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Andrew Rawnsley
Time to sound the alarm: the United States no longer behaves like a friend

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Time to sound the alarm: the United States no longer behaves like a friend
Kim Darroch
Trump thinks Europe doesn’t cut it. We will have to look after ourselves

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Trump thinks Europe doesn’t cut it. We will have to look after ourselves
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: Beware the nerdy tree-hugger ex

Sat 13 Dec 2025

Dear Keir: Beware the nerdy tree-hugger ex
Lily Isaacs
Sorry, Keir – when it comes to TikTok, you’re all at sixes and sevens

Wed 10 Dec 2025

Sorry, Keir – when it comes to TikTok, you’re all at sixes and sevens
Tom Baldwin
Starmer needs to stop sweating the small stuff and be bold on Europe

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Starmer needs to stop sweating the small stuff and be bold on Europe
Isabel Coles
Starmer to host Zelensky and EU leaders for Ukraine talks

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Starmer to host Zelensky and EU leaders for Ukraine talks
Andrew Rawnsley
Will the leftish parties unite to stop Nigel Farage from becoming PM?

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Will the leftish parties unite to stop Nigel Farage from becoming PM?
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer: ‘The Greens are anti-Nato and think it’s all right to sell drugs. That’s nuts’

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Keir Starmer: ‘The Greens are anti-Nato and think it’s all right to sell drugs. That’s nuts’
Deborah Haynes
British fighting power is ‘a mirage’, say former defence secretaries

Thu 4 Dec 2025

British fighting power is ‘a mirage’, say former defence secretaries
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a pardon

36 mins • S1, E292

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a pardon
Rachel Sylvester
‘The cabinet is a sham’: the budget fallout shows Starmer’s authority is fading

Mon 1 Dec 2025

‘The cabinet is a sham’: the budget fallout shows Starmer’s authority is fading
The Observer leader
The Observer view on the budget: Trust and the Treasury

Sun 30 Nov 2025

The Observer view on the budget: Trust and the Treasury
Lucien Young
People underestimate me, so I overestimate to balance things out

Sat 29 Nov 2025

People underestimate me, so I overestimate to balance things out
Tom Baldwin
The rise and fall of the superadviser, and the future of Morgan McSweeney

Sat 29 Nov 2025

The rise and fall of the superadviser, and the future of Morgan McSweeney
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: You have to be cruel to be kind – just ask the Sun

Sun 23 Nov 2025

Dear Keir: You have to be cruel to be kind – just ask the Sun
Rachel Sylvester
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’

Sat 22 Nov 2025

Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’
Catherine Neilan
After the week No 10 lost control, warning that chaos is ‘probably fatal’ for Starmer

Sun 16 Nov 2025

After the week No 10 lost control, warning that chaos is ‘probably fatal’ for Starmer
Andrew Rawnsley
How a cunning plan to bolster the PM backfired spectacularly

Sun 16 Nov 2025

How a cunning plan to bolster the PM backfired spectacularly
Lucien Young
Wes Sez: I learned the art of honesty from my heroes, Blair and Mandelson

Sat 15 Nov 2025

Wes Sez: I learned the art of honesty from my heroes, Blair and Mandelson
Adam Weymouth
Letters from prison: the protesters locked up for trying to change the world

Sat 15 Nov 2025

Letters from prison: the protesters locked up for trying to change the world
Donald Trump and the Epstein emails

30 mins • S1, E286

Donald Trump and the Epstein emails
Rachel Sylvester
Briefings against the PM are more cock-up than conspiracy

Wed 12 Nov 2025

Briefings against the PM are more cock-up than conspiracy
Jeevan Vasagar
Save the planet? Today’s centre-left leaders have more pressing concerns

Sat 8 Nov 2025

Save the planet? Today’s centre-left leaders have more pressing concerns
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: who can you trust if not Tony Blair?

Fri 7 Nov 2025

Dear Keir: who can you trust if not Tony Blair?
Rachel Sylvester
The government has flunked its curriculum review

Wed 5 Nov 2025

The government has flunked its curriculum review
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: Keep your friend, but let him know the axe could fall

Sun 2 Nov 2025

Dear Keir: Keep your friend, but let him know the axe could fall
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: How do I keep my kids on the straight and narrow?

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Dear Keir: How do I keep my kids on the straight and narrow?
Catherine Neilan
Two elections, two stories – and neither good for Labour

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Two elections, two stories – and neither good for Labour
Andrew Rawnsley
Lucy Powell has a resonant message. The PM should listen

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Lucy Powell has a resonant message. The PM should listen
Philip Collins
The police made a mistake. Starmer is right to wade in

Sun 19 Oct 2025

The police made a mistake. Starmer is right to wade in
Catherine Neilan
Starmer defends UK role in Gaza peace deal after US snub

Wed 15 Oct 2025

Starmer defends UK role in Gaza peace deal after US snub
Andrew Rawnsley
Keir Starmer must show he has a strategy to win

Sun 5 Oct 2025

Keir Starmer must show he has a strategy to win
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: If a colleague pushes back on your plan, sack them

Fri 3 Oct 2025

Dear Keir: If a colleague pushes back on your plan, sack them
Andrew Rawnsley
Starmer played the patriot card – but in a hand with no aces

Tue 30 Sept 2025

Starmer played the patriot card – but in a hand with no aces
The future of the British left

8 mins • S1, E1201

The future of the British left
William Keegan
Nigel Farage gets a taste of economic reality on his day out at the Bank

Mon 29 Sept 2025

Nigel Farage gets a taste of economic reality on his day out at the Bank
Rachel Sylvester
The PM’s future rests in the chancellor’s hands

Mon 29 Sept 2025

The PM’s future rests in the chancellor’s hands
Andrew Rawnsley
Andy Burnham taking Keir Starmer’s crown is pure fantasy

Sun 28 Sept 2025

Andy Burnham taking Keir Starmer’s crown is pure fantasy
Philip Collins
Labour has never got its plot together enough for a coup

Sun 28 Sept 2025

Labour has never got its plot together enough for a coup
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer to unveil ‘patriotic’ plan for next generation of new towns

Sun 28 Sept 2025

Starmer to unveil ‘patriotic’ plan for next generation of new towns
The Observer leader
The Observer view: Labour should rethink its manifesto

Sun 28 Sept 2025

The Observer view: Labour should rethink its manifesto
Lucien Young
Always do the right thing – at the last possible moment

Thu 25 Sept 2025

Always do the right thing – at the last possible moment
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: how not to get dumped? Cling on until the bitter end

Sun 21 Sept 2025

Dear Keir: how not to get dumped? Cling on until the bitter end
Tom Baldwin
To tackle Reform, Labour must fly the flag for inclusive patriotism

Sun 21 Sept 2025

To tackle Reform, Labour must fly the flag for inclusive patriotism
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer ready to seize initiative in race against time to save leadership

Sun 21 Sept 2025

Starmer ready to seize initiative in race against time to save leadership
Trump and Starmer’s Epstein question

11 mins • S1, E1194

Trump and Starmer’s Epstein question
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer can forget Mandelson and his flaws but not what he stood for

Sun 14 Sept 2025

Starmer can forget Mandelson and his flaws but not what he stood for
Andrew Rawnsley
Operation Ingratiate takes more risks with Starmer’s reputation

Sun 14 Sept 2025

Operation Ingratiate takes more risks with Starmer’s reputation
Catherine Neilan
Troubled Starmer ‘reeks of defeat’ after Mandelson fiasco

Sun 14 Sept 2025

Troubled Starmer ‘reeks of defeat’ after Mandelson fiasco
The consequences of the Charlie Kirk shooting

32 mins • S1, E267

The consequences of the Charlie Kirk shooting
Andrew Rawnsley
That’s all, folks! Why Peter Mandelson’s not coming back

Thu 11 Sept 2025

That’s all, folks! Why Peter Mandelson’s not coming back
What the cabinet reshuffle tells us about the government

8 mins • S1, E1186

What the cabinet reshuffle tells us about the government
Older people are risking arrest for Palestine Action

34 mins • S1, E266

Older people are risking arrest for Palestine Action
Andrew Rawnsley
Rayner’s departure may bring Labour anxieties to the boil

Sun 7 Sept 2025

Rayner’s departure may bring Labour anxieties to the boil
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer ushers in a new cabinet of trusted ‘fixers and doers’

Sun 7 Sept 2025

Keir Starmer ushers  in a new cabinet of  trusted ‘fixers and doers’
Lucien Young
Angela Rayner called me Clement Twatlee

Thu 4 Sept 2025

Angela Rayner called me Clement Twatlee
The Observer leader
The Observer View: face down Reform

Mon 1 Sept 2025

The Observer View: face down Reform
Andrew Rawnsley
Sir Keir can refresh his No 10 crew but he still needs to steer the ship

Sun 31 Aug 2025

Sir Keir can refresh his No 10 crew but he still needs to steer the ship
Rachel Sylvester
PM enlists Whitehall fixer and top economist to bolster team

Sat 30 Aug 2025

PM enlists Whitehall fixer and top economist to bolster team
Rachel Sylvester
Donors desert Starmer over first-year failures

Sat 30 Aug 2025

Donors desert Starmer over first-year failures
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: ‘I’m the Alfred to Trump’s Batman’

Mon 25 Aug 2025

Dear Keir: ‘I’m the Alfred to Trump’s Batman’
Will Hutton
Britain’s right wing just twists and shouts

Sun 17 Aug 2025

Britain’s right wing just twists and shouts
Lucien Young
Enough of your socialist guff – here’s how to make some quick dosh

Sat 16 Aug 2025

Enough of your socialist guff – here’s how to make some quick dosh
Philip Collins
Memo to Keir: three things to remember before your big speech

Sun 10 Aug 2025

Memo to Keir: three things to remember before your big speech
Rachel Sylvester
I’m following the ‘red Welsh way’, not Keir Starmer

Fri 8 Aug 2025

I’m following the ‘red Welsh way’, not Keir Starmer
Róisín Lanigan
More ‘adultescents’ at the polls gets my vote

Fri 1 Aug 2025

More ‘adultescents’ at the polls gets my vote
Andrew Rawnsley
How Trump gave Starmer the nod on Palestinian statehood

Wed 30 Jul 2025

How Trump gave Starmer the nod on Palestinian statehood
Does UK recognition change anything in Gaza?

34 mins • S1, E255

Does UK recognition change anything in Gaza?
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: ‘Something about me drives female colleagues wild’

Sat 26 Jul 2025

Dear Keir: ‘Something about me drives female colleagues wild’
Steve Bloomfield
The Trump bump: why both standing up and sucking up to the US president can be a success

Sun 20 Jul 2025

The Trump bump: why both standing up and sucking up to the US president can be a success
Andrew Rawnsley
Starmer’s diplomacy earns global respect, but not at home

Sun 20 Jul 2025

Starmer’s diplomacy earns global respect, but not at home
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer’s next big battle: reforming the special needs system

Sat 19 Jul 2025

Starmer’s next big battle: reforming the special needs system
Shuab Gamote
Here’s how the left can win 16-year-olds’ votes

Sat 19 Jul 2025

Here’s how the left can win 16-year-olds’ votes
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: Let’s leave emotions to the Americans

Fri 18 Jul 2025

Dear Keir: Let’s leave emotions to the Americans
Philip Collins
As Britain gets mired in small-party politics, Starmer must think big

Sun 13 Jul 2025

As Britain gets mired in small-party politics, Starmer must think big
Deborah Mattinson
The left must persuade voters they truly care

Thu 10 Jul 2025

The left must persuade voters they truly care
Rachel Sylvester
Reeves’ tears: a key image that defines this moment

Sun 6 Jul 2025

Reeves’ tears: a key image that defines this moment
Andrew Rawnsley
If Labour lacks a compelling story, Starmer is to blame

Sun 6 Jul 2025

If Labour lacks a compelling story, Starmer is to blame
Steve Bloomfield
Starmer's aid cuts are the definition of inhumane

Sun 6 Jul 2025

Starmer's aid cuts are the definition of inhumane

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