YOU WONT BELIEVE: Clement attlee - What They Never Told You

The pressure on Burnham to appease the right is huge. But now is the time to step out of Reform’s shadow

A scandal-besieged Reform still has a loyal base that won’t budge. That should free up the PM to deliver some home truths, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5

Andy Burnham bets you hate the media as much as he does. Will his luck finally turn?

LABOUR prime ministers have a strange relationship with the media.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 31

'Your boys took a hell of a beating!'- The names behind the famous Norway vs England 1981 commentary rant , from Lord Beaverbrook to Maggie Thatcher

It has been 46 years since England last beat Norway in a competitive event

FourFourTwo · Jul 10

The Peaky Blinders film is pandering to these populist times – I should know, the Nazi in it is my father

The film-makers would say they’re making drama, not history. But this is not the moment for yet another second world war film with a heroic myth, says author Francis Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24

From Harold Wilson to Liz Truss – what the fates of former prime ministers can teach Keir Starmer

Despite his name – honouring Keir Hardie, the first leader of the Labour party – Keir Starmer is not known to be a student of political history. This apparent incuriosity helps define an indistinct political identity.

The Conversation · Feb 17

The fall of Peter Mandelson and the many questions the UK government must now answer

No accident waiting to happen can ever have delivered on its promise so spectacularly as Lord Mandelson, with the continuous revelations of his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The decision by the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, to appoint Mandelson as ambassador in Washington DC always appeared a…

The Conversation · Feb 3

Labour is living in a fool’s paradise if it thinks it has plenty of time to turn Britain around

Going into 2026, the economy has little forward momentum and things may get worse before they get better, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2025

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025

Plan to build 12 new towns in England to be unveiled at Labour conference

Housing secretary is set to announce initiative modelled on Clement Attlee’s postwar ‘housing boom’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2025

Southbank Centre to ‘galvanise’ nation with Festival of Britain celebration

Danny Boyle will oversee youth culture event in May to mark 75th anniversary of postwar ‘burst of colour’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2025