All news by author: Paul Routledge

Labour should commit to reform of the honours system after ex-PM's list of peerages, says Paul Routledge

Britain’s class system, supposedly abolished by John Major, is alive and kicking, says Paul Routledge, as can be seen with Rishi Sunak's snooty attempt to diversify dishing out honours

Columnist Paul Routledge takes us to times past with his postcard home from a Cumbrian holiday, with a trip to the Eden Valley that felt "a bit like a homecoming"

Hotelier is just the latest in a long line of whinging rich and famous people who threaten to quit the UK if they don't get the government they want, says Paul Routledge

There is a simmering appetite for change that could come to the boil if this lot continue to treat the electorate as dupes to be cleverly manipulated

Journalist Paul Routledge missed the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II as his family did not one a television, to make up for it, he watched yesterday's service at his local pub

Britain doesn't need kings and queens, we should go the whole hog and elect our head of state, says Paul Routledge

Paul Routledge on the latest Conservative farce, the failure to bring home thousands of Brits from war-torn Sudan – and it's all down to a lack of governing by the Government, the job that comes with the job

They’ve only been in office five minutes and they’ve never had to deal with social unrest on this scale. There are no old hands who’ve seen it all before

The Good Friday Agreement has saved hundreds of lives and given the province a fresh start, but now voices are being raised that it is failing the very people it is designed to protect

Educated in a C of E church school 70 years ago, I had the importance of Easter dinned into me. But it seemed natural, anyway - England was a much more religious country then

This week in 1963, Dr Beeching wielded his axe that shut down more than half of Britain’s stations and closed 5,000 route miles of track - costing 67,000 workers their jobs

If these lawmakers haven't the gumption to spot when they’re being taken for a ride by a gang of lads who meet in a London pub, they’re not fit to hold public office

Nicola Sturgeon, once described by London Right-Wing media as "the most dangerous woman in Britain", had ample qualities and strengths, writes political columnist Paul Routledge

People are sick of the 'great leader' style of politics and are crying out for competence over showmanship, says Paul Routledge, meaning it's finally Keir Starmer's time

A settlement for nurses, paramedics and other NHS staff looks likely, but the doctors' dispute drags on, says Paul Routledge

Perhaps Garygate is a blessing in disguise. The BBC is a national institution, like the NHS, and a similarly world-class achievement. But if that independence is to be maintained, there has to be change.

Paul Routledge on what we can expect from Jeremy Hunt's first Budget, with him set to put an end to the 'calamity' of soaring energy prices. But will this be enough to appease public opinion?

The Tories continue to run the country making decisions at the 11th hour, says Paul Routledge, but the chancellor must act urgently ahead of the Budget to avoid a cliff-edge calamity

It always starts with words - threats, excuses, lies and false accusations, writes Paul Routledge, and it needs more than Boris bullsh** to sustain public support

''If medicines are too expensive to allow the Tories to axe prescription fees, then why were they scrapped in Wales and Scotland years ago? The Government needs to prioritise working families'

Ex-PM Boris Johnson and wife Carrie are understood to have looked at a 400-year-old Georgian, Grade II-listed detached manor house on five acres in the Cotswolds

Mirror columnist Paul Routledge on the potential chaos lifting the energy cap would cause, and how new Secretary of Energy and Net-Zero, Grant Shapps, is the wrong man for the job

The Government is not listening to the cries of anguish from striking workers, Paul Routledge says, but they will be fearing the local elections, where we can all make them sweat

Black pudding may contain beef or pork blood but Mirror columnist Paul Routledge isn't "squeamish" about the sausage