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Bell Hotel latest: 'two tier justice'?
Human rights barrister Dr Anna Loutfi and deputy political editor James Heale join Michael Simmons to unpack the latest court ruling over the migrants housed at the Bell Hotel. The government has won…
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
Revenge of the left
James Heale writes in The Spectator this week that Keir Starmer is facing a three-pronged attack from the left: the Greens, the Gaza independents and this new – as yet untitled – Corbyn party. It was…
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
Labour goes on the Farage offensive
As James Heale writes online for the Spectator today, 'two issues continue to plague the government': how best to attack Nigel Farage. and how to frame an incrementalist approach to policy 'when the …
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
Farage finally unveils his deportation plan
Today James Heale has been on quite the magical mystery tour. Bundled into a bus at 7.45 a.m. along with a group of other hacks, he was sent off to an aircraft hangar in Oxfordshire where Nigel Farag…
Published on 1 week, 6 days ago
Can the Lib Dems emulate Reform's Scottish surge?
Jamie Greene, an MSP for the West of Scotland region, defected earlier this year from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats. Most defections in Scotland – indeed across the UK – seem to be from …
Published on 2 weeks ago
Is Britain becoming more sectarian?
Immigration returned to the headlines this week after the High Court granted an injunction forcing the removal of migrants from a hotel in Essex – a ruling that could have wider implications for simi…
Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Starmer’s authoritarian turn – with Ash Sarkar
Since the government’s decision to proscribe the group Palestine Action, arrests have mounted across the country, raising questions not only about the group’s tactics but also about the government’s …
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Is the Blair-Cameron consensus on education over?
GCSE results day has brought a mixed picture; the pass rate has fallen, yet the regional gap has reduced and the gender gap is the narrowest it has ever been. Isabel Hardman and Sir Nick Gibb, former…
Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Why haven't the Greens cut through more?
The Green Party leadership election is underway, pitting new MPs Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns against London Assembly Member Zack Polanski. The Greens achieved their best ever result at the 2024 ge…
Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Zelensky's diplomatic masterclass
What a difference six months makes. The last time Zelensky and Trump met in Washington we were mourning the end of America’s commitment to security in Europe and a new era of isolationism. But yester…
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago