Beyond the orbit of Westminster, the idea that normality can simply be willed back into existence seems absurdAs summer withers away and politicians and journalists prepare for the return of party conferences, a tantalising fantasy is in play, mostly i…
You’ll be sorry when Gove puts the moves on No 10 | Stewart Lee
The Cabinet Office minister’s seemingly spontaneous gyrating could make him a natural successor to Funny Boris“Dance, dance, wherever you may be!I’m the Chancellor of the Duchyof Lancaster, and Surrey Heath’s MP,And that’s why I get into clubs for free…
Elections bill is ‘a power grab to rig polls in favour of Tories’
Charities and unions slam move as an attack on fundamental rightsBoris Johnson’s government is today accused of trying to rig future elections by stifling opposition and deterring participation, as a storm of protest erupts over its controversial elect…
Senior Tory demands end to ‘unseemly’ Cabinet row over Afghan crisis
Tobias Ellwood, chair of the defence select committee, says spats are damaging the UK’s global standingBritain must rediscover the will to lead on global issues | Tobias EllwoodA senior Conservative MP is demanding an immediate end to the “unseemly and…
Climate change deniers are as slippery as those who justified the slave trade | Nick Cohen
Global warming sceptics should be hiding in corners. But still some defend the indefensibleNo one seems as defeated as the global warming “deniers” who dominated rightwing thinking a decade ago. Like late 18th-century opponents of abolishing the slave …
Pigs might fly: the Tories’ social care plan – cartoon
Brexit, levelling up, ‘global Britain’… what could possibly go wrong with the latest offering? Continue reading…
‘Chaos’ in No 10 as Johnson finalises social care funding plan
Growing backlash from cabinet ministers and MPs after leaks about plan for national insurance riseBoris Johnson is expected to make a final decision over the weekend about whether to press ahead with his controversial social care funding plan, in the f…
Tory plans to raise National Insurance are regressive. There’s a better way | Jonathan Meadway
Labour should seize the opportunity to make the case for alternative ways of funding social careThe Conservative government is reported to be considering an increase of up to 1.25p in the pound in National Insurance Contributions from 26 million people…
Dominic Raab hits back at defence secretary’s Afghanistan remarks
Labour calls for an end to ‘unseemly infighting at the top of government’ after response to Ben WallaceDominic Raab has hit back at his cabinet colleague Ben Wallace’s assertion that he knew the “game was up” in Afghanistan by July, escalating the tens…
It is our moral duty to take in more Afghan refugees | Letters
Readers despair at the Tory government’s treatment of the people who risked their lives to work for it in AfghanistanYou have to admire the genius of the UK’s refugee policy: first, no one who gets here unofficially can be considered for asylum and the…