General Election 2024

No party is talking about rebuilding European ties after Brexit, the former deputy prime minister has said

Rachel Reeves is right - the government is gaslighting the country over the economy

Rishi Sunak’s gamble on going to the country looks sure to rebound

So – what now?

There are good reasons to believe that Labour in power will be better and go further than you think

The electorate will see through any attempt to frighten them into yet another period of government by the doomed Tories

Paola Totaro’s ‘immigrant’s love letter to Britain’ reminded our readers of all the good things about the country, and moved some to tears

Starmer’s targets might be soft and safe, but they show he is in touch with public opinion

After an influx of ex-Labour voters, are they still the party of the climate crisis – or of Corbyn, or Gaza?

Mandrake hears that the new favoured day is November 21

Labour has yet to find satisfactory answers to the Brexit question

Labour should scrap the Tories’ assault on PIP from day one, ending the victimisation of the long-term sick

Rishi Sunak looks safe despite new humiliation.. but only because his rivals want him to own a general election defeat

If Rishi Sunak is ousted, should Tory MPs or members pick his replacement? The answer isn’t that simple

A disastrous set of elections leave the Tories facing an existential crisis

As well as local polls, Britain should have been holding a general election this week. What happened?

How does this government’s collapse compare with the death throes of previous administrations?

As Keir Starmer tries to redefine what it means to be English, Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears ask what really lies behind our patriotic political myths

The prime minister saw a cigarette ban as his final chance to write a positive legacy. Then more Tory chaos left his relaunch in tatters

Readers should keep an eye open for vote-swapping websites in the run-up to the general election

A constitution that facilitated this dominance for so long could now turn against the Tories

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Will Hutton, journalist and author of The State We’re In, sets out how Labour can remake Britain

The Jewish experience, over centuries, has been one of persecution and disregard. This is why Israel is pursuing its destructive policy in Gaza

The former home secretary is back on manoeuvres with her hard right agenda – and in Fareham, her local supporters are loving it

Moving against Rishi Sunak now would almost certainly lead to further disaster. But disastrous polls mean that MPs still might do it

Not even the prime minister knows when he’ll put the country out of its misery

If the polls are right, several high-profile ministers are heading for catastrophic defeat in an election that will reshape Britain

We could be 100 days away from a far right takeover of the European Parliament. But is winning headlines the same as winning votes?

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

He has reneged on just about every commitment he made to become Labour leader, and seems to be suggesting nothing will change

Spurred on by fear of her endorsing Biden, the US right is turning on the singer and her gridiron star boyfriend. Bad move