James Ball
19 June 2024
Are the Tories broke?
They’ve been losing big donors – has the party election machine run out of money?
Read the full article19 June 2024
Playing the manifesto game
What are these pamphlets of political promises actually for – and why do parties with no hope of winning bother writing them?
Read the full article18 June 2024
Labour’s campaign screws up
If they’re 20 points ahead in the polls and making mistakes, what will they be like under real pressure?
Read the full article17 June 2024
A Tory-Reform deal?
It would be the end of British conservatism as we know it
Read the full article13 June 2024
Labour’s manifesto – a clever sales pitch
Starmer is offering more reform than at first meets the eye
Read the full article12 June 2024
Fifteen ideas for a better Britain
These suggestions for the next government would be quick and easy to implement, and would not cost a fortune
Read the full article10 June 2024
Macron’s high-stakes gamble puts Europe at risk
Macron is playing a dangerous game by calling an election – and if Le Pen wins, we all lose
Read the full article05 June 2024
The cost of Sunak’s dodgy tax claim
The PM claimed Labour would put up taxes by £2,000 per family – and now he looks like a liar
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05 June 2024
Power to the people
The new government could use advisory panels made up of ordinary Britons to break the political deadlock on big issues
Read the full article04 June 2024
Farage: a disaster for the Tory party
The consequences of Farage's return will be even worse for Britain
Read the full article03 June 2024
The worst of the election is yet to come
When the deadline for candidate selection has finally passed, the mud-slinging will really begin
Read the full article31 May 2024
Trump guilty: a very European verdict
It might be new in the US, but European courts have been convicting their leaders for years
Read the full article29 May 2024
Sunak’s desperate measure of Dud’s army
Nothing sums up the chaotic idiocy of the Tory campaign more than their latest plan to reintroduce national service
Read the full article28 May 2024
Sunak’s great Reform blunder
New Tory policies are designed to stop their voters from backing Richard Tice. Instead they should be focused on potential switchers to Labour
Read the full article25 May 2024
The bizarre planning stand-off on Starmer’s doorstep
A battle between Ocado and local residents shows that Labour has a Nimby problem
Read the full article24 May 2024
The parliamentary drop-outs
Why are so many MPs standing down at the election?
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22 May 2024
What if Starmer is actually quite good?
There are good reasons to believe that Labour in power will be better and go further than you think
Read the full article16 May 2024
Why Labour’s pledges matter
Starmer’s targets might be soft and safe, but they show he is in touch with public opinion
Read the full article15 May 2024
This is the end of Sunak’s Rwanda farce
A Belfast court’s ruling confirms that even the prime minister’s small victories end up being defeats
Read the full article14 May 2024
The Greens turn red
After an influx of ex-Labour voters, are they still the party of the climate crisis – or of Corbyn, or Gaza?
Read the full article13 May 2024
The grassroots disinformation threat
Don’t believe everything you think you hear
Read the full article08 May 2024
The trouble with Natalie Elphicke
Labour’s embrace of a defector with a whole lot of baggage raises questions about where Keir Starmer draws the line
Read the full article08 May 2024
Keep calamity and carry on
Rishi Sunak looks safe despite new humiliation.. but only because his rivals want him to own a general election defeat
Read the full article04 May 2024
The crazy gossip about Sadiq Khan
London’s mayor won a third term quite easily - but only after Westminster buzzed with talk that Susan Hall was set for a stunning upset
Read the full article01 May 2024
The Tories are ruling on borrowed time
As well as local polls, Britain should have been holding a general election this week. What happened?
Read the full article29 April 2024
Can anyone save the SNP?
Humza Yousaf played a tough hand badly, but his party’s problems are deeper than just one man
Read the full article25 April 2024
Is Rishi Sunak about to call an election?
Westminster gossip says the prime minister is planning to go to the country on Monday
Read the full article24 April 2024
What is Sunak smoking?
The prime minister saw a cigarette ban as his final chance to write a positive legacy. Then more Tory chaos left his relaunch in tatters
Read the full article22 April 2024
Sunak’s misleading sick note numbers
The PM implied that 1.35 million were off work because of depression or anxiety. That’s not true
Read the full article17 April 2024
Truth Social, Don’s new con
As Trump goes on trial, his fans are already paying the price for buying into his social network
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