The Latest Breaking News from John Major

Polling guru John Curtice gives his views on Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer’s chances in the general election on 4 July

General secretary of the TSSA rail union and supporter of Tony Blair who chaired the party conference after Labour’s 1997 victory

It doesn't seem fair. When the economy is tanking, the government gets the blame. When it recovers, voters tend to give short shrift. Just ask John Major, who couldn't even convince one in three Britons to support the Conservatives in 1997 despite overseeing 22 consecutive quarters of GDP growth and…

The member for Dagenham and Rainham says he can’t wait to leave parliament. So why did he spend the past 23 years there? And what does he think he achieved?

With an estimated 25% vote share, Tory performance matches 1995 nadir reached under John Major

It’s three decades since the government’s attempt to ban raves radicalised an oddball coalition of dance fans, squatters and ‘new age’ travellers. What became of the protesters who tried to kill the bill?

There is no getting away from Karl Marx’s gag about history beginning as tragedy and ending as farce. When the only thing we can think about when it comes to the Government is a mesmerising sex scandal, we really are in John Major 1997 territory.

Poll also shows Rishi Sunak’s PM rating has plunged to same level as previous leader Jeremy Corbyn

Exclusive Ipsos survey for The Standard also dashes hopes among some Tories that replacing Mr Sunak would boost their party’s fortunes

Stories have emerged of a foul mood in Downing Street; it was ever thus behind the scenes in a dying administration

In London, rates for Battersea power station’s £8m flats are still set with reference to its low-value past, and their rich owners pay less than householders in Hartlepool