Politics

The party’s high command has been revealed as incompetent and out of touch

The Popular Conservatives’ post-election conference was an exercise in delusion

Most of France celebrated the defeat of Marine Le Pen last Sunday. But the price of victory will be chaos

When it comes to the source of his wealth, the Reform leader has not had to be fully forthcoming – until now

Truss, turnout and Labour’s landslide were my hits - but Corbyn’s win was a huge shock

It aspires to be a beacon for democracy in Asia. But Putin’s invasion has left the nation in fear of attack from the Chinese mainland

The Labour government must now repair the damage done by Britain’s greatest ever political blunder

Le Pen and Bardella are the stuff of 2016 nightmares

The former prime minister’s lack of political talent doomed his efforts to establish a legacy from the start

Some people on the far left don’t think Starmer 'really' won the election and are trying to explain away his victory

The party is now the minnow of British politics

Starmer now has a fight on his hands to keep down a new crop of extreme right and left wing MPs

A raft of big-name Brexiteers lost their seats as Labour won a landslide victory

It’s a crushing landslide – but the Tories will have enough MPs to form a functioning opposition

Fourteen years of Conservative disasters come to an end as Keir Starmer prepares to enter No.10

This has been a campaign devoid of excitement and imagination - in the national papers as well as from our politicians

Stephen Twigg’s campaign manager remembers how an unwinnable Tory seat held by their leader-in-waiting turned red on a night of drama in May 1997

Labour went into a general election confident of a convincing victory for a programme of change - but factors that may sound familiar intervened

What time is the exit poll? When will the key seats declare? How long will you have to stay up to see Sunak concede?

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Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Jonathan Gullis, Reform, the Daily Telegraph and more

The paper hates Keir Starmer, but couldn’t bear not to back a winner

Both leaders thought politics would be easier than finance. They were wrong

Meanwhile, in Newark, Robert Jenrick appears to fancy himself as future Tory leader

Government and culture do not mix.. just look what happened last time

As populism tries to pull the EU apart and Donald Trump threatens Europe’s security, Keir Starmer will face the challenge of resetting the UK’s role in the continent and the wider world

There is a huge gulf between the shadow cabinet and the real thing. How will Starmer’s untested team cope with the brutal realities of power?

How can a new government make Britain better – and what does ‘better’ even mean nowadays?

For good reason – and much to the frustration of the tabloids – the Labour leader’s wife has done a great job of avoiding the spotlight

Will a Labour government prove quietly competent or will their lack of experience in power lead to trouble?

They might have ruined the country, crashed the economy, partied through Covid and brought us Brexit … but on the upside, the Tories have provided us with great front-page material. We’ll miss that*