Buy the book:Morrison’s memoirs far from flying off Australian shelves

Buy the book:Morrison’s memoirs far from flying off Australian shelves

Local sales of the former PM’s Christian-flavoured biography might need a little divine intervention.

  • byNoel Towell andKishor Napier-Raman

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A man who can’t organise an umbrella can’t possibly organise a teenage army

A man who can’t organise an umbrella can’t possibly organise a teenage army

Sorry to rain on Rishi Sunak’s parade,but this is a bold idea for an unpopular government to stake its future on.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Sunak v Starmer:The difference between the men who want to run Britain

Sunak v Starmer:The difference between the men who want to run Britain

The contenders in the much anticipated July election will be doing their best to argue the other guy can’t be trusted.

  • byWilliam Booth
Sinking Sunak steers Tories towards iceberg as MPs jump overboard
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UK

Sinking Sunak steers Tories towards iceberg as MPs jump overboard

Nearly 80 Conservative MPs will not seek re-election on July 4,that’s nearly a quarter of all Tories serving under the British prime minister now.

  • byRob Harris
Britain’s best hope is a PM with the charisma of frozen peas
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Opinion

Britain’s best hope is a PM with the charisma of frozen peas

A boring prime minister in Keir Starmer may be the best Britain can hope for if it’s to end the omnishambles era.

  • byNick Bryant
Besides rain and bad polls,Sunak also must contend with ghosts
Analysis
Analysis

Besides rain and bad polls,Sunak also must contend with ghosts

Two key figures,adored and detested by their respective tribes in equal measure,will make life harder for Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.

  • byRob Harris
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Diminished and drenched,Rishi Sunak seems impatient for his own demise
Analysis
UK

Diminished and drenched,Rishi Sunak seems impatient for his own demise

The British PM is attempting to pull off a turnaround that would be unique in modern political history. It’s not off to a convincing start.

  • byRob Harris
Sunak calls snap UK election as Conservatives face thrashing at poll

Sunak calls snap UK election as Conservatives face thrashing at poll

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.

  • byRob Harris
UK politics so much funnier than fiction,comedy writer finds it ‘hard to match’
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UK politics

UK politics so much funnier than fiction,comedy writer finds it ‘hard to match’

The Tories are in a spot of bother as the UK heads to an election. A possible catastrophic defeat would be both self-inflicted and richly deserved.

  • byRob Harris
Tories may throw Sunak overboard,but rearranging deckchairs can’t save this ship

Tories may throw Sunak overboard,but rearranging deckchairs can’t save this ship

Are the Tories mad enough to roll another leader? My spies inside the Conservative Party tell me this is a real possibility.

  • byGeorge Brandis
Meet my friend,the UK Labour candidate seeing Red amid Tory death spiral

Meet my friend,the UK Labour candidate seeing Red amid Tory death spiral

Winning back the “Red Wall” seats seized by Boris Johnson is the key to Labour’s path to government. I caught up with one of the party’s brightest hopes.

  • byGeorge Brandis