Editorial Theresa May's chance to rescue a softer Brexit from election wreckage
The election was, in part, an instruction to strike a different balance in talks with Brussels
The election was, in part, an instruction to strike a different balance in talks with Brussels
The Prime Minister – if indeed it is Ms May who is in office in the weeks ahead – must recognise that the country has had enough of austerity
The pressure to keep closer tabs on terrorist suspects is being felt across Europe: the Schengen Agreement, the EU no-passport zone, has been repeatedly suspended between various countries in recent years
If you, like so many under the first-past-the-post system, live in a safe seat, your vote can still send a message
The Prime was right to say things need to change, but should be wary of rushing into ill-conceived legislation
The Prime Minister is guilty, as Sir Keir says, of setting ‘a belligerent tone with our EU colleagues’. The Labour approach, of working in partnership for a softer Brexit, is in the national interest
The Conservatives are trying desperately to turn the clock back to 18 April, but the risk is that this just looks like another Project Fear
America will make progress on climate change despite its President, through market forces and action at state level
It was Theresa May who once said the party needed to shake this image, but the Tories’ last few proposals haven’t done them any favours, especially in the eyes of the elderly voters upon whom they so depend
As the election campaign has progressed, it has become clearer that the Prime Minister is not as good at politics as some of her admirers thought she was
The debate about whether Government policy has increased the risk of terrorism is a legitimate one, but it was an error of judgement to raise it today
It is important too that the election does not become dominated exclusively by debate around the terror threat
The Prime Minister has rendered satirical her claim to offer ‘strong and stable leadership’; she has made Labour seem competent, as well as compassionate; she has annoyed, frightened and distressed Tory-voting pensioners
With criticism of the so-called ‘dementia tax’ dominating the headlines and Corbyn focussing more in the left-wing social issues he's known for, the gap between the two main parties appears to be closing
The Conservative manifesto reiterates the largely meaningless notion that ‘no deal is better than a bad deal’ but it offers no clues about how negotiations with the EU might be taken forward
Tuition fees – where Jeremy Corbyn is comprehensively outflanking them – remains a sore point among the middle-class types the Lib Dems traditionally appeal to
It is already clear that the Prime Minister will deploy one of the oldest tricks in the political book: stealing your opponent’s clothes
If he can step back from firefighting the daily crises of an underfunded service, Mr Hunt should convene some deep thinking about assessing the unexpected challenges that might break the NHS in future
Historic prejudices against Labour over economic competence and the Tories over NHS privatisation hold firm; likewise, the electorate has not forgiven or forgotten the Lib Dems’ backtracking on student fees
Rejecting candidates because they are ‘not left-wing enough’ and letting a right-winger win instead is a bad form of tactical voting, in France or anywhere else
For the health of our democracy we need an effective opposition, and we need it now