Andrew Rawnsley

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Andrew Rawnsley

What fresh hell will Donald Trump unleash next? The question quivers on the world’s lips, but Sir Keir Starmer thinks it a fool’s errand trying to guess the answer. The prime minister has told colleagues not to waste any time on feverish speculation about the intentions of the US president. This is sensible counsel after 10 days in which Typhoon Orange has wreaked havoc in global markets.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Andrew Rawnsley

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3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Andrew Rawnsley

After her jaunt to the O2, Rachel Reeves may be aware that the musical oeuvre of Sabrina Carpenter includes I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Bad for Business, Couldn’t Make It Any Harder, Feels Like Loneliness and Rescue Me.Tunes for the chancellor to hum when she contemplates her approval ratings, which have tanked to the point where her unpopularity is now perilously close to matching the depths plumbed by Kwasi Kwarteng during his brief and calamitous stint at the Treasury.

1 month ago | msn.com | Andrew Rawnsley

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1 month ago | theguardian.com | Andrew Rawnsley

Kemi Badenoch is not much good at Prime Minister’s Questions. To which you might retort: so what? Everyone knows the weekly bout of mouth-to-mouth combat between prime minister and leader of the opposition is a theatrical ritual. The typical voter deplores it as a load of yah-boo, signifying nothing. Only a small minority of the public tune in on a consistent basis. Mrs Badenoch’s problem is that PMQs is taken seriously by two audiences that should be important to the Tory leader.