Politics
The case against digital ID cards: imagine how a Reform government could use them | Gaby Hinsliff
It was billed as Keir Starmer’s big chance. Finally, the prime minister would spell out the progressive, patriotic answer to a summer of far-right hate, culminating in Elon Musk’s bloodcurdling declaration that “violence is coming” to the streets of Britain. Yet for all its talk of renewal and confronting the politics of grievance, Friday’s speech…
Ben Jennings on Andy Burnham and the Labour leadership – cartoon
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Keir Starmer’s relationship with his chief of staff faces biggest test yet | Labour
History is littered with the resignation letters of those who have tried to drive a wedge between Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney. But that relationship is now facing its biggest test with the spotlight on the conduct of McSweeney as the former director of the Labour Together thinktank and whether there was any ill intent…
Resisting Faragism offers the Lib Dems a rare clarity of purpose | Rafael Behr
In the polarised climate of British politics, irritation with Liberal Democrats is one of the few things that Labour and Tory MPs have in common. Parliament’s two biggest parties see each other as arch enemies – status that affords some mutual respect. The Lib Dems are treated more like pests, ideological shapeshifters, wheedling their way…
Ben Jennings on Reform UK’s deportation plan – cartoon
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From leaving the ECHR to home dentistry: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoon
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Pete Songi on the UK recognising Palestine as an independent state – cartoon
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Labour cosies up to US tech firms with little thought of downsides | Heather Stewart
Jensen Huang, the boss of the chipmaker Nvidia, had some advice for UK ministers last week as they signed a multibillion-pound tech deal with the US: burn more gas. “I’ve every confidence that the UK will realise that it takes energy to grow new industries,” he said. “Sustainable power like nuclear and wind and of…
Amid the anger and hate, this is the big question: can societies still summon empathy? | Keith Magee
Something is happening, and we see it on both sides of the Atlantic. On the surface, it is about flags, identity and political allegiance. But to me, as an American living in Britain, recent events reveal something deeper: both our societies are normalising hate and othering in ways that corrode not only our politics but…