The arch-Brexiter’s decision coincided with a new opinion poll predicting a Tory wipeout,showing Labour on track for the largest election win for 100 years.
A boring prime minister in Keir Starmer may be the best Britain can hope for if it’s to end the omnishambles era.
In power since 2010,the Tories have tanked in opinion polls on the back of a post-COVID cost-of-living crisis and successive political scandals.
Nicola Sturgeon,who dramatically quit public life in March last year after eight years as first minister of Scotland,was detained in June. Now her husband has been arrested.
The former firebrand political adviser is enjoying later-in-life acclaim due to his acute political insights and relaxed demeanour.
The Conservative Party has dominated politics for decades with a reputation for economic competence. But polls now show Labour is more trusted with the economy.
IFM Investors,the Australian super funds-owned infrastructure specialist,is back in the UK after signalling it had retreated over British government disfunction.
Might Australia succumb to the perpetual turmoil of British and US politics? A year ago,I was less worried.
The tragedy of this moment is that an opportunity to bring the country closer together has ended up being so fraying.
The true story of white supremacist-turned-informer Matthew Collins is remarkable;so,too,is performance of Stephen Graham,whose struggle is writ large on his weatherbeaten face.
Britain has become Limboland,a nation in which one of its most famous tea-towel epigrams is in danger of becoming a looping incantation:Keep calm and carry on.