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Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer is too clever by half. He needs to be sensible too
Wed 29 Apr 2026
Catherine Neilan
Keir Starmer has avoided an ethics probe into the appointment of Mandelson
Wed 29 Apr 2026
Rachel Sylvester
College heads warn that further education funding is in disarray
Mon 27 Apr 2026
Rowan Moore
‘Everyone is so scared’: the housing free-for-all threatening one Cotswold town
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Kenan Malik
Fifty years on, David Edgar’s vision about the far right is becoming our destiny
Sun 26 Apr 2026
James Tapper
MPs who opposed assisted dying seek to revive bill in face of Lords filibustering
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
Andrew Rawnsley
If this is government, I’m a Pot Noodle
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Sam Freedman
Why saving universities is far more than academic
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Matthew Barzun
Unity isn’t meant to be easy – its difficulty is what brings us together
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Keir Starmer on the ropes
8 mins • S1, E1345
Catherine Neilan
King’s speech will present bill to strip disgraced peers of their titles
Wed 22 Apr 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer is running out of people to throw under the bus
Wed 22 Apr 2026
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Reform can’t keep its councillors
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
Lily Isaacs
Sex ed for all is long overdue
Mon 20 Apr 2026
Sam Freedman
How to build a model Britain
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Hannah Spencer: ‘MPs tell me I’ll get used to Westminster. I hope I never do’
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Starmer pleading ignorance over Mandelson won’t wash
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Kate Maltby
I watched as Orbán schmoozed Jewish voters in a synagogue. The irony was stark
Sat 18 Apr 2026
John Nash
How to stop a generation being ‘ravaged by predatory algorithms’
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Fred Harter
Orbán’s defeat is more about the economy than ideology
Wed 15 Apr 2026
Kim Willsher
Viktor Orbán is out. What now for Hungary under Péter Magyar?
Mon 13 Apr 2026
Matthew Bishop
Present a united front to rattle Trump’s leadership
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Catherine Neilan
Farage accused of ‘playing with fire’ after claiming Reform UK lost election due to sectarianism
Tue 31 Mar 2026
Ceri Thomas
After the donor cap and crypto ban, what if we all chipped in to fund our political parties?
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Bridget Phillipson: ‘We don’t know why British children are some of the unhappiest’
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer pledges to ban ‘addictive algorithms’ that keep children online
Sat 28 Mar 2026
Labour party caps donations by Britons living overseas
Fri 27 Mar 2026
Kim Willsher
The far right again hits a ceiling in France
Tue 24 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer’s attorney general to defend rules-based order as differences with US laid bare
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Kenan Malik
How do we transform society when we are more disconnected than ever?
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Philip Collins
Britain’s only way out of this mess is a shift to the centre
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Sam Freedman
Reform and Farage are losing support. There are two key reasons why
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Catherine Neilan
Reform accused of using third party to turn crypto into cash and hide donors
Sat 21 Mar 2026
Steve Bloomfield
Of all Starmer’s U-turns, the cruel cut to vital aidis the most depressing
Fri 20 Mar 2026
Kathleen Jamie
Rebecca Solnit and the audacity of hope
Thu 19 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer is getting a powerful new enemy. It could be the making of him
Wed 18 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Closer ties with EU become the ‘biggest prize’ for chancellor
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Philip Collins
Starmer must cling on to Jonathan Powell, who warned him Mandelson was trouble
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Megan Clement
Deadly violence overshadows Lyon’s poll clash of sports boss and mayor
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Catherine Neilan
Reform plans ‘ideological purge’ of Whitehall
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Inside the Mandelson appointment scandal
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Britain’s nuclear deterrent isn’t independent. It’s rented from America
Wed 11 Mar 2026
Fred Harter
Keir Starmer is a punching bag of the US president
Mon 9 Mar 2026
Kenan Malik
Why Labour lost the minority vote in the Gorton and Denton byelection
Sun 8 Mar 2026
Catherine Neilan
Mark Carney to urge Starmer to join ‘world bank for defence’
Sun 8 Mar 2026
Letters to the editor
Assisted dying bill offers the gift of life
Sun 8 Mar 2026
Ceri Thomas
Christopher Harborne has cemented Reform’s status as a money-making machine
Fri 6 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Labour can’t afford to insult Green voters
Wed 4 Mar 2026
Elaine McCallig
The Minneapolis knitters taking on ICE
Tue 3 Mar 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Donald Trump wants to see regime change in Iran. This may be wishful thinking
Mon 2 Mar 2026
Ceri Thomas
The invisible man whose millions are transforming British politics
Sun 1 Mar 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Gorton and Denton will force Labour to rethink – it is no longer the only anti-Reform option
Sun 1 Mar 2026
Deborah Mattinson
Jersey’s move to legalise assisted dying should be a wake-up call to the Lords
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Zack Polanski
Labour ignored voters in Gorton and Denton. We listened to them. And we won
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Rob Ford
The Greens’ win in Gorton and Denton was just the start of the record-breaking
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
The Greens’ Gorton and Denton win may be the nail in the coffin for the two-party system
Fri 27 Feb 2026
Fred Harter
Reform’s ICE-style ‘deportation command’ would be costly and inefficient
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
The populists have the accelerator flat on the floor. Labour must go big or go home
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Fred Harter
Labour has taken radical steps to overhaul the Send system. But not everyone will feel included
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Rory Smith
Fear and loathing in Gorton and Denton
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Don’t underestimate the Windsors’ ruthless drive to survive
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Labour bill doesn’t go far enough to stop foreign interference in UK politics
Mon 16 Feb 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Key reformists arrested as Iran regime acts ‘to break anyone who speaks up’
Sun 15 Feb 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Keir Starmer’s leadership hangs between survival and collapse
Sun 15 Feb 2026
William Keegan
Mandelson’s murky dealings are a warning: don’t get too chummy with the money men
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
The Starmer-McSweeney alliance ends
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
The Cabinet Office failed to query Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein
Sun 8 Feb 2026
The Observer view
Starmer’s days in office are numbered
Sun 8 Feb 2026
John Simpson
Teens fear their peers can’t sort fact from fiction
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Lords reform to be tackled by new group of MPs
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Andrew Hankinson
What is Dominic Cummings up to?
Sat 7 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
‘Dead in the water’: Labour MPs acknowledge that this may be the end for Starmer
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Matt Russell
The Peter Mandelson scandal threatens to bring down Starmer
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Nicola Sturgeon
Why I changed my mind about Gordon Brown
Thu 5 Feb 2026
Ada Barumé
The Lords holding up the assisted dying bill
Tue 3 Feb 2026
