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Jon Cruddas can start interesting arguments – but will they get Labour...
As Labour's new policy supremo, leftwinger Cruddas must formulate a coherent programme for the squeezed middleHe once described his current political agenda as seeking to "kick up a bit of dust, tip...
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Ed Miliband, you stoke this anti-Europe fire at your peril | Gaby Hinsliff
A referendum on EU membership will tempt the Labour leader. But a yes campaign would be short of argumentsWell, who would have thought it? Riding high in the polls, touted as a prospective prime...
View ArticlePolitics Weekly podcast: Ed Miliband and an EU referendum
Ed Miliband is now more popular (or perhaps more accurately "less unpopular") than David Cameron according to recent polls, - and as our parliamentary sketchwriter Simon Hoggart notes, his performances...
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On pensioners, Iain Duncan Smith is right: 'granny bashing' is fair
A tussle in cabinet over universal benefits for old people is destined to end badly for David Cameron, whatever the outcomeIn British politics there are not many words capable of killing a rational...
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Barack and Michelle Obama's first date and the power of romcom politics
The Obamas are oversharing again with their sugary new campaign film. But British politicians are also increasingly keen to reveal their personal livesHe took her for lunch by a fountain, then for a...
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The Tory rebels who put principles before party loyalty
'The first time, you feel disloyal, incredibly guilty, almost dirty. The second time, it's not as bad' – Tory rebels Nadine Dorries, David Nuttall, Priti Patel, Philip Hollobone, Douglas Carswell and...
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The lessons of Louise Mensch's departure? There are none | Gaby Hinsliff
The demands of the MP's job and her transatlantic marriage bear almost no relation to those of the average working motherIt's never the ones you expect, a wise former head of HR once told me: never the...
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Fixing Britain's work ethic is not the answer to this economic mess | Gaby...
It suits the Tory austerity narrative to blame 'idle' Britons for the recession rather than flaws in the modern labour marketWell, that didn't last long, did it? The victory parades have barely begun,...
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Could the Hillsborough lies ever happen again? | Gaby Hinsliff
The most corrosive effect of the conviction that we don't get the truth out of those in power is that it breeds a refusal to listenThis is the truth that so nearly wasn't told. Remember that on...
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The elastic middle has to be defined, once and for all | Gaby Hinsliff
Politicians should be clear about who is really struggling. It's not those who have been forced to kick their Waitrose habitsPaul Deighton doesn't like the term "successful", which is awkward, it being...
View ArticlePolitics Weekly podcast: Conservative party conference and votes at 16
David Cameron was forced into counter-attacking mode this week as he wrapped up his party conference with a speech in Birmingham. Trailing Labour in the polls, less popular than his rival Boris Johnson...
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Pest control: why the bugs are winning
Moths in your jumpers, ants in the fruit bowl, nits in your hair: are the pests winning – or does it just feel that way?The culprits smuggled themselves into Alison Burt's home, hidden ingeniously in a...
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Police commissioner elections: hardly The Wire, but they still really matter...
Not voting for a police and crime commissioner on Thursday means turning your back on the frightened and vulnerableThey're going down like flies: resignation after sacking after suspension, amid the...
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This lily-livered marriage bill must make room for all of us | Gaby Hinsliff
Gay people are still being denied marriage, while straight people are deserting it in droves. The institution itself is a messLove and marriage, love and marriage/ Go together like a horse and carriage...
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The merge: how our work-life balance is changing
Technology is making it easier to juggle work and home – and it's blurring the gap between our public and private livesHow she explained the background drone of the hairdryers is anyone's guess, but...
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The logic of David Cameron's cry for optimism is: vote Labour | Gaby Hinsliff
It's tempting to side with conservative Eeyores. But from peace in Ulster to US healthcare, the progressive case is clearHave you broken your new year's resolutions yet? If not, then now's definitely...
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Coalition midterm review: panel verdict | The panel
Did Cameron and Clegg's commitments live up to the hype? Our panellists give their thoughts on the coalition's midterm reviewGaby Hinsliff: 'Sticking-plaster babies don't make things all right'They...
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Britain's new working-class pride could be a bonus for Labour | Gaby Hinsliff
That 60% of Britons claim to be proletarian reflects a fear that the Tories have broken a promise on rewarding hard workSalt of the earth, that's us. Maldon seasalt, admittedly. And probably not real,...
View ArticlePolitics Weekly podcast: banging on about Europe
David Cameron took the leadership of the Conservatives saying that there would be no more time wasted 'banging on about Europe'. This week, he appears to have painted himself into a political corner...
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What ties Cameron's EU policy to his stirring words on Algeria? Impatience |...
Pick a fight in Brussels, send in a taskforce, shake it all up – on foreign policy David Cameron's like a bull in a china shopHe's not the one we expected, and probably not the one history will...
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