues to be bankrolled
The former prime minister may be making millions now he’s left office, but he still can’t resist a freebie holiday
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Shrinkflation is pure political cynicism
Politicians love jumping on niche ideas that make them look in tune with the real world. Don’t fall for it
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The Home Office’s plan to pay influencers to deter migrants is both absurd and malevolent
The policy reads like ridiculous, clunky satire
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The Tories are sleepwalking towards oblivion
No one in Westminster dares to say it – but the Tories are heading for an extinction-level event
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The UK is in recession – and that makes a dodgy Sunak budget even more likely
Reckless tax cuts financed by slashing public spending will be the PM’'s answer to more bad economic news
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It’s time to expose the anonymous political donors
Tory ministers have no interest in addressing this fundamental issue with our democracy
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Laura Trott’s car crash economics get a free ride
The reaction to her catastrophic interview would have been inescapable if Trott were a Labour minister
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Sunak is starting a very nasty election campaign
His comment at PMQs was absolutely calculated. He knew full well it would appeal to a certain group who might be on the fence about voting Reform over Tory
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Freeports: Sunak’s bad dream
A PM desperate for Brexit benefits has delivered at best a white elephant and at worst a huge waste of public money with big security risks
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Everyday philosophy: For Sunak, sorry seems to be the hardest word
The prime minister could still apologise for the offence caused by his recent remarks in PMQs – but he won’t
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‘They all sat in hate-filled silence’. The Tories and the birth of Brexit
In an exclusive extract from his diaries of 1999 and 2000, former Labour minister Denis MacShane reveals the growing xenophobia in the Tory Party under William Hague’s leadership – and how it sowed the seeds of Brexit
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Cartoon: The Legend of King Boris – should they bring him back?
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Sunak ponders Johnson’s return to frontline politics
Mandrake hears the former prime minister has named his price; a life peerage
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How the Tories have squeezed law and order
Chronic underfunding has crushed both the courts and the police
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Labour’s green U-turn explains the need to abandon political targets
The public need a leader who can deliver a target-free message