Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
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By appointment: Tory-fying the state
This era of crony conservatism has been characterised by sticking failed politicians into any state body available — sometimes to neutralise it, sometimes for a favour down the line, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
TORY INSTALLATIONS: (L-R) Nick Herbert, David Willetts, Julia Mulligan
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
In part I of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY takes a look at the early days of organising government workers
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
The shadow lord chancellor has recently made a name for himself as an rabid hater of immigration – but there are exceptions to every rule, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Plaid Cymru’s front-bench spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in a two-part series, analyses the Caerphilly by-election and the wider political scene in Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
YOU think some burnt-out Conservative Party figure, some terrible old former minister from yesterday, is gone; the small space they occupied in your mind can now be used for something more useful.
Only it turns out you can’t. Because the Tories are increasingly busy rejuvenating their old assets by giving them new salaried jobs as officials.
Caroline Spelman is the latest. She was the Tory environment secretary from 2010-12, among other roles. She stood down from Parliament in 2019 because she was sick of Tory infighting over Brexit (Spelman favoured Remain).
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