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Almost 40 years on, the miners’ strike still casts a long shadow over UK politics today

The pit closures seem a distant memory to many, but they have had a huge impact on our very social fabric, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2023

A letter has laid bare the scale of poverty in Britain – but will Rishi Sunak be moved?

Life’s essentials cost £120 a week, far above what benefits provide, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2023

The Tories have become too pungent for a country that likes its politics plain

Labour’s unthreatening blandness doesn’t set pulses racing, but it beats a government peddling more rage and division, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2023

‘Really, Alex?’: Tory moderates risk reputations by backing Lee Anderson

Constituents of MPs such as Alex Chalk are expressing frustration at endorsement of hard-right views

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023

Rishi Sunak is plotting to make this the net zero election. That’s great news for Labour

Australian conservatives’ dismissal of the climate crisis was a huge error. Keir Starmer should make the most of this moment, says political strategist John McTernan

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2023

The Guardian view on lives lost in the Channel: tragedies continue, to the accompaniment of Tory insults

Editorial: Chaos surrounding the discovery of legionella on the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge reveals a policy that is at sea

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

This dying, sweary Tory government wants to drag us down with it

They’re trashing our energy policy, asylum system and global reputation on the way out… and the language!

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023

Polluters, tax avoiders, misfits: forget Labour’s pals, Tory donors are in a different class

Claiming the moral high ground over taking cash from an eco-zealot seems just a little hypocritical

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023

Lee Anderson: a brutally honest politician – or just another nasty Tory?

The Conservative party deputy chairman has been making headlines again, but they don’t always go down well with his constituents

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2023

‘Swearing should be kept down the mine’: How Lee Anderson’s migrant outburst turned off voters

The Tory deputy chair divided opinion with his ‘f*** off back to France’ remarks – but there was a rather more uniform feeling in his Nottinghamshire constituency, as Colin Drury reports

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2023