The Tories are trapped – what can they possibly do now?
MPs have overwhelmingly concluded that Liz Truss is not up to it, but there is no consensus about who should…
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The problem with Liz Truss’s attack on the “anti-growth coalition”
Growth is about whether people feel they have more money – and voters think Labour is the best party to…
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Labour’s left needs a serious strategy for the Starmer era
The new generation of left MPs need to stop trying to be the next Jeremy Corbyn and start trying to…
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Liz Truss speaks for 36 minutes, the shortest conference address in recent history
The Prime Minister’s speech was less than two-thirds of the average length.
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Liz Truss’s strident rhetoric cannot disguise her political weakness
The Prime Minister’s speech cheered Tory activists but her problem is the rebel MPs awaiting her at parliament.
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Liz Truss wants to govern a country that does not exist
The Prime Minister’s ideology blinds her to reality: Britain wants stability, not free-market revolution.
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Letter of the week: A doomed dash for growth
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The Conservatives’ Birmingham conference: more Speaky Blunders than Peaky Blinders
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