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Andrew Rawnsley
Operation Fubar: even Keir Starmer’s team players are abandoning the field of battle
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Tom Baldwin
Starmer stands accused of ‘not trying his best’. It’s just not true
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Tom Baldwin
John Healey’s resignation – and Starmer’s shrinking army
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Giles Whittell
Starmer to host Zelensky talks as west seeks to seize moment
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Ceri Thomas
‘It’s terrifying – if we get Reform, it could change Britain’: voters fear for Labour in Makerfield
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Wes Streeting: ‘I don’t want to watch Nigel Farage walking into Downing Street on my conscience’
Sun 7 Jun 2026
William Keegan
Harold Wilson biography offers Starmer a few goals: hold on in there, hope for a World Cup win
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Hugh Tomlinson
Right-wing US media and politicians attack ‘woke policing’ in the UK after death of Henry Nowak
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Steve Bloomfield
Blair is out of touch with the reality of Trump’s new world order
Sun 31 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Blair doubles down on his criticism of Labour after party backlash
Sat 30 May 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Which Andy Burnham will turn up as the next Labour leader?
Sun 24 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer embraces radicalism as he accepts his time in Downing Street is ending
Sun 24 May 2026
Steve Bloomfield
Europe must find its voice as the US turns its back on Ukraine
Sun 24 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Keir’s beers: Starmer considers ‘pavement pints’ to boost World Cup mood
Sat 23 May 2026
Melanie Reid
Why we must spare a thought for the families
Mon 18 May 2026
Massimo Franco
Italy was where Britain is now... and we voted in the populist right
Sun 17 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Shabana Mahmood steps into the spotlight as Labour’s ‘kingmaker’ in looming leadership battle
Sun 17 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
What divides and unites Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham?
Sun 17 May 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Keir Starmer’s last few days have resembled not so much Macbeth as The Comedy of Errors
Sun 17 May 2026
Hannah Schuller
Labour’s membership has changed since Corbyn
Sun 17 May 2026
Tom Baldwin
Shattered allegiances and broken friendships litter the streets of Westminster
Sun 17 May 2026
Steve Bloomfield
Saying we will rejoin the EU is easy but there is no ‘back to 2016’ button
Sun 17 May 2026
Keir Starmer faces a leadership challenger
37 mins • S1, E341
Rachel Sylvester
It’s over for Keir Starmer – how has it come to this?
Tue 12 May 2026
How much trouble is Keir Starmer in?
6 mins • S1, E1357
Sir Richard Lambert
Building a consensus around rejoining the EU is the government’s first task
Mon 11 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Starmer's make-or-break speech triggers wave of MPs calling for him to go
Mon 11 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Streeting and Rayner in standoff ahead of crunch week for Starmer
Mon 11 May 2026
Xavier Greenwood
Starmer vows to stay put despite backbenchers calling for him to leave
Mon 11 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Voters react angrily to Reform UK's polling day newspaper takeovers
Sun 10 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Politics is trumping economics in the battle for growth
Sun 10 May 2026
Anthony Seldon
Starmer is right to bring back the Labour heavyweights to save his premiership
Sun 10 May 2026
The Observer view
Starmer should stay
Sun 10 May 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Smashed and pulverised: Labour faces an existential crisis after election wipeout
Sun 10 May 2026
The Observer Leader
Why Britain must focus on economic revival
Sun 10 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Farage could face byelection over crypto king’s £5m donation
Sat 9 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer: I want a decade in Downing Street to renew Britain
Sat 9 May 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Video: a truly, madly, deeply bad day for Labour
Sat 9 May 2026
Peter Hain
Welsh Labour has paid the price for ignoring its withered roots
Fri 8 May 2026
The Observer Leader
Starmer should stay
Fri 8 May 2026
The hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship
27 mins • S1, E340
How could the elections define the UK?
26 mins • S1, E401
Tom Baldwin
Starmer must be bold on rejoining the EU
Sun 3 May 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Labour is braced for what fatalists are calling ‘Starmerggedon’
Sun 3 May 2026
Keir Starmer
We have a choice – sink into division or rise together, stronger
Sat 2 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer is too clever by half. He needs to be sensible too
Wed 29 Apr 2026
The Observer Leader
Keir Starmer must find the courage to rejoin the EU
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Rachel Sylvester
King prepares for diplomatic tightrope ahead of state visit to the US
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
If this is government, I’m a Pot Noodle
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Catherine Neilan
‘Starmer is in Liz Truss territory’: mood hardens in No 10 as MPs weigh no confidence vote
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Ceri Thomas
After a century together, Wales and Labour face a brutal divorce
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Keir Starmer on the ropes
8 mins • S1, E1345
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer is running out of people to throw under the bus
Wed 22 Apr 2026
Fred Harter
Olly Robins and Keir Starmer can’t both be right about Mandelson
Wed 22 Apr 2026
Catherine Neilan
Olly Robbins: No 10 created ‘atmosphere of pressure’ over Mandelson appointment
Tue 21 Apr 2026
Catherine Neilan
Commons debate does little to rid Starmer of Mandelson woes
Mon 20 Apr 2026
Catherine Neilan
Starmer faces Commons showdown as Mandelson fallout spreads
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Starmer pleading ignorance over Mandelson won’t wash
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Senior civil servants back Olly Robbins after ‘totally unfair’ sacking by Keir Starmer
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Thanks to Trump, the UK has edged closer to Europe, but the entente isn’t always cordiale
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Starmer may have won praise for standing up to Trump, but fury over high prices will follow
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer pledges to ban ‘addictive algorithms’ that keep children online
Sat 28 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer’s attorney general to defend rules-based order as differences with US laid bare
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Kim Darroch
Europe must find a way to defend itself that does not rely on the US
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Philip Collins
Britain’s only way out of this mess is a shift to the centre
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer is getting a powerful new enemy. It could be the making of him
Wed 18 Mar 2026
The Mandelson files: How much did Starmer know?
9 mins • S1, E1319
Philip Collins
Starmer must cling on to Jonathan Powell, who warned him Mandelson was trouble
Sun 15 Mar 2026
The new supreme leader of Iran
26 mins • S1, E319
Philip Collins
Trump says Starmer is no Churchill. He has no idea what that means
Sun 8 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer’s ‘Love Actually moment’ with Trump treads a fine line
Sun 8 Mar 2026
Catherine Neilan
Mark Carney to urge Starmer to join ‘world bank for defence’
Sun 8 Mar 2026
The Observer Leader
Keir Starmer’s answer to Donald Trump shows principle, not pandering
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Catherine Neilan
Labour minister resigns over secret investigation into reporters
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer joins Europe in split with US over Iran airstrikes
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Meltdown in Gorton puts wind in the sails of Labour’s immigration rebels
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Hugh Tomlinson
Complaints resurface over Romeo’s reign of ‘terror’ in New York
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
The women tasked with turning ‘tepid bath’ of civil service into a stream of innovation
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Don’t underestimate the Windsors’ ruthless drive to survive
Sun 22 Feb 2026
