Hope and a sense of loss at Labour’s election victory
Letters: Voting on Thursday proved a harrowing experience for Wayne Osborne and his wife. Plus letters on the election outcome from Mike Pender, Dr Stephen Riley, John Bailey, Michael J Walsh, Ruth Pickles, Cyril Duff and Ian Grieve
Did that really happen? 14 years of chaotic Tory government
How the occupants of No 10 brought us austerity, Brexit, Partygate and an economic crash
Today in Focus
The 14 years that broke Britain, part 2 - podcast
In part two of our miniseries on how 14 years of Tory rule have impacted the UK, Jonathan Freedland explores how chaos from Brexit to Partygate destroyed trust in politics
June 2024
Betting scandal as bad for Tories as Partygate, says Michael Gove
‘It looks like one rule for them and one rule for us,’ the levelling up, housing and communities secretary suggests
MI5 alert on alleged Chinese mole may have been to distract from Partygate, tribunal hears
Ex-Labour MP Barry Gardiner told Christine Lee, who is bringing action against Security Service, of suggestion it was trying to shift attention from scandal
From Partygate to Post Office to D-day: five ways ITV has shaken up the election
Trust in British politics hits record low, latest BSA survey finds
Why Labour staffers and MPs don’t say no to ‘power behind the throne’ Sue Gray
December 2023
‘Completely out of touch’: five people hit hard by pandemic on Johnson at Covid inquiry
Some of those whose personal and professional lives were put under particular strain have harsh words for the ex-PM
Boris Johnson accused of ‘shocking disrespect’ over party comments
Ex-PM says No 10 staff were unfairly maligned and some representations were ‘absolutely absurd’
Covid inquiry: 10 questions facing Boris Johnson
The former prime minister will come under scrutiny and these are the pressing issues
October 2023
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Dominic Cummings tells Covid inquiry foul-mouthed messages about colleague weren’t misogynistic – as it happened
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Chris Whitty referred to ‘Eat out to help out’ as ‘Eat out to help out the virus’, UK Covid inquiry told – as it happened
UK Covid inquiry reaches week of potentially damning testimony
The pain caused by Partygate never ends
Brief letters
Pocketless storage for handkerchiefs
The week in TV: Boiling Point; Partygate; Beckham; Bargain – review
Downing Street parties may have caused Covid deaths
Digested week
Digested week: why does my diary think I need life goals?
Lucy Mangan
TV review
Partygate review – a giant, exploding grenade of a TV show
