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May 14, 2026, 03:18 PM - 6 min read
The modern process is simpler but still presents challenges to anyone tempted to climb the greasy pole. The Conservative process can be neatly separated into two phases: removing the current leader and then electing a new one. For Labour it is different, and depends crucially on what a sitting leader decides to do – resign or stand up to the challenge.
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May 8, 2026, 04:32 PM - 3 min read
The PM faces calls to quit after Labour lost its majorities in several key councils of Westminster, Southampton, Exeter, Redditch, Wandsworth, Hartlepool, Tamworth and Tameside
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April 28, 2026, 07:08 PM - 6 min read
Trump is known to admire the British royal family, describing the king as a “fantastic man”. Recent history suggests the king may even be one of the few people to whom Trump is willing to listen.
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April 23, 2026, 05:47 PM - 7 min read
The US war on Iran, alongside Israel’s war on Lebanon, is accelerating a notable reshaping of European alliances and strategic thinking about the union’s future.
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April 22, 2026, 06:04 PM - 6 min read
This is a time of new geopolitical alliances, cooperation and blocs. Trading and investment options could help secure economic, political and societal stability in a volatile world. So far, this is a relatively small step by the UK – but starting to align to EU regulations could ease a complex relationship.
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February 10, 2026, 01:34 PM - 7 min read
If this is the end for Starmer, a serious and damaging pattern in British politics and public life will have been reinforced. Since David Cameron stepped down in 2016, no prime minister has lasted more than about three years. The impatience and intolerance of voters with the political classes has increased, and will only increase further.
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January 7, 2026, 03:45 PM - 8 min read
It’s also easy to argue it was a blatant and unashamed violation of international law. And it signals a further erosion of what is left of the rules-based international order.
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December 16, 2025, 01:28 PM - 8 min read
Ceasefires built on coercion or exhaustion inevitably fail because they do not resolve the conflict’s causes. Durable peace agreements require all sides to cooperate with international efforts to document war crimes and human rights violations, such as the United Nations’ Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.
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November 30, 2025, 12:49 PM - 6 min read
While Starmer and Reeves have arguably performed poorly, perhaps their biggest mistake is to have fundamentally misread the nature of the political moment they are in. They are governing as if it were still 1997. The current situation now is much closer to 1945 or 1979–when there was an urgent need for new politics.
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November 21, 2025, 03:31 PM - 5 min read
All prime ministers are paranoid. Such paranoia comes from having to sit and smile around a cabinet table when you know that most of your colleagues hanker after your job. But Starmer is projecting something very different. His paranoia reflects a deeper awareness that a vacuum exists at the apex of British government, and at some point this weakness will lead to a challenge.
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October 26, 2025, 09:29 PM - 3 min read
The migrant whose assault on a child sparked widespread unrest across the United Kingdom earlier this year has been mistakenly released from prison, prompting a police manhunt and renewed public anger.
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October 23, 2025, 04:26 PM - 2 min read
The cyberattack on Britain-based, Indian-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which shut the production lines for several weeks, has cost an estimated 1.9 billion Pounds, and affected more than 5,000 organisations, said a report released on Wednesday.
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