Our top ten picks of the week

Trump always lets his friends and allies down, and has now doomed himself

Andrew Gimson

British policy should not be distorted by attempts to conciliate a President who has blundered into war.

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Unlike McSweeney’s mobile phone, there’s no mystery to the disappearance of Starmer’s ‘popularity’

Giles Dilnot

Starmer tried to be the more moral, more principled, more straight, more genuine option to get to be Prime Minister but it was a façade built to appeal to the widest possible section of an ultimately fragmented network of niche wishes.

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We’re all living in the Miliverse

Tali Fraser

In the House of Commons chamber, Sir Keir Starmer seemed not just comfortable with the idea that he is a member of Miliband’s government – he was almost eager to admit it.

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Farage’s plan to kill the Tories is reaching a dramatic conclusion

Peter Franklin

Kemi Badenoch isn’t just playing defence here. By decisively frustrating Farage’s attempt to kill us off, she might just force Reform to rethink its entire strategy. And once both parties realise they’ve got more important things to worry about than each another, anything is possible.

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A bruising night may help renew the Conservatives local government offering

John Oxley

The night itself matters less than what the party does with it, and whether it advances our understanding of what Conservative local governance can offer.

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When it comes to the Bond markets, by her own measures Reeves has ‘crashed the economy’

John Redwood

When markets forced up the interest rates in 2022 Rachel Reeves said Liz Truss had crashed the economy. Reeves said 4.38 per cent for ten year money was too high. We have to report now that by her own measure and words Rachel Reeves has crashed the economy.

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Worcestershire’s nine per cent Council Tax rise was Reform UK’s choice. It could have been avoided.

Adam Kent

The budget was secured at a £21.2 million price of abstention paid to the Liberal Democrats.

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Rejoining the EU would cost over £31bn a year – it will bankrupt us, not save us

Joey Gwinn

Such tax or spend changes would be economically apocalyptic; there is no realistic avenue in which to fund a return to the EU.

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Why did Gerry Adams pull the plug on the victims’ claim?

Austen Morgan

The context was the Conservatives’ 2023 Northern Ireland legacy act (public law), which the feeble Starmer government set out to repeal and replace (now paused), in order principally to please the Irish government and reset relationships with the EU.

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My latest focus groups -“This is the only time I’ve agreed with Keir Starmer in a while”

Lord Ashcroft

My latest focus groups took place in the North-East, where we heard from regular Labour voters in Newcastle East and Wallsend who might be tempted elsewhere, and from people in Bishop Auckland who switched from the Conservatives to Labour at the last election.

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