Section: Opinion

Rachel Reeves’ next move could make or break the government

Labour MPs admit the forthcoming autumn budget ‘won’t go down well’. But choosing the winners and losers is in the chancellor’s hands

Shehab Khan
Tory MPs are split: is the party too close to Reform?

Conservatives under Kemi Badenoch’s leadership are itchy as a modest conference and disastrous polling highlight just how far the party has fallen

Shehab Khan
Governments don’t defeat racism. Ordinary people do

Solidarity and vigilance are the best defences against a rising tide of far-right attacks against Muslims and minority groups

Taj Ali

Labour is openly fighting Reform on two fronts. Will it work?

Shabana Mahmood’s speech to this year’s Labour conference revealed a tension in the party’s approach to Nigel Farage
Downing Street’s failure to defend Sadiq Khan hasn’t gone down well

Donald Trump called the mayor of London ‘terrible’ during a rant some see as Islamophobic. Some MPs say Keir Starmer should have stepped up
Patriotism isn’t about flags — it’s caring enough to make this country better

Why should we let people who seek to divide us define our history and identity?
The UK’s recognition of Palestine must be followed by action

Unless it is accompanied by halting arms sales to Israel, demanding accountability for war crimes and supporting reconstruction, this gesture could be another hollow promise
Why Starmer may have just months to win over anxious backbenchers

The prime minister survived Trump’s visit. But a minority of Labour MPs are whispering about a possible successor if he can’t deliver domestically
I chose to not be a mother so I could be free

I am working on a family tree that is richer and more expansive than tracing the original patriarch