Chamber of horrors: the best and worst Westminster insider novels
Whips by Cleo Watson is nothing new – politicos have forever tried their hand at fiction. We take a referendum on the good, the bad and the scandalous
December 2022
Tom Watson apologises in Lords for promoting false abuse allegations
Ex-Labour deputy leader uses first speech to express remorse for role in seeking action over claims of Westminster paedophile ring
July 2022
It’s not true that everyone’s got a book in them: give writing back to the writers
Stephanie Merritt
The latest craze in celebrity publishing is to bring a ‘ghost’ in. Do it yourself or not at all
November 2021
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
S2 E6: Tom Watson, former Labour deputy leader
Tom Watson reveals he has struggled with an eating disorder
November 2020
Thrillers of the month
The best recent thrillers – review roundup
Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson makes a winning debut
October 2020
Third of UK football fans put off buying kit if it has betting sponsor
Survey reveals support for disentangling sport’s ties to gambling industry
September 2020
Tom Watson's remarks calling Paddy Power 'dirty' emerge as he takes job
Tom Watson takes job as adviser to Paddy Power and Betfair
August 2020
Jeremy Corbyn makes fresh complaint over rejected House of Lords nominees
Anger is growing on the left after Labour peerages were blocked, as Lord Fowler, a Tory, criticised the chamber’s expansion
June 2020
Tom Watson peerage rejected by Lords vetting commission
No pubs, no kissing, no flying: how Covid-19 is forcing authors to change their novels
May 2020
Don’t stand so close: how live music has changed its tune in lockdown
From drive-in concerts to livestreaming on Fortnite, the industry has had to adapt creatively to the current restrictions
March 2020
Tom Watson is no friend of a free press
Letters: Tim Luckhurst is unimpressed by the former Labour deputy leader’s enthusiasm for state-sanctioned regulation of newspapers, while Nathan Sparkes of Hacked Off says robust, independent regulation must be introduced
February 2020
The tawdry secrets behind the press campaign to deny Tom Watson a peerage
Alan Rusbridger
Elements of the press attacking the former Labour MP’s elevation to the Lords have interests to declare, says the former Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger
January 2020
Labour antisemitism row: Corbyn under fire over Karie Murphy peerage nomination
Party leader criticised over nomination amid investigation by Equality and Human Rights Commission
Books blog
Tom Watson’s betrayal thriller – and other politicians who vent in fiction
After quitting parliament over its ‘brutality’, Watson is co-writing thriller The House. Can we expect a tale about a deputy leader righting wrongs?
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Labour leadership: NEC decides contest to last three months, with result announced Saturday 4 April – as it happened
Labour supporters given 48-hour window to place leadership vote with result due to be announced in April
December 2019
Questions over Tom Watson’s decision to quit
Tom Watson: ‘Was I disloyal? I don't take kindly to being told what to do'
