Before representing five of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, the lawyer advised the producer on how to discredit his accusers. Does she have any regrets?The night before I meet Lisa Bloom, the BBC screens its interview with…
General election: Tories misled public with ‘factcheck’ stunt,…
Leaders will try to steer campaign back to their key messages in wake of ITV leaders’ debateElection debate: Corbyn and Johnson clash over NHS and BrexitSign up to the morning briefing 7.58am GMT In case…
General election: pay gap promises from Labour and…
Opposition parties are using Equal Pay Day to announce equalities packages, while Johnson tries to brush off hostile reaction from flood victimsSign up for the Guardian’s morning briefingBoris Johnson heckled over floodsEqual pay: election rivals…
On Brexit, I’m out of time and out…
On my 63rd birthday I’m not ready to ease up – no matter how hard it is to be positive about politicsMondayI know it’s unfashionable, but I rather miss Chris Grayling. Not just because he…
Britain is less polarised than the media would…
In Milton Keynes I found few signs of the Brexit culture war that supposedly defines our timesLast week I spent four days in Milton Keynes, the Buckinghamshire new town that sits in the English imagination…
Brexit: Boris Johnson threatening to deselect Tory rebels…
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including reaction to Boris Johnson’s threat to remove whip from Tory MPs who vote against him on Brexit 9.31am BST Here is a Press Association…
Arundhati Roy’s ‘apology’ comes with terms and conditions…
--- Read the article [Arundhati Roy’s ‘apology’ comes with terms and conditions and a shameless reiteration of her lies, bias and ignorance] on OpIndia website --- Arundhati Roy, the undisputed queen of hate, has been the…
HS2 costs and benefits: a search for clear…
Joan Walley, former chair of the environmental audit select committee, and others react to a government review of the high-speed rail projectPhilip Inman asserts that “HS2 has been 15 years in the making and is…
Immigration panic: how the west fell for manufactured…
From Trump to Orbán, politicians are winning votes by stoking age-old hatreds. Where does this fear of migrants come from? By Suketu MehtaThe west is being destroyed, not by migrants, but by the fear of…