The Way Back. Join our community exploring how Britain can rebuild its future in Europe Join the debate with our pro-Europe newsletter Join the debate with our pro-Europe newsletter As three by-elections approached this week – one in Makerfield in Greater Manchester, and two in Scotland – Tory leader KemiContinue Reading
Labour grandee warns against Burnham ‘coronation’ John Hutton, who served in both Blair and Brown’s cabinets, told The Independent there “shouldn’t be a coronation”. Lord Hutton said ”we need to know what any new leader is actually going to do. Governing from within our own comfort zone would be aContinue Reading
Stay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletter Get the latest political headlines with our free email Get the latest political headlines with our free email Britain has tested new long-range strike weapons, with the government hoping for delivery to Ukraine within months. TheContinue Reading
Stay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletter Get the latest political headlines with our free email Get the latest political headlines with our free email Keir Starmer is lost,” says Terry Miller. It’s a sunny Friday morning in Ashton-in-Makerfield, a market town fourContinue Reading
It wasn’t so close after all. Andy Burnham achieved 9,241 votes more than the second place Reform candidate, Robert Kenyon. Even talk of Restore Britain stealing votes from Reform mattered little in the end. The reality of the Makerfield by-election is it’s a thumping win for Labour’s Andy Burnham, andContinue Reading
The Way Back. Join our community exploring how Britain can rebuild its future in Europe Join the debate with our pro-Europe newsletter Join the debate with our pro-Europe newsletter The Reform bubble has spectacularly burst in Makerfield with the party’s crushing defeat to Andy Burnham – and shows exactly whyContinue Reading
The Way Back. Join our community exploring how Britain can rebuild its future in Europe Join the debate with our pro-Europe newsletter Join the debate with our pro-Europe newsletter Labour MPs are clamouring for a coronation of Andy Burnham as prime minister, after his stunning victory in the Makerfield by-election,Continue Reading
The Way Back. Join our community exploring how Britain can rebuild its future in Europe Join the debate with our pro-Europe newsletter Join the debate with our pro-Europe newsletter Brexit has cost the UK economy at least six per cent in lost growth, an analysis of Bank of England (BoE)Continue Reading
Stay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletter Get the latest political headlines with our free email Get the latest political headlines with our free email Andy Burnham has won the decisive by-election in Makerfield, becoming the constituency’s latest MP and prompting questions ofContinue Reading
Stay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletter Get the latest political headlines with our free email Get the latest political headlines with our free email A Reform UK MP has been branded “irresponsible” for suggesting England’s football team needs to keep winning WorldContinue Reading
