An unpopular government and floundering official opposition creates fertile territory for Reform

‘Don’t poke the beast’ remains the watchword at Number 10 even as the beast rampages around chewing the legs off the global economy

Even if the UK manages to dodge the worst of Donald Trump’s tariffs, we will still suffer from the fallout of a global trade war

The Conservative leader isn’t convincing fellow Tories that she possesses a viable route map to recovery

Smarter, more productive, government will require more than yet another bonfire of the quangos

Defence spending has to go up, but siphoning money from international aid is a self-defeating folly

The stakes couldn’t be higher and the risks couldn’t be greater when the prime minister visits Washington this week

The betrayal of Ukraine is a final warning to the UK and its continental allies to put a lot more energy and money into rebuilding their defences

It will take more than some sharper attack lines to beat back the growing threat posed by Nigel Farage

This is a rattlingly good tale of a modern-day Machiavelli that ascribes credit for Labour’s journey to power not to Keir Starmer, but to his Irish chief of staff

On top of the added levels of noise and air pollution, there’s the non-trivial matter of demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting several waterways and rerouting a long stretch of the M25

Donald Trump poses dilemmas and dangers for the Tories as well as Labour, and presents opportunities to the Lib Dems and Reform

When you’re presiding over a flatlining economy, every error is magnified and there is little credit for the things you’re doing right

In choosing the UK’s new ambassador, Keir Starmer is gambling that the rewards will justify the risks

Sir Keir Starmer is confronted with several stark strategic dilemmas and they won’t be resolved by wishful thinking

The view in Number 10 is that work on the government’s missions has been too sluggish and now needs to be driven harder and faster

The pervasive mood of negativity masks that many do have reason to be grateful for the election of this government

There’s a global tidal wave sweeping away incumbents. It’s concentrating minds at Number 10 about their re-election chances

Downing Street may be making friendly overtures but the cabinet’s stomachs are in knots about the threats to the UK’s security and prosperity

The Conservatives will only be taken seriously when they are honest about their multiple mistakes in government