Labour MPs will have to decide whether to support the Government in a Second Reading debate. This would not normally be a ...

Once MPs turn against a government, they never turn back. o rebel is to wage war. Specifically, if you go back to the Latin, ...

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inally, there is the pathos of both the phrase “Island of strangers” and of Starmer’s ill-advised use of the phrase ...

It’s easy – and lazy – to blame advisers for the failures of politicians. his week’s Westminster main character is Morgan ...

Labour MPs are furious with the government, says Andrew Marr Keir Starmer is facing calls to sack Rachel Reeves over the welfare reform bill. Andrew Marr reports that Rachel Reeves is “hated” by ...

The biggest flaw with More in Common’s survey is simple: the Jeremy Corbyn Party isn’t real; it hasn’t accrued baggage; we ...

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Ro Khanna is an American optimist. In one sense, he pans Trumpland sewage for nuggets of hope. In another, he sees through ...

At the Royal Court, Sarah Kane’s high-intensity play reveals the desperation of severe mental illness.

In the Democratic New York mayoral candidate, left-populism has found its tribune.