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Is Reform now part of the ‘orthodoxy’?
It is Robert Jenrick’s big day out today. The newly-minted Reform ‘shadow chancellor’ made his first speech this morning, where he had the chance to …
4 months, 1 week ago
Nigel Farage unveils his shadow cabinet
Reform UK is no longer a one-man band. Nigel Farage has unveiled Reform's four spokesmen for the “great offices of state” at a press conference in We…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Can Starmer protect the country (and himself)?
Following a weekend at the Munich Security Conference, there have been reports that the Prime Minister is set to sign off on a huge increase in defen…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 15/02/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
European allies say Russia is responsible for Alexei Navalny's death. And th…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Starmer, Mandelson & HMT: why Gordon Brown has never been more relevant
James Macintyre joins James Heale to discuss his new biography of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown: Power With Purpose. While the book has been yea…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Can Starmer escape his problems in Munich?
Keir Starmer has headed to Germany for the Munich Security Conference to meet allies and discuss defence, NATO and the war in Ukraine. He is expected…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Antonia Romeo what the civil service needs?
When a PM is in crisis, what do they do? Sack the head of the civil service. Having lost both his Chief of Staff and Director of Communications at th…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Keir Starmer gets angry
PMQs today and – as predicted – Keir Starmer came out worst in a pretty unpleasant session. Kemi Badenoch pinned the Prime Minister on the continued …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Starmer back from the brink?
After a dramatic day in Westminster, the threat to Starmer appears to have receded – at least in the short term. But with the Gorton and Denton by-el…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
McSweeney resigns – is Starmer next?
Morgan McSweeney resigned yesterday as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff and – while it was not a surprise, given his role in appointing Peter Mandelson …
4 months, 3 weeks ago