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Explainer: A highway to subscriber-only social media February 20, 2023 If it’s good enough for Musk, it’s good enough for Mark Zuckerberg apparently.
Explainer: Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation February 15, 2023 Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise resignation and where it leaves the UK electoral map.
Sunak should go vegan for a month so he can fix Britain’s agriculture industry February 15, 2023 Gen V wants Rishi Sunak to go vegan. He should, but only to understand what our food system needs - with sustainable farming and lab-made meat as great alternatives to an army of vegans, writes Sascha O'Sullivan
PMQs sketch: Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the benefactor Sunak’s broken Britain headache February 8, 2023 Ukraine’s prime minister Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise visit to Britain as Rishi Sunak dodges questions of his cabinet reshuffle in Prime Minister’s Questions, writes Sascha O’Sullivan Britain’s infrastructure is falling apart, the country is plagued by strikes and Rishi Sunak’s government can’t shake off a hangover from Boris Johnson. If Volodymyr Zelenskyyy was struggling [...]
Analysis: HS2, the eternal political hot potato February 7, 2023 The biggest transport project in Britain is facing threats over its future after even more delays and higher costs for the high speed rail. It was only weeks ago when Jeremy Hunt insisted the high speed rail line, HS2, would end at Euston and not in West London, where the rumour mill had suggested it [...]
Analysis: An epidemic of political relevance deprivation February 6, 2023 Liz Truss’s 4,000 word essay, Matt Hancock ironing a tie and Boris Johnson’s American ambitions. Comment & Features Editor Sascha O’Sullivan on the politicians desperately clinging on to relevance.
PMQs sketch: Starmer’s speechwriters on strike February 1, 2023 Train drivers, teachers, civil servants and apparently Keir Starmer’s speechwriters are on strike today. It’s the only explanation for the Labour leader trying yet again to get a non-answer out of Rishi Sunak about when he knew Nadhim Zahawi paid a penalty to HMRC. Trying to point out that Sunak probably did know the thing [...]
In this recession, it’s the tail end set of kids starting work who aren’t alright February 1, 2023 People who started work during lockdowns escaped the fate of those entering the labour market in 2008, but it’s the young people still at university we need to be worried about, writes Sascha O’Sullivan.
Analysis: When is a plan for the NHS not a plan for the NHS? January 30, 2023 As Rishi Sunak faces yet another scandal after sacking Nadhim Zahawi, his ’emergency’ plan to speed up NHS wait times in A&E falls flat of what is needed, writes Sascha O’Sullivan
Analysis: Jeremy Hunt has been E for Everywhere, man January 27, 2023 Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor, today said financial stability had to come before tax cuts, but said a competitive ’low tax environment’ would be the backbone of future growth. Sascha O’Sullivan looks at his speech.