Paralysis as usual in Starmer’s No 10
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Labour needs a hard reset
Until the government tells a consistent story about itself, it cannot expect voters to believe in it.
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Reform’s locals victory was no fluke
To write up the election as a warped presentation of public opinion is more reach than reasoned analysis.
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Cosplaying Reform will doom Labour
But the party has to fight Farage on his turf.
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Why it’s now Reform vs Labour
Farage dominates the right and Starmer faces no totemic threat to his left.
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What is Nigel Farage thinking now?
Enoch Powell is his political hero. But Farage will never be his heir.
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Does Farage own the future?
Keir Starmer must prove he understands the fury of many voters with his government.
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Reform’s Runcorn victory is a warning to Labour
Nigel Farage’s triumph will intensify divisions within the government over policy and strategy.
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Will it be Reform’s night?
Our final forecast projects that Nigel Farage’s party will gain more than 300 seats.
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Does anyone want a Tory-Reform alliance?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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How much trouble are the Tories in?
Kemi Badenoch’s fate depends on the success of Nigel Farage.
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Would Reform be mad to accept Liz Truss?
When I raise the prospect of Reform tempting Truss over, the response from multiple Conservatives is “Please, take her!”
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Does Labour have a “forgotten flank”?
Internal critics accuse the party of ignoring the Lib Dems and the Greens.
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Can Reform grow up?
After scandals and infighting, Nigel Farage’s party faces its first big test on 1 May, at England’s local elections.
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Labour’s Farage problem
The Reform leader has showed how easily Labour’s majority could be demolished.
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Nigel Farage’s mayday alert
As the local elections approach, Reform is after Labour’s voters.
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Inside the Chaotic Map of Doom
What can we glean from More in Common’s latest polling?
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Reform’s make-or-break elections
If the party cannot translate momentum into council seats, it risks being another noisy but inconsequential endeavour.
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Reform’s bellwether election
The defector Andrea Jenkyns is running for mayor of Greater Lincolnshire – and dispirited Tories are watching closely.
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Nigel Farage’s mutinous army
Reform’s local election rally in Birmingham was soured by pessimism – and rumblings of internal dissent.
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