The ghosts of Christmases past, present and future reflect on a chaotic week for the Tories• You can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading…
A million unfilled jobs – and no one to serve the Tories in Manchester
The city’s hospitality venues blame Brexit for a lack of experienced staff as the Conservative party conference arrives in town For the swanky bars and restaurants that surround Manchester Central convention complex, Conservative party conference norma…
Reform UK tones down culture war rhetoric and targets Tory voters
Richard Tice promises ‘wow factor’ at party conference and criticises Conservatives over high taxesReform UK, the rebranded Brexit party, plans to focus less on culture war issues and instead try to attract disenchanted Conservatives with more weighty …
‘Red wall’ Tories call on Rishi Sunak to cut business rates
MPs elected in former Labour heartlands in 2019 say tax reform is needed to stem high street closuresConservative MPs in “red wall” seats have urged the chancellor to cut business rates, days after Labour announced it would abolish the tax and overhaul…
The Guardian view on silence about Brexit: time to talk turkey | Editorial
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…
‘The woke’ are just the latest faux enemies of Englishness conjured up by the right | Patrick Wright
The myth of a silenced English majority betrayed by a liberal metropolitan elite goes back decadesPatrick Wright is the author of The Village That Died for England: Tyneham and the Legend of Churchill’s PledgeLike some of the emeritus professors who ha…
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…
Welsh government calls on Westminster to help fund safety of coal tips
Rhondda valley residents fearful after recent landslip and UK government pushed to share responsibilityEvery time it rains heavily, Cllr Robert Bevan’s phone starts ringing and his social media feed is busy with people worried the coal tip that looms a…
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 …
Why do children in Britain always bear the brunt of Tory cuts? | Polly Toynbee
With such a cold and unfeeling government, it’s little wonder our birthrate is fallingThis is no country for babies. It’s no surprise the birthrate keeps falling when would-be parents face impossible obstacles. As in the 1930s, it happens in hard times…