Keir Starmer
Mandelson’s wake
Keir Starmer claims that he did his due diligence — but he was not diligent enough
No friends at court
Even Mandelson’s legendary luck may have run out
Welcome to cut-price justice
David Lammy’s claim that his quest to abolish jury trial is driven by faith is grotesque. The real reason is to save money.n
Lawfare versus warfare
Soldiers have been collateral damage in a cold-blooded political campaign
Peston’s Inbox
As hacked by Robert Hutton
Ice, cold in the North Atlantic
The Speaker explodes, Badenoch discovers self-determination and Trump can’t remember which island he wants.
On bores and wars
Even Keir Starmer cannot make Trump’s insanity sound tedious
A short-form solution
Labour’s answer to illegal migration borrows the aesthetics of successful enforcement without the substance that made it work
Comedy weapons programme
This week’s PMQs featured a heroic backbencher and the controlled detonation of a Labour-designed joke so dreary it may yet violate several international conventions.
Labour is wrecking the British economy
The UK economy is trapped in a “doom loop” by a clueless government
