The Latest Breaking News from Lynton Crosby

The U-turns keep coming – but Starmer’s allies insist they’re his best hope of revival

Prime minister wants cabinet ministers to move on from policies that have tanked with voters

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15

Tories should change their name, says Conservatives’ election guru Lynton Crosby

Veteran election strategist Sir Lynton Crosby said ‘Tory’ had become a dirty word

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2024

Employee jailed for defrauding political lobbying firm

A former financial controller accused of defrauding a global political lobbying firm of $3 million has been jailed after admitting to a fraction of that amount.

AAP · Oct 25, 2024

What’s in Nadine Dorries’s book? A pile of dead cats big enough to kill that phrase for good

From sex scandals to alleged arson, the former culture secretary’s new book is not short of explosive claims, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2023

Republican donor invested in UK firm owned by Tory peer close to Boris Johnson

Former Tory party adviser Lynton Crosby joined as director three months after hedge fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin invested £1m

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2023

OPINION - Labour slams brakes on £28bn green prosperity plan

Lynton Crosby, the Australian political strategist who has run multiple general election campaigns for the Conservatives, is a font of striking sayings. From the ‘dead cat strategy’ (see Michael Fallon) to the idea you ‘can’t fatten a pig on market day’. But right now, it’s all about another of his…

Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2023

'We'd be getting it from both sides, which was horrendous': Australian political players on our brutal refugee policies

In September 2017, I interviewed a senior figure within the Australian Labor Party in his office in Canberra. At one point in our discussion he told me:

The Conversation · May 2, 2023

Inside the internecine battle between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer

With a new viral campaign accusing the Prime Minister of weakness over sex offenders, the Opposition are getting rough. Anne McElvoy on the key players and tensions within the two camps

Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2023

‘Stop the boats’: Sunak’s anti-asylum slogan echoes Australia’s harsh policy

In Australia, hostile rhetoric has fuelled a toxic public debate and sought to dehumanise people fleeing harm

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2023

Lest we forget: our NHS crisis is the deadly legacy of George Osborne’s austerity

Excess deaths are the highest in 70 years. Everyone outside the Conservative party knows the cause – 13 years of underinvestment

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2023