An (incomplete) list of every terrible policy the Conservatives have inflicted on Britain since 2010 Readers, brace yourselves, says the writer Jonn Elledge The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024
OPINION - So long, Conservatives, and thanks for all the Prime Ministers So long, and thanks for all the prime ministers. What else is there to say by way of farewell to the Conservative Party? In 14 years of government, it has managed to rack up no fewer than five premiers — three of whom served in a single year. Hardly a… Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2024
Sleaford Mods, the 1975, Fred Again: the songs that sum up each year of Tory government Dave’s lament for the Grenfell atrocity, Dua Lipa’s bedroom disco for a locked-down nation, Kneecap’s Badenoch-riling rap, Elbow’s hymn for asylum seekers … here are the tracks that defined 14 years of Conservative rule The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024
Austerity was a disastrous political choice that we are still reeling from Letters: Readers respond to the economist Paul Krugman’s article about the effects of the Tories’ most defining policy during the coalition years The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024
Prison rehabilitation numbers in England and Wales down 74% since 2010, MoJ data shows Almost 12,000 fewer inmates completed offender management courses than when David Cameron took office The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024
How the Tory war on immigration backfired For more than a decade, Conservatives have promised to crack down on illegal migration and slash the number of legal arrivals. Their repeated failure has infuriated voters – and further demonised immigrants to the UK The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024
Housing: how 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts Rents have soared, temporary homelessness more than doubled and housebuilding targets repeatedly missed The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024
Lib Dems confident of taking Tory seats once held by Cameron and Johnson Exclusive: Party sources say Tory support ‘collapsing’ in the south as they target additional 25 seats The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024
Could the UK soon have the most working-class cabinet of all time? More than three-quarters of the shadow cabinet attended state schools – in stark contrast to Sunak’s government The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024
From exit poll to swing seats: 10 key moments to watch as election results roll in Thursday looks set to be a night of historic drama. Here are the things to look out for as the night goes on The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024
Prepare for the toppling of private school politics – and a cultural change within Westminster Extreme class privilege informed the Tories’ worst decisions. This Labour cabinet would represent something very different, says the Guardian columnist John Harris The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024
‘A lot of people haven’t stood up to the forces of darkness’: Anna Soubry on her mission to make Starmer PM The former minister opens up about her ex-colleagues, her infamous Nigel Farage impression, and why she’ll do anything to help Sir Keir succeed The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024
A constitutional ‘pickle’: how Cameron’s election victory split Buckingham Palace and No 10 The situation posed an awkward point of protocol for mandarins… and their solution would have made Sir Humphrey proud The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024
Mass search for missing Briton Jay Slater begins in Tenerife Police had called for volunteers to help in search of rocky wildness close to where teenager went missing The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024
The Conversation · Jun 28, 2024 The 2024 battle bus map: where are Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer visiting and what does it tell us? One of the most important decisions party leaders have to make in an election campaign is where they want to visit. Their strategists will put together an itinerary of trips to schools, businesses, and community centres around the country.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024 How the ‘unforced error’ of austerity wrecked Britain The Tories’ cuts were an obvious economic blunder, but their disastrous consequences are still piling up – and there is little hope Labour will reverse the damage
The Conversation · Jun 27, 2024 Have Labour or the Conservatives run the UK economy better in the past 50 years? New research With the UK counting down to the general election on July 4, a question many voters may be asking is whether the economic policies of Labour and Conservative governments tend to deliver different economic outcomes.
The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024 Tory blame game already begins with a week to go before polling day Exclusive: Nadine Dorries has broken the Tory public silence on who is to blame for what many expect to be a historically bad defeat next week
The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024 Cameron caught out by hoax call with Russian impersonating ex-Ukraine president Lord Cameron can be seen leaning against a wall as he discusses foreign affairs with someone purporting to be Petro Poroshenko
Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024 Keir's youth army: meet the (very) young Labour candidates determined to change politics this election Could a raft of youthful Labour MPs make a difference in the Houses of Parliament — or are they merely toothless ‘Starmtroopers’?
The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024 Editor Dylan Jones on opening up about his shocking trauma: ‘It’s not meant to make people feel sorry for me’ As the Evening Standard boss releases a memoir, Olivia Petter speaks to him about his glory days editing British GQ, why he doesn’t consider many celebrities his friends, and how his traumatic childhood shaped the person he is today
International Business Times · Jun 27, 2024 Britain's True Ruler? Larry The Downing Street Cat There has been one figure of stability in the last 14 years of political turmoil in the UK -- Larry the Downing Street cat.
International Business Times · Jun 27, 2024 UK Election Campaign Enters Final Straight Britain goes to the polls next week in a general election that looks set to end 14 years of Conservative rule marked by economic turbulence, Brexit, political scandal and upheaval.
The Conversation · Jun 26, 2024 After 14 years in opposition, Labour’s cabinet will be inexperienced – is that a problem? It’s 100 years since the Labour party took office for the first time, back then with a minority government. Now, in 2024, it looks set to win an election with what will possibly the largest majority in history.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024 ‘Culture embarrasses them’: how 14 years of Tory fiascos strangled arts in the UK They came to power promising ‘a golden age for the arts’. Now, 12 disastrous culture secretaries later, they leave it in tatters. What a stunning missed opportunity to capitalise on an asset that was the envy of the world