Sunak has checked out, leaving Starmer looking even more startled than usual Forget the Taylor Swift debacle or broken promises over national insurance, Rish! just wanted to ask about China The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2024
Keir Starmer milks his stock answer for all it’s worth: ‘£22bn black hole’ The Labour leader may not have the charisma, or the punchlines, but he has a secret weapon – sincerity The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024
Nige shows up for pomp of king’s speech, then jets off to US when the work starts Clacton MP clearly had far more important things to do, like trying to boost his profile at the Republican convention The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2024
It’s all so unfair. And Rishi has no one to blame but himself Two years in Downing Street would have looked so much better on the CV, but he wanted to get the whole thing over with The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2024
Rishi Sunak departs with a brief nod to his achievements – mostly imagined As Larry the Cat sees off another PM, Sunak suffers the ultimate kick in the teeth as the sun comes out for Starmer The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
The seconds ticked by to 10pm, when the people’s will would be revealed Democracy can be tense at that one point in the cycle when power resides with the people and not politicians The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024
Rishi sinks into TV sofa as Boris gloats and Mel goes rogue PM’s This Morning appearance came after his No 10 predecessor had put the boot in and his most loyal lieutenant suddenly decided to tell the truth The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024
Johnson appears on campaign trail at last – to dance on Sunak’s grave After five and a half weeks of pre-election idiocy, the Tories’ finale is to show off the leader even they thought was a disaster The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024
UK election diary: Integrity and accountability? Don’t bet on it Sometimes Sunak only makes sense if you assume he is actively trying to lose this joyless election The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024
Sunak and Starmer wrap up their final debate of despair PM and his expected successor repeat same evasions to leave us none the wiser about our future government The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024
The power of Rish! All this self-inflicted damage takes a level of slapstick genius The gambling saga might have been a three-day scandal. Instead he’d let it rumble on until he was almost on his knees The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024
Raging Rishi – or maybe his avatar – gave us an object lesson in how not to win friends His appearance was the moment the Question Time audience had been waiting for: to give the Tories a kicking The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024
On the Hunt for Jeremy, the Tories’ invisible man this election Chancellor has gone to ground, but no such luck with Mark Harper, who TV viewers were forced to endure on Sunday The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024
Rish! seems determined to achieve total humiliation. This isn’t politics, it’s art Marina Abramović would flinch at the pain the prime minister is inflicting on himself in pursuit of his self-destructive project The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024 Rish!’s bargain-basement manifesto offers anything you want if you just vote Tory Don’t like foreigners? Flights to Rwanda would start in July. Don’t like the ECHR? We could rip up international treaties
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024 Mel strides out to bat for Rish! after PM’s shortest day in Normandy ‘He didn’t run away,’ said the minister, but that’s precisely what Sunak did. He cared so much, he couldn’t be bothered to stay
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024 Slanging matches and soundbites: debate delivers seven ways to make time drag Second TV outing manages to be simultaneously predictable, deadly dull and extremely bad-tempered
The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2024 No more Mr Nice Guy. Rish! is embracing Boris Johnson’s brand of making stuff up Sunak’s Labour tax-rise accusations are a sign he’ll stop at nothing to court the rightwing press
The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2024 Keir wins the applause in the TV debate while the audience openly laughs at Tetchy Rish! Rish!, under pressure, got snippy, continually talking over Starmer. It was a terrible look
The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024 Lights, cameras, Farage: Nige just couldn’t bear to be left out These are the moments he lives for – right at the centre of things, all stardust and no responsibility
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024 Victoria Atkins’ media outing for Tories sends the babbleometer off the scale Hardly seen since Rish! called the election, the health secretary appeared ready for at least five years R&R in opposition
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024 Election diary: Tory campaign going exactly as planned, say Tories With the Tories’ chances at near zero, Labour is concentrating on fighting an ideological ground war with itself
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024 Rish!’s farewell tour reveals the true meaning of futility After a stop in Devon, where his audience appeared uniformly bored, you had to wonder, where are the rest of the cabinet?
The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2024 Cringing in the rain: soggy Rish! kickstarts his farewell tour ‘My plan is working,’ mumbled the PM, his suit drenched, his speech in rags, as Steve Bray cranked up the D:Ream
The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2024 The end is nigh and Labour MPs just want to have fun. At the Tories’ expense Keir Starmer doesn’t even prep for PMQs any more. Rish! is sunk but doesn’t see he’s in self-destruct mode