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OPINION - Sir Keir Starmer’s reset must reveal a greater sense of purpose

Changes of tack haven’t helped recent prime ministers, but there’s a silver lining for Sir Keir

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2024

Angus Robertson to steer SNP's 2026 Holyrood campaign

SNP minister Angus Robertson will steer the party’s Holyrood election campaign, it has been announced...

The National (Scotland) · Dec 1, 2024

Out by Tim Shipman review: An epic political saga draws to a close

At the launch of the final part of his magisterial Brexit quartet, author Tim Shipman offered three reasons why differing political groups should read it. The first were those still reeling from the Out result. The second were those who passionately wanted to get Out and blamed everyone else for…

Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2024

Ian ‘Ollie’ Olsen dies aged 66: ‘visionary’ Australian post-punk and electronic music innovator

The Melbourne-born multi-instrumentalist’s peripatetic career spanned 70s punk to 90s rave, fuelled by an innovative – and collaborative – spirit

The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2024

A rushed UK law is no way to make such a vital, painful decision as how to die

An over-simple bill on a complex matter like assisted dying will fail to protect those who are most at risk

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024

UK has once-in-a-generation chance to allow assisted dying, says Labour peer

Lord Falconer reveals that Keir Starmer will not block Commons vote on giving terminally ill people choice of ending their lives

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024

France no longer resembles a divided but tolerant family. It is catastrophically fractured

As voters decide in the second round of elections today, the far right’s shock success last week has left many asking what the future holds for the republic

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024

“Our failure got us dropped by our label, manager and publisher – and led to us rediscovering what we really wanted to do musically”: How No-Man learned to confound their expectations without offending each other

Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson’s mutual respect and passion has kept their art-pop collaboration alive – despite the constant distractions of their other projects

Louder · Jun 27, 2024

OPINION - Tom Newton Dunn: The race for Tory leader has begun already — and it's a 16-way brawl

“The problem with my dear fellow Tory MPs is they all think they’re Winston Churchill,” a weary Cabinet minister told me this week. “Every single one of them.” Like many in the Conservative Party now, the minister has given up hope over the general election result.

Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024

‘Why did he do it?’ how Rishi Sunak’s early election backfired on the PM

Tory MPs are perplexed: this seemed the worst moment to go to the country. Has their leader simply had enough?

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2024