The Latest Breaking News from Blair

The cost of decarbonising is vast. Something like the privatisations of the 80s may be needed to raise enough funds

The younger royals are a poor substitute for some titans of the 20th century, but Peter Morgan has managed to pull off a decent ending to this saga

Rory Stewart’s bridge-burning memoir; the rise and demise of Liz Truss; and what Trump’s aide saw at the White House

I'm A Celebrity 2023 episode 4 recap: Nella Rose has a fiery debate with Nigel Farage.

The UN is warning of a ‘risk of genocide’ against Palestinians. Future pleas of ‘If I knew then what I know now’ will not cut it, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

There is now a union flag on one side, and a call to put ‘country first’ on the other. Does this really give anyone a lovely, warm, modern vibe, asks Zoe Williams

Leading author of FoI Act says system weakened by government and civil servants’ resistance to openness

Yesterday I found myself at the big Tony Blair Institute conference, AKA Blairstock. It’s like Glastonbury for centrist nerds but with better loos. And the only drugs anyone was on were high-functioning ashwagandha supplements.

Haunted by ghosts of Neil Kinnock in 1992 and Ed Miliband in 2010, defeat snatched from the jaws of victory is the nightmare of increasingly optimistic Labour Shadow Cabinet Ministers

The hometown hero set a new tournament record to win by three at TPC River Highlands

Fearless, sharply intelligent and sometimes caustic, Glenda Jackson, who has died aged 87, “had a career unmatched by any of her contemporaries”, said Michael Billington in The Guardian. From 1957, she enjoyed huge success on film (she won two Oscars) and on stage; then, in 1992, she gave it all…