Andy Burnham has to prove he has substance as new Prime Minister
Andy Burnham has entered number 10 vowing to restore hope and reject the Thatcherite economics we’ve endured since the 1980s.…
The Andy Burnham I’ve met over the past 20 years gives me hope for British politics | John Harris
Andy Burnham on the Left Field stage at Glastonbury festival in 2022, in a debate session hosted by John Harris…
‘Andy Burnham has months to make an impression with voters’
The vibes, optics and words from Andy Burnham’s acceptance speech as the new Labour leader could not have been better.…
Roy Hattersley dead at 93 as former Labour deputy leader passes away
Roy Hattersley, the former Labour deputy leader, has died aged 93, with Sir Keir Starmer leading tributes to his “decades…
Zombie Blairites still have British politics in their grip – it’s time to break free | Aditya Chakrabortty
Tony Blair and Keir Starmer at the Institute for Global Change’s Future of Britain Conference in central London, 18 July…
British politics is fractured and chaotic – but at last it’s brimming with ideas for the future | Polly Toynbee
Supporters at the launch of Andy Burnham’s byelection campaign, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, 22 May 2026. Photograph: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty ImagesView image…
Scots cops should declare if they are Freemasons says veteran ex-Labour minister
Former MP Chris Mullin campaigned in the 1990s for public servants to disclose if they are part of secret societies.
Tony Blair says he is all about the future – but his vision is woefully stuck in the past | Jonathan Freedland
‘His view has not shifted from the one he held with such calamitous consequences a quarter-century ago’. Tony Blair in…
Alan Milburn is right, a young generation has been betrayed. Forget Tony Blair: we must attend to this | Polly Toynbee
Illustration: Thomas Pullin/The GuardianView image in fullscreen Illustration: Thomas Pullin/The Guardian Alan Milburn is right, a young generation has been…
The Campaign Diary of Robert Kenyon Aged 41 and Three-Quarters (as imagined by John Crace)
Robert Kenyon in his van. ‘I like to turn on the engine and leave it running … burn as many…