Here’s an attempt to clarify one area where Keir Starmer is going wrong — at least going wrong with his messaging, even if the fault in messaging betrays a deeper problem or absence. …

Just to make myself popular with my lefty friends, I’m asking, who is the real Red Tory? (“Red Tory” has) been used, particularly on social media, as a derogatory term by some members on the political left of the Labour Party to refer to MPs and Labour Party figures who…

Happy birthday, Brexit referendum. Have some cake. Cake first, then party games such as alternative arrangements. Managed no deals. Clean breaks. All the late classics of madness-in-a-hat Brexit make-believe in the ding-dong context of the Tory leadership contest and the rise of Brexit Party populism. More of that below, more…