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Digested week: Is it pedantic to point out Trump is ‘ending’ a war he started? | John Crace ⊖⊖
Plus, Nicola Sturgeon’s marital relations, the hell of burnout, Tony Blair’s saviour complex and Spurs
I was at Chequers for Donald Trump and Keir Starmer’s joint press conference last September and r…
14 days ago
‘Worry no longer, I am back’ – Tony Blair’s Why I Have Always Been Right About Everything, digested by John Crace ⊖
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Former PM’s essay on Labour’s self delusion shows he is the perfect person to provide such a critique
Hi guys. And the laydeez. It’s me, Tony. You know, the best prime minister the country ever had. T…
26 days ago
Digested week: Starmer’s day of reckoning was foreseen – just not the level of drama | John Crace ⊖
While Tories are quite ruthless about removing a leader, Labour MPs can’t decide whether their regicide is a tragedy or comedy
No one can say they weren’t warned. Last week’s elections had always been…
27 days ago
Westminster waits in frenzied limbo before Wes jumpstarts day of drama | John Crace ⊖
Everything was in place for a move against the PM but for a moment Labour seemed to have forgotten the final act
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Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. The sun rose in the west. H…
28 days ago
King’s speech might be the last word on Starmer as reluctant monarch does his duty | John Crace ○
With the PM’s future numbered in days no wonder Charles might have felt reading out the government’s agenda was not the best use of his time
The king looked fed up. His attempts to throw a sickie had …
30 days ago
Desperate to please but pleasing no one, Starmer’s latest reset could be his last | John Crace ⊕⊕
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Monday’s ‘make or break’ speech was one of the PM’s best but the signs are that most Labour MPs have already seen enough
What did Keir Starmer say in ‘last chance’ speech to save his premiership?
UK po…
40 days ago
Digested week: King bites his tongue as a president indulges his fantasies | John Crace ⊖
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While Charles and Camilla were on a three-line whip, MPs watched the excruciating discomfort of civil servants
We don’t often get to see senior civil servants out and about in the wild. They are kept…
62 days ago
Why colluding with King Donald’s insanity is the only game in town | John Crace ⊖⊖
The madness is contagious – and nowhere has this been more in evidence than in the two-week ceasefire with Iran
The Madness of King Donald. Unless you’ve spent most of the last few years on a silent r…
3 months ago
After failing to win the peace prize, Trump turns his focus to Nobel prize for war | John Crace ⊕⊕
As for Keir Starmer, even when he tries to make a reasonably sound judgment he somehow ends up losing both sides of the argument
Maybe we should have just had done with it back in December. Instead of…