YOU WONT BELIEVE: 5 - What They Never Told You

A lesson and a wake-up call from Rochdale: Labour has become too complacent about its big poll lead

There is no disputing that this episode has been damaging. Hopefully it will prompt Keir Starmer into an overdue rethink, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2024

In sickness or health, a new path will be needed for the British monarchy and the nation

Evolution, reform or abolition? Britons are divided: Against the backdrop of the King’s illness, Britons remain divided, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2024

After a historic deal in Northern Ireland, what next? Old political battles on a reshaped field

Both the details and the repercussions of the new Northern Ireland plan will be aggressively contested, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2024

Britain is a country that looks to its parliament. And the truth is, parliament is failing us

Of course faith in MPs is in decline: crises abound, and yet too many are incompetent, badly behaved and have the wrong priorities, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023

Migration is dominating Sunak’s premiership – but the pressure on Starmer may be even greater

Although Labour has successfully kept the spotlight on Tory incompetence, difficult battles are yet to come, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2023

Lazy and fraudulent: we saw the true Johnson at the Covid inquiry – and why his like must never have power again

He confirmed himself as manifestly unfit. Those who gave Britain such a leader should carry the shame of it to their graves, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2023

Europe has entered a new age of anxiety – and it’s dragging Britain along too

Far from freeing the UK from continental insecurities, Brexit has made some of them worse. Isolationism won’t help, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023

The Gaza truce is a ray of hope in the darkness. Both sides must remember that

The deal divided the Israeli cabinet, and likely Hamas too – for now it suits their interests, but this is a very fragile pause, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2023

The Rwanda plan is dead in the real world, but will live on in the fantasyland of Tory politics

The supreme court judgment was clear. But that won’t stop the party’s nationalist wing believing they can still succeed, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023

Maybe Sunak does have a grand plan. But that king’s speech looked more like an admission of failure

This ragbag of unambitious measures bears all the hallmarks of a programme that can be quietly abandoned later, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2023