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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
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
Steve Bloomfield
Saying we will rejoin the EU is easy but there is no ‘back to 2016’ button
Sun 17 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Makerfield byelection could be ‘wild West’ of campaign financing
Sun 17 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
Andy Haldane
The devolution revolution needs to be more than just a catchy slogan in order to unlock growth
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
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
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
The Observer view
Starmer should stay
Sun 10 May 2026
David Aaronovitch
From crypto-millions to TikTok charm: the new face of British populism
Sun 10 May 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Smashed and pulverised: Labour faces an existential crisis after election wipeout
Sun 10 May 2026
John Simpson
‘Extremist’ Reform candidates elected to councils across country
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
Catherine Neilan
Nigel Farage hails ‘historic political change’ as Reform surge masks internal fears and paranoia
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
Melanie Reid
SNP holds on to power as Scots stay home for ‘meh’ election
Fri 8 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Judgment day is here, for Keir Starmer and his critics alike
Thu 7 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Questions raised about ‘security risk’ to Farage in row over £5m gift from crypto tycoon
Sun 3 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
‘You’re a mug for playing by the rules’: disillusioned voters split left and right
Sun 3 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Police assessing evidence on £100k donations made to Robert Jenrick
Sun 3 May 2026
Rob Ford
Britain’s fragmented future: why this year’s local elections will be the messiest yet
Sun 3 May 2026
Giles Whittell
A famous fishmonger says politicians aren’t reading the room, just like ten years ago
Fri 1 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
College heads warn that further education funding is in disarray
Mon 27 Apr 2026
William Keegan
We must stop tiptoeing around the EU, we have to jump back in
Sun 26 Apr 2026
James Tapper
MPs who opposed assisted dying seek to revive bill in face of Lords filibustering
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Esther Rantzen
Esther Rantzen: A handful of peers have forced terminally ill patients to suffer
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Ceri Thomas
After a century together, Wales and Labour face a brutal divorce
Sun 26 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
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
Rachel Sylvester
Senior civil servants back Olly Robbins after ‘totally unfair’ sacking by Keir Starmer
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Catherine Neilan
Farage accused of ‘playing with fire’ after claiming Reform UK lost election due to sectarianism
Tue 31 Mar 2026
Catherine Neilan
Transparency groups demand further curbs on party coffers
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Leaders flip-flop over Iran war as party falls out of step with supporters
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Sam Freedman
Reform and Farage are losing support. There are two key reasons why
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer is getting a powerful new enemy. It could be the making of him
Wed 18 Mar 2026
Barney Macintyre
As Reeves turns towards Europe, Greens start to think harder about fiscal policy
Sun 15 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
Rachel Sylvester
Labour can’t afford to insult Green voters
Wed 4 Mar 2026
Ceri Thomas
The invisible man whose millions are transforming British politics
Sun 1 Mar 2026
Catherine Neilan
Labour minister resigns over secret investigation into reporters
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Meltdown in Gorton puts wind in the sails of Labour’s immigration rebels
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
Ian Buruma
The age of American fascism
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
Catherine Neilan
Labour bill doesn’t go far enough to stop foreign interference in UK politics
Mon 16 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
The boys’ club has collapsed. Now Labour needs to get stuff done
Sun 15 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
MPs and peers complained to whips over Starmer plans to make spin doctor a lord
Sat 14 Feb 2026
William Keegan
Mandelson’s murky dealings are a warning: don’t get too chummy with the money men
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
‘I don't think Keir Starmer’s got three days’
Sun 8 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
Andrew Rawnsley
The Peter Mandelson scandal has turned ‘No drama Starmer’ into a lurid soap opera
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Lords reform to be tackled by new group of MPs
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Gordon Brown raised concerns over hiring of Mandelson and ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Andrew Hankinson
What is Dominic Cummings up to?
Sat 7 Feb 2026
Tom Baldwin
Mandelson's ‘crimes’ are not for Starmer to answer for
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
McSweeney ‘asked if Mandelson US embassy role could be part-time’
Wed 4 Feb 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Mandelson’s leap from the Lords won’t end this crisis
Tue 3 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Filibustering Lords seek to slow-talk bill to its doom
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Zack Polanski cowardly for not fighting byelection, Labour says
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Chinese plan to turn UK into windfarm superpower puts Starmer visit to the test
Wed 28 Jan 2026
Social media could be banned for under 16s in the UK
7 mins • S1, E1285
Catherine Neilan
Labour blocks Burnham from standing in byelection
Sun 25 Jan 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Andy Burnham’s make-or-break choice will either crown him or sink him
Sun 25 Jan 2026
Catherine Neilan
Burnham’s bid to return set to force Starmer into fight of his political life
Sat 24 Jan 2026
Catherine Neilan
MP’s resignation could clear path to Westminster for Burnham
Thu 22 Jan 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
The right can’t unite. It’s now a fight to the death between the Tories and Reform
Sun 18 Jan 2026
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Council tax hikes loom in areas run by Reform
Sun 18 Jan 2026
Catherine Neilan
Defection of ‘damaged goods’ Jenrick and Zahawi leads to grumbling in Reform
Sun 18 Jan 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Tories dodged a bullet with Jenrick defection
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Anthony Seldon
Brown, Blair, Miliband – the ghosts of Labour’s past can help secure its future
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
A traitor has been banished – but Jenrick sacking could haunt Tories
Thu 15 Jan 2026
Tom Baldwin
Keir’s choice: appease Trump or put Ukraine on the line
Thu 8 Jan 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Deepfakes are undermining faith in politics
Fri 2 Jan 2026
Robert Ford
Democracy’s ‘dark matter’ will decide the future of politics
Wed 31 Dec 2025
