The politics forecast for 2023: A crisis in the Tory party and a Labour reshuffle
Predictions for the year ahead from the New Statesman’s deputy political editor.
ByRishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak is a member of the Conservative Party who was prime minister between October 2022 and July 2024. Sunak has been MP for Richmond since 2015 and before becoming PM he served as chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022. Thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, he studied philosophy, politics and economics at Lincoln College, Oxford, and did an MBA at Stanford University. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis of the former prime minister here.
Most Brits say it’s fine for Rishi Sunak to use private healthcare
The Prime Minister didn’t seem to know that, as exclusive polling shows, people wouldn’t mind him paying for care.
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Is Rishi Sunak’s anti-strike law a trap for Labour?
The first PMQs of the year was dominated by the NHS.
Rishi Sunak needs to show the public he can do more than crisis management
The PM’s current priorities are easy to achieve and do nothing to define his form of Conservatism.
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Jess Phillips’s Diary: Building up to power, Rishi Sunak’s healthcare, and why I would decree beards for all men
After months of turmoil the return to Westminster feels a bit muted – but back I go, well, as soon…
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Ben Wallace is on high alert after Prince Harry’s Taliban kill-count revelation
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Angela Merkel’s failures serve as a warning to British leaders
The former German chancellor’s short-termism created an unsustainable economic model. Will the UK avoid the same trap?
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PMQs: Keir Starmer exploits Rishi Sunak’s NHS headache
The Prime Minister finally confirmed that he is registered with an NHS GP – but that’s not the end of…
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“We have an open goal”: how Labour plans to unlock the climate vote
A new party forum including leading MPs wants to build consensus and challenge the Tories’ rural dominance.
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Rishi Sunak is trying to split Labour with anti-strike legislation
But the balance of power has shifted towards the opposition.
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The long and futile history of British anti-strike law
After centuries of crackdowns, UK workers still walk out – as they always have done.
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Rishi Sunak’s “anti-strike” law won’t work – just look at Europe
Minimum service levels in western EU countries are often based on mutual agreements between employers and unions rather than the…
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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer still need to sell their visions to the public
Not being Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn is no longer enough for the two leaders.
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Can’t Keir Starmer offer a little hope in this bleak midwinter?
While the Tories say “try not to need an ambulance”, Labour says “don’t expect us to fix everything”.
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Keir Starmer quips that he fears bumping into Rishi Sunak on holiday
The Labour leader was in comedic form as he derided the Prime Minister for booking Labour’s venue for his New…
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Boris Johnson won’t save the Tories
There is no desire among the electorate for the return of the great charlatan.
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This week showed why Labour really could win the next election
Keir Starmer’s speech proved that his party has the edge over Rishi Sunak’s exhausted Conservatives.
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Kids need better numeracy, but maths until 18 isn’t the answer
Two years’ extra arithmetic doesn’t make up for 12 years of bad teaching.
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How much of a threat is Reform UK to the Tories?
Richard Tice, leader of the successor to the Brexit Party, on why the Conservatives deserve to be “smashed and destroyed”.
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Rishi Sunak’s New Year speech showed how out of his depth he is
Has the Prime Minister given up, or did he not have any ambition to begin with?
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