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Dozens hear case for British republic at ‘naughtiest’ Labour fringe event

Guests warned against a future with a ‘white privileged male’ as head of state until the end of the century.

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022

Who’s to blame for 12 years’ desecration of our NHS? Doctors, says Thérèse Coffey

Yet another new health secretary has arrived with all kinds of whizzo ideas, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022

This week we will see Truss unchained. Labour must be rubbing its hands with glee

With official mourning over, the new prime minister will start to lay out her wilfully unpopular policies, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2022

By rejecting a windfall tax, Truss has painted herself into a corner

The ‘handout’ of capped bills is not enough to buy off voters outraged at the excess profits of energy companies, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2022

No vision, no charisma, no real plan: Labour has nothing to fear from Liz Truss

This PM is good news for all who want the Tories out, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2022

The UK is at a perilous tipping point. But what is Truss planning to do about it?

Each day brings more news about a spiralling catastrophe – the economy is crying out for major government intervention, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2022

Meet Liz Truss’s biggest fan – a man whose blind faith reveals a party increasingly driven by ideology

The end is nigh when Conservative stalwarts put a vision of a free-market new Jerusalem above winning elections, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2022

Police failures, soaring waiting lists, pool closures: one day’s news in Tory Britain

Look at the condition of Britain’s public services and despair – this is where the ‘small state’ gets you, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2022

If the Murdoch press is so panicked about recession, why did it back austerity and Brexit?

As Truss and Sunak slug it out, rightwing papers are waking up to the looming catastrophe, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2022

The Tories are swerving wildly to the right as Truss and Sunak promise the impossible

On most issues – from immigration and equalities to tax cuts – the two candidates for PM are hugely out of step with voters, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2022