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Sir Keir Starmer doesn’t like talk of a hung parliament, but he needs to prep for one

The legacy of the 2019 defeat makes it very challenging for Labour to get to a parliamentary majority in one go

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023

Britain is the most socially liberal it’s ever been. Could somebody let our politicians know?

Today’s seemingly limitless supply of reactionary politics looks increasingly out of step with reality, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023

Ignore the detractors – Keir Starmer is a radical who can transform the country

He could marshal the progressive tradition that has always eluded the liberal left

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank: how interest rates helped trigger its collapse and what central bankers should do next

A former prime minister of Britain, Harold Wilson, is famous for remarking that a week is a long time in politics. But in the world of finance, it seems everything can change in just two days.

The Conversation · Mar 13, 2023

Battered by Brexit, alarmed by poverty, the City is finding a new sense of purpose

The finance sector is at last setting its sights on reviving UK business

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2023

Cabinet Office faced criminal probe over blocked Spycatcher documents

Freedom of information watchdog’s investigation team called in after UK officials repeatedly refused access to government files

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2023

The Catch — Acorn release date, episode guide, cast, plot, trailer, interviews and all about the thriller

The Catch is a thriller starring Jason Watkins, Poppy Gilbert, Aneurin Barnard and Brenda Fricker.

WhatToWatch · Feb 8, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s Whitehall carve up merely rearranges the deckchairs

The prime minister hopes this reorganisation will bring faster growth, but he will be disappointed

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023

Royal commissions transformed Britain in the 1960s – we desperately need them now

These independent inquiries would rise above the party-political deadlock over reform for the NHS and housing, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2023

Future of Welsh rugby at stake after misogyny allegations

When Prime Minister Harold Wilson said “a week is a long time in politics”, it’s unlikely that many thought Welsh rugby would one day be the subject of this truism. But a BBC Wales investigative documentary has exposed a “toxic culture” within the sport’s governing body, the Welsh Rugby Union…

The Conversation · Feb 3, 2023