Labour and the Conservatives have both been happy to stay quiet about Brexit during the pandemic. That has to stopSince the 2019 general election, there has been a mutually convenient conspiracy of silence between Britain’s two main parties about Brexi…
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Supply chain crisis could last months admits PM but fuel situation ‘improving’
Labour accuses PM of ‘reducing the country to chaos’ with cars continuing to queue and fights breaking outBritain’s supply chain strain could last until after Christmas, Boris Johnson has admitted as he urged motorists to stop panic-buying fuel by insi…
UK PM promises bereaved families a Covid inquiry chair by Christmas
Group say in a statement they welcomed meeting but disappointed at ‘lack of urgency’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA chair will be appointed by Christmas to the public inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic and sessions shou…
The Guardian view on Starmer’s Labour: time to take on the Tories | Editorial
The Labour leader must know his party faces existential implications if it suffers a historic fifth election defeatBritons usually eat more than 10m turkeys during the festive season. If the country were to run short of the yuletide bird then that may …
My Secret Brexit Diary by Michel Barnier review – a British roasting
The EU’s chief negotiator found his UK counterparts bizarrely unfocused during the long haul to fix a Brexit deal – and believes they still don’t know what they’ve doneRarely do we see thinking of the other side of a negotiation so quickly, while the t…
If Labour wants to win, it needs to promise the change Conservatives won’t deliver | Ellie Mae O’Hagan
Tories splash just enough cash to preserve power; Labour could actually empower othersAfter the government announced a tax rise to pay for social care last week, the political scientist Matthew Goodwin called it “a new era in British politics”. The alr…
Boris Johnson will return from US energised despite achieving little
Analysis: tangible gains were hard to come by but PM will have enjoyed the up close and personal politicsBoris Johnson has flown back to the UK after his transatlantic jaunt reassured about his personal relationship with Joe Biden after the pair sought…
Starmer can’t pin his hopes for success on Johnson’s incompetence | Peter Mandelson
There are no shortcuts to victory at the next election – here are the three things Labour has to doPeter Mandelson was the Labour MP for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004Keir Starmer faces a formidable challenge to overcome the structural reasons for Labour…
‘Donnez-moi un break’: Johnson deepens rift with France over defence deal
UK prime minister hits out after Paris reacted with fury to announcement of defence pactBoris Johnson has reopened the rift with Paris over the Aukus defence and security deal, urging the French to “prenez un grip about this and donnez-moi un break”, a…