Europe’s far-right surge has a lesson for Labour: fix the NHS to see off Farage
Catherine De Vries
Our research shows how the far right exploits voter discontent with crumbling public services – and what Keir Starmer must doto stop it, says Catherine De Vries of Bocconi University
July 2024
To defeat populism, Keir Starmer needs a better story to tell
Reform candidate bills Farage £8,500 after being ousted from Clacton seat
The Guardian view on unrest in Leeds: fodder for far-right disinformation
From Southampton FC to parliament, Reform MP Rupert Lowe divides opinion
Populism has plenty of false promises to solve Britain’s problems. Labour will need to expose them
John Harris
Tories must resist false choice of wooing either Reform or Lib Dem defectors, says thinktank
The Conservative party faces an onerous task to rebuild itself, and every Tory must have a say
Tobias Ellwood
Tough on elites, tough on the causes of elites: that’s how Starmer can defeat the allure of populism
Andy Beckett
‘Despair and anger’: minority groups in Reform seats adjust to life after its election success
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Vaughan Gething quits as Welsh first minister but hits out at ‘pernicious’ claims of wrongdoing – as it happened
I went to see how the Tories are handling defeat – and found Faragism and a total lack of reflection
Polly Toynbee
Farage and Truss to attend US Republican national convention
Voters of all parties back Labour’s plans to boost workers’ rights, poll shows
Digested week
Relax, Starmergeddon hasn’t happened. The grownups are in charge
John Crace
A fight for the soul of the Tory party is inevitable. Rishi Sunak staying on may make it worse
Katy Balls
Nigel Farage stirs tensions in Reform UK as he ousts deputies
The Green party won four seats when it should have been 40. Surely it’s clear that Britain needs electoral reform
Ellie Chowns
Will Nigel Farage behave in Commons after record as a ‘ranting’ MEP?
Braverman hits back at Badenoch over ‘public breakdown’ comments