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Morning Call: If you gotta go, go now
Lame-duck prime ministers rarely last for very long
May 1 • Ethan Croft and The New Statesman
Morning Call: Is Zack Polanski nervous?
The Green Party is facing a test on anti-Semitism in the run-up to the local elections
Apr 30 • The New Statesman
Morning Call: One battle after another
The PM survives a vote on whether he should be referred to the Privileges Committee
Apr 29 • The New Statesman
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Morning Call Feature: The peril of complacency
Jan 6, 2024 • Harry Lambert and The New Statesman
Morning Call: Khan’s Brexit BS
Jan 12, 2024 • The New Statesman and Will Dunn
Morning Call: The ever-present Horizon
Jan 11, 2024 • Freddie Hayward
Morning Call: Stop the votes
Jan 18, 2024 • Freddie Hayward
Morning Call: How Labour gets the money
Jan 19, 2024 • The New Statesman and Will Dunn
Morning Call: Starmer’s new politics
Jan 4, 2024 • Freddie Hayward
Morning Call: Starmer relies on fed-up but not mutinous MPs
Judgement day looks survivable for the Prime Minister
Apr 28 • Ethan Croft and The New Statesman
Morning Call: PM will not go gently
Keir Starmer’s determination to carry on blows up the short-lived “orderly transition” theory
Apr 27 • Ethan Croft
Morning Call: Would Keir Starmer agree to step down after May?
As the cabinet starts to give up, those close to him still say Starmer wouldn’t leave without a fight
Apr 24 • The New Statesman
Morning Call: The Raynerites and Burnhamites have united
The PM’s weakness has smoothed over differences among the soft left.
Apr 23
Morning Call: The pain that's still to come
Olly Robbins’s committee appearance raised as many questions as it answered
Apr 22 • Ethan Croft and The New Statesman
Morning Call: Olly Robbins reveals “constant pressure” from No 10 over Mandelson
Downing Street had a “generally dismissive attitude” to vetting the disgraced ambassador
Apr 21 • The New Statesman and Ethan Croft
Morning Call: Starmer vs the GODs
The PM’s battle with Whitehall is a delayed reckoning.
Apr 20
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