LORD ASHCROFT: As Labour limps to the end of its first year in office, the marks are in and the verdict is brutal. A series of U-turns has only added to the sense of incoherence and confusion.
Voters have been wondering what it was about Reform's surge in local elections that prompted Starmer to tighten his immigration policy and row back the winter fuel allowance cuts.
LORD BLUNKETT: As we celebrate the 80th anniversary this week of VE Day, it is worth reflecting on the courage, commitment and resilience of those who made it possible.
The perception remains of him being a man of contradictions, someone who faces in two directions at once. It makes him hard to fathom. Where exactly does he fit on the political spectrum?
On Keir Starmer's first day in Downing Street as Prime Minister in July last year, one of his aides put all of next season's fixtures of his beloved Arsenal football club into his diary.
After an unhappy start in Downing Street , a view is gaining ground that the Prime Minister has finally found his feet. It is an opinion that many voters share, whatever their party.
The former Justice of the Supreme Court shares his views on 'strongman' Trump, his threat to the Founding Fathers' vision and why it spells danger for the rest of the world's democracies.
LORD BLUNKETT: While it is both humane and rational to support those among us who are simply unable to work, it is quite the opposite to prop up avoidable idleness.