The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
