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  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    News in-depthBoris Johnson
    Boris Johnson’s electoral coalition shows signs of unravelling

    Tory by-election losses highlight how party is losing ground in both northern and southern England

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Tim Bale
    Lessons for Conservatives from the double by-election blow

    Scores of other seats could go the way of Tiverton and Honiton and fall to the Lib Dems; the message from Wakefield for Labour is less clear

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    The Big Read
    Crunch time for Johnson: ‘He is really lucky to be in a job’

    As Conservative MPs debate the prime minister’s future, he faces a crucial by-election in rural Devon

  • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
    FT live news
    Live news updates from June 6: Boris Johnson survives confidence vote, Zelensky meets troops in Donbas
  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    Robert Shrimsley
    Tories take an unconservative approach to conservatism

    The party fears it is losing the ideological battle that sustains it in power

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Labour’s biggest donor Unite has other ideas for its money — and for good reason, too

    Plus, Tory MPs wait for the polls to reflect Rishi Sunak’s emergency boost while parliament breaks for recess

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Robert Shrimsley
    Boris Johnson should heed warnings from the Australian election

    The prime minister must see that you cannot neglect a key part of your electoral coalition without paying a price

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Inside Politics
    The myth of the typical ‘Red Wall voter’

    Plus, why working from home will ruffle the UK’s political patchwork — and give Rishi Sunak yet another fiscal headache

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Camilla Cavendish
    If Starmer can’t enthuse voters now, he might never beat Johnson

    The prime minister and his party are dogged by scandals and yet Labour still fails to inspire

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Inside Politics
    UK local elections: Winners, losers and pretenders

    Plus, political commentating in the small hours and Labour’s plan to fight inflation

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Robert Shrimsley
    What Labour still needs to learn from Tony Blair, 25 years on

    If Keir Starmer fails to define himself as his predecessor did, the party’s opponents will do it for him

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    Northern Ireland
    Alliance strives to break duopoly of Northern Ireland’s factional politics

    Centrist force struggles to be heard above the din of unionists and nationalists clashing on entrenched community lines

  • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    ‘He’s lost it’: Anger at Boris Johnson sets tone for local elections

    Conservatives expect partygate to hit support but many voters in bellwether of Dudley unconvinced by Labour leader Starmer

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    Sebastian Payne
    Labour needs big personalities to take on the Tories

    Despite the government’s travails, voters are still wary of Keir Starmer’s party

  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    Sebastian Payne
    Conservatives hope May’s local elections will bolster their ‘red wall’

    The UK bellwether constituency of Sunderland has been a Labour redoubt for decades but this could be about to change

  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Labour holds on to Birmingham Erdington seat in by-election

    Paulette Hamilton increases party’s share of the vote to become UK city’s first black MP

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    InterviewLabour Party UK
    Scottish Labour leader Sarwar sets out to make party a serious challenger

    The party’s leader will tell Glasgow conference: ‘We’ve stopped Armageddon, [now] we’ve got to deserve to win’

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    The Big Read
    Labour’s fight to capitalise on Boris Johnson’s scandals

    The opposition is ahead in the polls. But voters still are not sure what the party stands for under Keir Starmer

  • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
    Labour Party UK
    Labour and Lib Dems in informal ‘non-aggression’ pact before next UK election

    Parties to concentrate resources on seats where each is most likely to beat the Tories

  • Saturday, 12 February, 2022
    Paula Surridge
    A warning from those who ‘lent’ their votes to the Conservatives

    Focus groups of voters who turned away from Labour in ‘red wall’ areas show the Tories can’t count on continued support

  • Saturday, 15 January, 2022
    Steve Richards
    Keir Starmer’s moment has come: he must not squander it

    Being an effective opposition leader requires originality, wit and an ability to break with the past

  • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
    Conservative Party UK
    Tory civil war stokes talk of Scottish party breaking away

    Some Conservatives in Scotland believe it will never regain ground north of the border with Johnson as prime minister

  • Tuesday, 4 January, 2022
    Labour Party UK
    Keir Starmer defends Tony Blair as Labour continues shift to centre

    Opposition leader highlights patriotism and ‘contract’ with voters in new year speech

  • Tuesday, 4 January, 2022
    Sebastian Payne
    Labour is finally learning to love Tony Blair again

    In following the New Labour playbook on patriotism and security, Keir Starmer shows he is serious about winning

  • Wednesday, 29 December, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Labour frontbencher pushes pragmatism to oust Boris Johnson

    Peter Kyle says UK opposition must be ‘smart’ in managing inter-party relations to defeat Conservatives

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