His barrister credentials have impressed the media. But they will only take him so far in the future election.
I’m a former union rep myself – and am finding that schools, empowered by the Gove reforms, are quietly getting on with preparations,
As the tenth anniversary of the 2010 election approaches, the author says that Labour’s own austerity record and plans were almost as tough as the Coalition’s.
The party is pinned down where it feels at home – in its new heartlands of central London, the middle of major cities and the University towns.
Plus: Scam PPE offers. Johnson’s very real illness. And: I’m wondering about the rest of his body. (My dog’s, not my partner’s.)
The new Leader of the Opposition looked more at ease than the First Secretary of State, Dominic Raab, standing in for Boris Johnson.
The leaked report undoubtedly poses serious difficulties, but it may also offer a chance to move decisively against the previous regime.
The Treasury’s decision is a vital moment in the battle against coronavirus and in the emerging consensus about the country we want to be in future.
He will have to be more than a kind of North London John Smith if he wants to do more than just profit from the Government’s misfortunes.
It looks like a comprehensive rout for the hard left, with neither Long-Bailey nor Burgon getting close in their respective contests.
Two extreme versions of what happens next in Britain. Events are more likely to end up somewhere in the middle.
Plus: My video tour of my bookshelves and why I won’t indulge editors. Three times in the last few days I’ve said no to them.
Theresa May’s former Chief of Staff takes issue with the Deputy Editor of this site – and argues that the Labour leader may yet make it to Number Ten.