All news by author: Keir Mudie

Keir Starmer missed an "open goal" in a short-tempered Prime Minister's Questions this week, Keir Mudie argues, following the revelation schools and hospitals are crumbling

Maybe the weirdest part of the week was the notoriously radical, volatile pressure group the RSPB laying into the Government on social medial

The Education Secretary was on the airwaves this week talking about A-level results - I think she was trying to help out people who might have not have done as well as they hoped

Keir Mudie says he is worried as the Labour Party appears to be quiet after the latest comment made by Tory MP Lee Anderson as staffers think his views are too extreme to engage with

The government must stop these "bizarre" ideas, like ordering over-50s to get on their bikes, and instead concentrate on education, training and rehabilitation, argues Keir Mudie

Keir Mudie says Tory politicians are 'out of ideas, out of talent, massively behind in the polls' and the latest migrant plans are just a sign of things to come

Keir Mudie says a lot of people – even Tories – are starting to say a general election should take place sooner rather than later, and there are reports that Rishi Sunak is finding being PM 'difficult'

'There are more than four million children in this country who grow up in poverty – just shy of a third of all kids, in every class of 30 there are nine - it’s an obscene statistic'

The coming crisis tanks any hope of the Tories being able to point to the economic credibility their slim hopes rested on

Keir Mudie says Parliament and the Tory Party were always just vehicles for Boris Johnson as he has 'never been serious' - and even Tories who were once loyal to him now no longer support him

Keir Mudie says Boris Johnson and Donald Trump operate from the same populist playbook – both turn on the mechanisms that get rid of them, both attack institutions that reject them

Some stats this week show just 14% of people polled said MPs had the public’s best interests at heart

For a long time, Labour’s strategy has been to sit back and watch it happen. I’m not a fan of this but it is increasingly hard to argue with

Different languages, a gospel choir, leaders of different faiths - the Coronation reflected the country we are today. But there is growing tension around the monarchy’s future

It is a difficult challenge. One Charles must rise to - because the monarchy is sewn into the fabric of the country. For good or ill, it makes us who we are. The light in the darkness, a fixed point for the nation

Bankers seem to be doing OK. The guy who runs British Gas got a £3.7million bonus last month. On top of his £790k salary

Keir Mudie says Dominic Raab's resignation letter was 'graceless' as there was 'no apology' but just a 'bizarre rant about how him leaving is no good for government'

Keir Mudie says that while giving a 'nothing speech' to some Conservative think-tank, former Prime Minister Liz Truss showed how Tories blame the ills of the world on everyone but themselves

Columnist Keir Mudie says the Royal Family's £1billion income from the Duchy of Cornwall and the Duchy of Lancaster could solve a lot of problems and help people around the UK

Keir Mudie says many other pollsters have the Labour Party lead narrowing and the performance of Rishi Sunak, whose personal ratings are improving, is a bit of a headache as well

At the best, his shot at becoming leader again is blown - the gloss has come off him and the circus that is the Tory party has moved on, leaving behind a sad and angry clown.

Keir Mudie says the BBC is putting local news coverage to the sword, replacing dedicated programming with one-size fits all stuff that will be broadcast everywhere

Keir Mudie says the new immigration bill unveiled by Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman is a really cheap electoral trick, which is a great indicator we’re up and running campaign-wise

The family applied for Boris Johnson's Homes for Ukraine scheme last September and is one of 9,400 cases caught up in Home Office delays and red tape

Last year’s Football Distress Survey, run by corporate rescue specialists Begbies Traynor, showed 31 clubs in the league – 43% of the total – were in financial distress