Last week we introduced readers to Sophia “Tarquin” Brooks, the 18-year-old boy who Graham Linehan is currently on trial for supposedly “assaulting”, and in particular his connection to disgraced former policeman and serial harasser Lynsay Watson. (From reporting of the proceedings at Westminster Magistrates Court, it sounds very much like Watson has been directing and influencing […]| Wings Over Scotland
We think transactivists will swiftly come to see yesterday as an epic mistake. Because it looks as though it might just have been the final straw. The public reaction against Graham Linehan’s arrest at Heathrow Airport by five armed officers over a handful of innocuous tweets, which also saw the writer hospitalised, was so loud […]| Wings Over Scotland
Use our tool to find your NHS trust’s ranking in the new national performance tables| Politics UK
Solihull Borough Council has its first Reform UK representatives after three former Conservatives defected to the party. The three, who became Independent councillors earlier this year after resigning from the Conservative Party, first made the announcement on the ‘big screen’ at Reform conference, speaking to Jeremy Kyle. Today the party announced the defection of councillors […]| Politics UK
The new soft-left group Mainstream could help propel the mayor to power.| New Statesman
The Left are furious at the speed of the proposed timetable.| New Statesman
The former lead commissioner of Birmingham City Council on bin strikes, Sharon Graham and the future of local government.| New Statesman
This government was elected to transform the country. We can only do that by rewriting the rules that bind us.| New Statesman
At Reform Conference, his “people’s army” formed a long, gloating parade.| New Statesman
Reform call her "Britain's favourite political prisoner". Its supporters see themselves in her.| New Statesman
The TUC boss on immigration, workers' rights, and why the union movement needs the Labour Party| New Statesman
It is time to think clearly about our laws.| New Statesman
The independent MP on how Your Party can beat Labour and stop the rise of Reform.| New Statesman
Witnesses at his Gaza tribunal said the government had failed its responsibilities under international law.| New Statesman
The Prime Minister has used Angela Rayner’s resignation to change his team and take on Reform UK.| New Statesman
Reform UK's head of policy comes out batting for the five time prisoner.| New Statesman
Back in the cabinet, back on the Scottish front line. It’s exactly what he wanted.| New Statesman
The Reform leader has even more cause for boasting than usual this afternoon.| New Statesman
She’s not a saint, but she is nowhere near as bad as the right-wing press would have us believe.| New Statesman
Your Party is tentatively open to a Green alliance.| New Statesman
In a busy political weekend, Reform UK were starved of media oxygen| Politics UK
Bristolians will find out today who will run Bristol City Council for the next four years after casting their votes in yesterday's local elections| Bristol Live
The Tory leader has fumbled yet another easy catch.| New Statesman
The climate activist movements that follow Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil must face complex questions of power, decision making and culture head on.| Roger Hallam
The heads of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Trust UK say the changes could seriously impact lucrative membership schemes| The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
There were outraged protests outside the Bell Hotel as the ruling to evict its asylum seekers was overturned.| New Statesman
A proposed scheme could raise £32bn.| New Statesman
Can the PM reconcile politics and principle over the ECHR?| New Statesman
Reform’s radical plans for mass deportations won’t make anyone safer.| New Statesman
With its local MP preparing for No 10, Clacton has won the argument.| New Statesman
Jess Phillips needs to decide what matters more, the sector that nurtured her career, or women’s lives.| New Statesman
Corbyn and Sultana’s left-wing alternative is slowly emerging. But tensions persist.| New Statesman
Speaking to the New Statesman, he tried to negotiate the fallout of his predecessor’s new book.| New Statesman
Nigel Farage is preparing for a summer offensive on borders and security.| New Statesman
Opinion has shifted in the UK as Israel's war in Gaza grinds on.| New Statesman
Penny Mordaunt’s suffering should serve as a national call to arms.| New Statesman
The Prime Minister finds himself trapped between the US president and an unhappy cabinet.| New Statesman
Over the weekend, pressure mounted on the Prime Minister from his own party.| New Statesman
River and shoreline pollution is “up there with small boats” in the public imagination.| New Statesman
This blog considers two recent papers on the dynamics of scientific research: one in Nature and one by the brilliant physicist, Michael Nielsen, and the brilliant founder of Stripe, Patrick Collison, who is a very unusual CEO. These findings are very important to the question: how can we make economies more productive and what is the […]| Dominic Cummings's Blog
Also this week: Fighting for disability rights and Labour at a crossroads.| New Statesman
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The hype behind an alternative left-wing party is just that: hype.| New Statesman
Britain is better off without the do-nothing rich.| New Statesman
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If, like me, you’ve spent a lot of your life in progressive/liberal circles, it’s easy to believe that any kind of authoritarianism is “unnatural”, alien to normal, healthy human behaviour. Sometim…| Magistra et Mater
Government needs to be totally rethought if the UK is to fill the “gaping holes” in its military preparedness.| New Statesman
Here’s a virtual toast to your flourishing in 2025. But more so than any other year, our wishes should not just be from person to person, but rather wishes for societies – and the society of societies, global humanity. I haven’t felt so gloomy about politics, broadly defined, in a very long time. A genocide is happening while all of us can see it, and mainstream politics and society tries every trick possible to rationalize and justify what is happening. Our politicians are failing to g...| Crooked Timber
In the mid-June of 1997, I was in an English Literature class. Our regular teacher was away, and she was being covered for by our Art teacher, whose principal characteristic was his physical resemblance to Gianluca Vialli. He was not an expert on the plays of Arthur Miller. In lieu of critical insight, the class […]| @Number 71
This isn’t about “dictating” to people – it’s about helping them start the families they dream of.| New Statesman
In his last Commons performance, the former prime minister showed a new side to himself.| New Statesman
The UK is falling short of its net-zero targets, needing urgent action across industries, as the government faces key recommendations.| A greener life, a greener world
A collected library of the party political manifestos ahead of the 2024 UK General Election| The Common Green
Dear Vote Leave supporters LET’S HONOUR THE REFERENDUM RESULT AND GET BREXIT DONE SO THE COUNTRY CAN MOVE ON Summary: Tell your family and friends face-to-face: if Boris doesn’t get a majority, the…| Dominic Cummings's Blog