Miliband is one minister who doesn’t want to be PM, and is more than happy to let Starmer think he is still in control
It was a day for one of the Top Team. The safest of safe hands. A grownup. That d…
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Futile resignations and blatant revisionism to the fore as Starmer staggers on | John Crace ⊖⊖
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The same cabinet ministers who failed to speak up for the PM in the morning were soon offering their undying support
Not another one. On Sunday it was Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, …
30 days ago
Badenoch shoots herself in the foot on the Tories’ long march to the right | John Crace ⊕
Not content with haemorrhaging MPs to Reform, Kemi decides to drive others into the arms of the Lib Dems
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A minute’s silence for Kemi Badenoch. Thoughts and prayers wel…
32 days ago
Suella makes the ultimate sacrifice as she ditches Tories for Reform | John Crace ⊖
Most of those at Monday’s event had to remind themselves that Braverman hadn’t defected long ago
That noise? The sound of the barrel getting scraped. Only last summer, Reform insiders were briefing th…
36 days ago
Along comes Trump and our emperors have no clothes | John Crace ⊕
There’s no shame in not knowing what he’ll say next: neither does he. But that didn’t stop many claiming to make sense of it
In weeks like this, the mask slips somewhat. Politicians love the illusion …
38 days ago
We’re all friends really? Trump’s not so useful idiot Mike Johnson drops in on MPs | John Crace ⊕⊕
Everyone was trying not to mention the one thing on everyone’s mind as they welcomed the US House speaker
So. That went well, then. A day after Keir Starmer gently pointed out that the US would be wro…
39 days ago
Starmer’s calm diplomacy makes mistake of assuming Trump is a sentient being | John Crace ⊖
PM’s effort to take heat out of Greenland situation is yet another humiliation in his relationship with The Donald
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Toady, or not toady? That is the question. When even…
2 months ago
Congratulations everyone! Starmer survives another week, and it’s only cost us £26bn | Marina Hyde ⊕⊕
Labour can proudly say this was a budget for working people – that is, if your job happens to be prime minister
Thanks to Labour’s incredible Black Friday deal, breaking manifesto policies is buy-one-…
3 months ago
Millions of UK workers to get pay rise as Reeves plans increased minimum wage ⊕⊕
Chancellor says people must be ‘properly rewarded for their hard work’ with 16- to 21-year-olds also in line for raise
Millions of low-paid workers in the UK are to get a pay rise of 4.1% next year, a…
‘I thought the grownups were back in charge!’: John Crace on how Labour shattered his expectations ⊕
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After 14 years of Tory rule, the Guardian’s parliamentary sketch writer thought he had seen it all. Westminster would surely tick along nicely once Keir Starmer’s party took over. How wrong he was ..…