‘Beergate’. Is the Conservative counter-attack on Starmer finally cutting through?

If ‘one rule for them’ seems to apply to both Government and Opposition, politics as a whole will suffer.

By following the voters over eco-protests, Starmer is distancing himself from the Left

His condemnation for the methods of Extinction Rebellion highlights how Labour plans on appealing to those frustrated by the Government.

Slowly but surely, Labour is moving towards a position on trans that isn’t open to ridicule

Whilst he may have struggled over the specifics of women and their genitalia, Starmer is conscious that Labour must square the voters on this issue.

Duffield and Labour’s internal tensions over trans rights. Will Starmer intervene?

Judging my his past behaviour, probably not. And with the Conservatives in disarray, he has no incentive to make a strong statement either way.

This isn’t the first time in recent years that the police have probed Downing Street

Blair stepped down shortly after the cash-for-honours debacle. Will history repeat in every sense?

It’s a mistake to compare the UK’s four Coronavirus rates. As Drakeford has found out.

Geographical and demographic differences make it impossible to decide who ‘won’ the battle with Coronavirus.

“The right side of history”

As the defence counsel suggested, Edward Colston was the wrong side – unlike, say, Karl Marx.

Khan’s push to ‘decriminalise’ Class Bs will make an incoherent approach to drugs even worse

The absurd spectacle looms of police freeing up resources only to waste them trying to crack down on very similar substances.

A change of heart by Labour on lockdowns would make Johnson’s delayed decision irrelevant

Streeting thinks “learning to live well with the virus” is the objective in 2022. Do his colleagues agree?

A Labour Party serious about government would back the measures in the Policing Bill

Tony Blair would not find a choice between Londoners and motorists versus the self-indulgent direct-action left difficult to make.

Omicron. How Starmer is swelling the number of today’s Conservative rebels.

Their votes against today’s measures come risk-free – since, if the Labour leader holds his course, there’s no chance of them being defeated.

Starmer’s reshuffle shows that Labour is still talking to itself

Some of the moves make more sense, others less. But the overall picture is a leader fighting for position with his party, not the nation.

Jolyon Maugham, ConservativeHome – and whether dissident Tory backbenchers were threatened over Towns Fund money

We’re quoted in his latest application for judicial review. Here’s the background story to his lawyers’ application.

In defence of Stella Creasy

It’s no bad thing to have an MP point out the challenges of being a working mum. Conservatives should take note.

‘Tough on crime’ he may be, but Starmer’s closeness to the police could be a liability

His decision to publicly back Cressida Dick reveals a man loyal to the system through which he rose. But that system is in crisis.