“GOVErnment”! Dominic Raab may have got the title of “Deputy PM” but Michael Gove got the bigger job. He still has the Union to defend. He’s also in charge of delivering “levelling up” (I recommend he start by defining it). And he also has housing. The basic political truth is that Labour extends its electoral coalition by increasing dependence on welfare and employment from the state. The Tory family grows bigger when more people have a stake in the country and the
Starmer faces Chagos Islands sovereignty backlash
Britain will retain its crucial military base on the archipelago, but do Tory accusations of a “shameful retreat” hold true?