The stakes are high for Starmer’s post-Brexit return to Brussels Opinion Brexit remains a defining issue, but say it quietly, writes Andrew Hammond as he explores what could come up on Starmer's Brussels trip.
A huge majority but is the two-party system on its way out? Election 2024 The real story of this election isn’t Labour’s landslide but the rise of smaller parties, says Andrew Hammond Labour’s landslide on Thursday means that election 2024 will, rightly, go down in the history books alongside 1997, 1979 and 1945 as key political moments in the nation’s post-war era. Yet, the longer-term significance of the ballot [...]
PM must pull G7 back from the dusty halls of diplomatic irrelevancy to tackle Covid, China & climate change Last Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosted the first leadership meeting of the UK’s 2021 presidency of the G7. While the western club may appear ill-suited to tackling the global crisis from the pandemic, it has always been at its best reacting to the big issues of the moment. Indeed, the very fact that it [...]
