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Starmer’s ‘purely defensive’ stance has won support among voters, but what challenges lie ahead for each party when it comes to their base’s view of war?

Over the last 10 years, the terms of political debate have changed completely – and week by week they seem to get worse

Starmer appealed to his Labour Party colleagues to have more trust in the government and display a united house, warning them to prepare for the “fight of our lives” amid Nigel Farage’s poll-topping Reform UK party threat.

COMMENT: One of Margaret Thatcher’s staunchest lieutenants, the ‘Chingford Skinhead’ held some notorious opinions and would happily go studs-up with his political opponents – but in person, Lord Tebbit was anything but a ‘semi-house-trained polecat’, recalls historian Tim Bale

The Prime Minister’s first year in office has been marked by a series of domestic and global challenges after Labour’s landslide victory.

COMMENT: For the first time ever, a clear majority of right-wing voters seem open to changing the voting system. What could it mean for the future of British politics, asks Tim Bale

As Tory bigwigs compete to signal outrage over ‘great Brexit betrayal’, the party is polling worse than ever before

Labour and the Conservatives have had a stranglehold on political power for decades — but as Reform UK's victory in last week's election shows, this now appears to changing.

With a thumping success in local elections this week, the hard-right Reform UK party has loosened Britain's two-party stranglehold and is already eyeing Downing Street.