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Catherine Neilan
Al Carns: Dan Jarvis’s appointment as defence secretary ‘will not solve problems’ at MoD
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Ceri Thomas
Makerfield byelection poised on a knife-edge as poll reveals Labour and Reform neck and neck
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Lily Isaacs
The anonymous deepfake porn victim named campaigner of the year
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Patricia Clarke
AI anxiety is fast becoming a political problem
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Matt Cain
David Hockney helped me find my place in the world as a young gay man
Sun 14 Jun 2026
The Observer Leader
The Observer view: A manifesto for children
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Róisín Lanigan
‘Violence in these communities is seen as entertainment’: how the far right stoked riots
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Tim Adams
Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘We’ve treated a generation of children now at school with carelessness’
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Barbara Ellen
BBC’s flippant Brexit documentary isn’t the full story
Fri 12 Jun 2026
John Naughton
Online child safety is not just a tech problem – it’s a political one
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Tom Baldwin
John Healey’s resignation – and Starmer’s shrinking army
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Rachel Sylvester
‘Two-tier Britain’? The reality is far more complicated than that
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Seun Matiluko
Getting Uppity: why Nels Abbey’s debate forum has real clout
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Catherine Neilan
Reform’s reliance on a handful of overseas billionaires is deepening
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Steve Bloomfield
‘For a modern picture of national identity just look to the World Cup’
Sun 7 Jun 2026
The Observer view
The forgotten war
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Rory Smith
A cage fight at the White House puts the Trumpian world-view on show
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Patrick Kidd
Feminist pioneer, socialist and mother of the Miliband brothers, Marion Kozak dies aged 91
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
Rachel Sylvester
Restore has put Nigel Farage between a rock and a hard right place
Thu 4 Jun 2026
Lily Isaacs
Reform’s attempt to exploit Henry Nowak’s death is rank opportunism
Thu 4 Jun 2026
Fred Harter
Questions about Peter Murrell’s SNP spending spree are not going away
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Melanie Reid
Coin sets, footrests, rain gauges: all human frailty was apparent in Peter Murrell’s spending spree
Mon 1 Jun 2026
Kenan Malik
Forget Restore Britain – the problem is mainstream politics promoting far-right policies
Sun 31 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Andy Burnham: ‘I am committed to proportional representation’
Sun 31 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Questions raised over Reform’s ‘multimillion-pound black hole’
Sun 31 May 2026
Sue Pritchard
Bounce back, or bounce forward? Britain's farming choice
Sun 31 May 2026
Anthony Seldon
Ten years ago, Brexit sent me into a pit of rage. I now know we can never return to the EU
Sun 31 May 2026
Steve Bloomfield
Blair is out of touch with the reality of Trump’s new world order
Sun 31 May 2026
Ben Zaranko
Time for Labour to cut to the chase
Sun 31 May 2026
Tony Blair
The future demands a radical response based on understanding the world we live in
Sat 30 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Blair doubles down on his criticism of Labour after party backlash
Sat 30 May 2026
Hayley Myers
‘St James’s Park is a haven amid the craziness of my Westminster job’: Cathy Newman
Sat 30 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Andy Burnham slams Tony Blair for ignoring inequality in his defence of ‘radical centre’
Wed 27 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
Will Hutton
We’re seeing the dark political dimensions of Britain’s dramatic rise in inequality
Sun 24 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
The Makerfield paradox: why a byelection win could lock Burnham out of No 10
Wed 20 May 2026
Kim Willsher
The French town that found the key to beating the far right
Wed 20 May 2026
Giles Whittell
Burnham’s ‘rut’: he would prefer not to talk about Brexit right now
Tue 19 May 2026
Melanie Reid
Why we must spare a thought for the families
Mon 18 May 2026
Evan Moffitt
Bulgaria’s Eurovision triumph overshadowed by an elephant in the room
Mon 18 May 2026
Andrew Anthony
Andy Burnham faces a high-risk battle for the soul of Ashton-in-Makerfield
Sun 17 May 2026
The Observer view
Welcome to Italy
Sun 17 May 2026
Sharon Graham
Unite has a clear message for Labour: change or die
Sun 17 May 2026
Massimo Franco
Italy was where Britain is now... and we voted in the populist right
Sun 17 May 2026
Andrew Anthony
From Downing Street to the Golden State: Steve Hilton’s bid to lead California
Sun 17 May 2026
Kenan Malik
The right of juries to follow their conscience is a vital bulwark of our democracy
Sun 17 May 2026
Marie Le Conte
French actors and authors join la Résistance against a rightwing takeover
Sun 17 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
MPs may be forced to register pre-election donations in wake of Farage’s undeclared £5m gift
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
Will Hutton
Andy Burnham’s ‘full fat’ social democracy must face the reality of the bond markets
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
Ben Zaranko
The battle for the future of Labour’s economic vision has begun
Sun 17 May 2026
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Crypto tycoon Ben Delo heads home to UK to fund Reform after ‘tinpot’ donations cap by Labour
Sun 17 May 2026
Hannah Schuller
Labour’s membership has changed since Corbyn
Sun 17 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
The gentleman is for turning: Farage changes story over £5m donation as investigation launched
Sun 17 May 2026
Tom Baldwin
Shattered allegiances and broken friendships litter the streets of Westminster
Sun 17 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
‘Britain’s future lies with Europe’: Streeting vows to make rejoining EU key goal if he becomes PM
Sun 17 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Makerfield byelection could be ‘wild West’ of campaign financing
Sun 17 May 2026
The Observer view
Nigel Farage has a problem with the truth
Sun 17 May 2026
Ben Zaranko
Andy Burnham’s byelection bid sends UK borrowing costs soaring to 15-year high
Sat 16 May 2026
Xavier Greenwood
Wes Streeting resigns and prepares to trigger a leadership contest he might not win
Thu 14 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Tough travel rules locking ex-offenders out of Britain also ‘lock out business’
Thu 14 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Nigel Farage facing threat of double investigation into billionaire backer’s £5m gift
Wed 13 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
It’s over for Keir Starmer – how has it come to this?
Tue 12 May 2026
Ruth Curtice
Three myths about UK borrowing and growth
Mon 11 May 2026
James Harding
It’s time to rethink the future of the British economy
Mon 11 May 2026
Ben Zaranko
Serenity, courage and wisdom: the government’s path to economic growth
Mon 11 May 2026
Praful Nargund
Brexit has been a disaster – but there is a path to a new deal with Europe
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
William Keegan
Keir Starmer’s losses summon return of the ‘gnomes of Zurich’
Sun 10 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Politics is trumping economics in the battle for growth
Sun 10 May 2026
Rob Ford
Reform’s march heralds political fragmentation as two-party system pushed to brink
Sun 10 May 2026
Anthony Seldon
Starmer is right to bring back the Labour heavyweights to save his premiership
Sun 10 May 2026
