Keir Starmer has drifted from one U-turn to the next
Two of the most impressive officials in the Brexit saga have been axed by their political bosses who live to fight another day
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‘Drill every drop:’ Nigel Farage sets sights on Britain’s black gold capital facing ‘economic catastrophe’
The UK government is refusing more oil and gas drilling, while Reform UK turns attention to the ‘Dallas of Britain’
MPs fail to land knockout blow on bobbing Morgan McSweeney
Former chief of staff to Keir Starmer backs up old boss’s claims about appointment of Peter Mandelson to Washington post
Mandelson appointment was ‘serious error of judgment’, says Keir Starmer’s former adviser Morgan McSweeney
Cork-born former chief of staff quit UK government after taking ‘full responsibility’ for advising prime minister to appoint the former ambassador
Stalin with a nose ring or ecopopulist? Inside the dizzying rise of Zack Polanski
Under his leadership the Green Party in Britain is riding high in opinion polls and threatens to swamp Labour in London
Dear political parties. Now is really not the time to talk about deposing your leader
The threshold at which politicians seek to overthrow their leader should be much, much higher than this (I am looking at you too, Fianna Fáil)
Keir Starmer’s meandering Mandelson speech met with explosion of laughter
Labour benches sat in a miserable, stony silence, unclear if they still backed their prime minister
Mary Beard: ‘What are historians in the future going to find weird about us?’
Prolific broadcaster and writer is chair of the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel, and says her new book is for ‘people who haven’t really thought much about classics’
Nine Days in May by Jonathan Schneer and Radicals: The Working Classes and the Making of Modern Britain by Geoff Andrews
Despite their defeat in two historic strikes, the British miners’ struggle raised huge questions for society
The British government has no business in banning Kanye West from the country
Free-speech absolutism is the only logical position in modern democracy. Yes, even when the speech is as base and bigoted as this
Starmer needs King Charles to deliver after US-UK Iran schism
British king travels to Washington at the end of this month on crucial state visit against backdrop of political tension
Trump is hastening Britain’s return to the EU
Economics, security and domestic politics all point the Starmer government towards Brussels
Nigel Farage’s ‘turquoise wave’ set to crash on Norfolk shores
Prosperous rural region of east England is among the areas the Reform UK leader intends to turn into a graveyard for the Tories
‘Angela is queen bee’: Rayner plots her return to top table of Westminster politics
UK’s former deputy PM is planning a podcast series and memoir. She may be a contender if Keir Starmer flounders - and she clears up her tax issues
Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone gets Westminster’s conspiracy theorists in a lather
UK prime minister Keir Starmer limps into Easter recess with in-tray of wars, inflation and next tranche of Peter Mandelson files
Labour’s century-long hold on Wales faces collapse – but why?
Shifts in identity, social change and the strain of long incumbency mean Ireland’s nearest neighbour is about to undergo a sea change
Anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim sentiment duel for the attention of Britain’s political class
Jewish-owned ambulances are set on fire in London while Manchester mosque users stop hammer-wielding man from entering
Calls for an amnesty for British soldiers in Northern Ireland are based on a myth
Investigating past army misdeeds is a witch-hunt, right-leaning Britain is told, but where is the evidence?
Banning social media won’t work. Here is a smarter way to deal with the problem
It’s naive to think a blanket ban on social media will make the problem go away
Keir Starmer revels in telling Trump he is on his own in Iran
UK-US ‘special relationship’ is not dead yet – but the Starmer-Trump bromance is
Alliance participation in NI Assembly ‘cannot be taken for granted’, says Naomi Long
Leader addresses party conference in Belfast, with standing room only for guest speaker, Labour’s Andy Burnham
British PM Keir Starmer visits Belfast as many struggle with heating oil price surge
‘If companies fleece customers or rip them off, we will not hesitate to step in, and that includes on regulation,’ says PM
Labour MP’s partner among three arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for China
Police officers also search addresses in London, Wales and Scotland in national security investigation
EU criticised over ‘changing the goalposts’ in reset talks with UK
Report from House of Commons committee welcomes moves but argues Brussels is doing better out of it than London
The Irish Times view on the UK byelection: another blow for Starmer
After losing a Labour seat to the Green Party, the prime minister will nervously await polls in May
Manchester byelection defeat leaves Keir Starmer green around the gills
UK prime minister and Labour leader is running out of options
Embarrassing byelection defeat for Keir Starmer as Greens seize Labour stronghold
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK push Labour into third place in Gorton and Denton
How a Manchester byelection is potentially seismic for shape of British politics
Will it be grim up north for Labour or can it hang on to buttress Starmer’s position?
Boiling tensions, brittle loyalties: a crucial vote that may redefine UK’s national politics
Crucial byelection too close to call as Greens and Reform UK surge, while Labour hopes to hold on if its base doesn’t split
New Labour, New Britain?: Reconsidering the Blair years
Compelling book argues convincingly that the 1997-2007 government was not a continuation of Thatcherism
Peter Mandelson freed on bail following arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
Former UK ambassador to US and Northern secretary was fired in September over links to Jeffrey Epstein
Starmer insists he will lead Labour into next election after turbulent week
UK prime minister acknowledges appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador was a ‘mistake’
Ireland has a lot of skin in the game of international politics
What might a prime minister Nigel Farage say or do in relation to Northern Ireland?
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