The Opposition currently talks a big game on devolution and planning reform. But for their actions to meet the scale of the challenge, the prize, and their own rhetoric, they will need a new approach.
New research for British Future finds a broad consensus that if you want to deem Rwanda safe, you first have to check that it is.
It might help if the new definition made a clearer distinction between extremism of belief and extremism of action. But it would be better still if it didn’t try to define extremism at all.
Events in Cardiff are a pertinent reminder of what Labour do in power, no matter who leads. The prospect of them replicating that on a UK-wide level is deeply worrying.
Was it simply a case of voters not liking these specific changes? Or does it point to a deeper alienation between the voters and Ireland’s political class?
‘My concern is that anybody can be accused of something and be simply “knocked out”’, he tells GB News.
Coming face to face with the consequences of their actions isn’t something that Mark Drakeford and his ministers have to do often. The last couple of weeks must have been a genuine shock to the system.
Events in Parliament Square, and the blockade of Tower Bridge last weekend, are simply the latest manifestation of extremism on display since 7 October attack on Israel.
Our conference this weekend will highlight why in huge swathes of the country – the North East, the Highlands and Islands, almost all of the South of Scotland – it is to us, and not Labour, that voters are turning.
Private security guards will soon be deployed at constituency events. MPs most at risk will be able to apply for 24/7 protection. Funds “will also pay for increased security such as CCTV, alarms and sensors required at MPs’ homes or constituency offices.”
This is not an issue we should ignore, especially after last Wednesday’s chaos in Parliament. But the language of some Conservative MPs has been hyperbolic and wrong.
There is some truth to the claim that there has been a big shift in power away from Parliament and a narrowing of politics – but in the British constitution, a government with a majority could fix that.
Points of parliamentary procedure may seem arcane to journalists and the public, but their fair enforcement is vital to the proper functioning of our democracy.
More are reportedly saying that they will back a no-confidence vote if Sir Lindsay Hoyle doesn’t indicate that he’s stepping down. It would be quite something if his manoeuvre to get Starmer out of a tough spot ended up inflicting fresh dissension on the Conservatives.
I believe with every fibre of my being that whatever criticisms might be levelled at the current government, our country is infinitely better off under the Conservatives than Labour.