As England prepare to face the “old enemy” at Wembley, its impact on the nation’s mood — and our wider politics — cannot be underestimated

Natascha Engel delves into Marc Stears’s new book, and asks: is there anything in here that will help us rebuild the Red Wall without losing our big city majorities?

Christopher Pincher takes us through the Labour Party’s beverages of choice

And does it start with sacking its leader, Richard Leonard? Graham Stewart asks John McTernan

Nick Cohen detects a seismic electoral change based on identity, age and education

Trans extremists are calling for Rosie Duffield MP to lose the Labour whip – yet even she is not willing to offer a full throated defence of scientific truth

Anthony Broxton looks back on the election win that Labour now aspire to

The left shouldn’t leave the people’s patriotism behind

And is Scottish Labour still relevant for Starmer’s Labour Party?

Three opposition leaders have made it into government in the last 40 years. Keir Starmer faces an uphill battle to become the fourth