PMQs: Keir Starmer dodges the Rwanda trap
The Labour leader avoided a row over deportations and doubled down on the issue likely to dominate the next general…
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The Rwanda plan has failed but it is more dangerous than ever
Once you dehumanise a group of people, it is a short step to the suggestion that they should probably not…
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Team Truss are already truffling for a second no-confidence vote
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Letter of the week: The turning tide
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Leader: Time for anti-Tory tactical voting
The by-elections on 23 June are a chance to send a message to the sycophants who sustain Boris Johnson’s leadership.
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What the US Capitol riot hearings teach us about the slow decay of political norms
Boris Johnson is not “Britain Trump”, but the insurrection on 6 January shows the danger of not calling out political…
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Boris Johnson’s government may never have intended the Rwanda flight to take off
As a source close to government thinking put it: “The point of the exercise was to create dividing lines ahead…
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Britain is once again the sick man of Europe
The UK is predicted to record the worst economic growth of any major country except Russia next year. What has…
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