Who saw Brexit coming? When David Cameron and Nick Clegg formed a coalition government 10 years ago, the idea of leaving the EU seemed a fringe concern, advocated by no...
What do HS2 and the wall across the US southern border have in common? They are both huge infrastructure projects that have not been built. But now they have a...
Jess Phillips more or less announced her campaign for the Labour leadership was over in her article on Sunday, in which she admitted she had performed badly in the hustings...
We had our fun. It is back to boring normal politics now. Tedious things such as a government with a standard majority in the House of Commons trying to do...
It was like a parliament of cartoon characters, still running in mid-air after they had gone over the cliff. Some MPs were still rehearsing the arguments of the 2016 referendum....
The gap between the Conservatives and Labour is closing. A Kantar poll was published on Tuesday that showed the Tory lead falling from 18 points to 11, with Labour gaining...
It is a common theme of politics coverage that the voters don’t want this election and are apathetic about a lacklustre campaign. This is quite wrong. When parliament...
The big news from tonight’s BBC Question Time Leaders’ Special is that Jeremy Corbyn would be “neutral” in the second referendum held by a Labour government if he wins the...
Every time the opinion polls seem to get it wrong, we journalists say to ourselves that we mustn’t allow our reporting to be so dominated by polls next time. And...
Jeremy Corbyn’s instant verdict on the government’s Brexit proposal is that “it’s worse than Theresa May’s deal”. This may not be right, but it is probably the easiest way to...
Chief Political Commentator, The Independent; visiting professor, King's College, London.