Michael Deacon

5 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Deacon

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Deacon

After all, if they did genuinely believe in it, they would prioritise it ahead of literally any other issue.

1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Michael Deacon

There’s only one way to explain it. Last Friday, after Labour’s electoral drubbing, Sir Keir Starmer must have held an emergency meeting of his most senior ministers. And this is how it must have gone. “Team, yesterday’s results were a disaster. So, to get back on track, we urgently need to show the British people that we’re listening to their concerns. Any ideas? Lucy?”“How about I go on Radio 4 tonight and imply that anyone who so much as mentions the grooming gangs is a massive racist?”“Brilliant.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Deacon

Still, no one should be surprised. Time and again, Sir Keir and co have proved that they haven't the faintest grasp of how ordinary people think. Which is why they didn't foresee just how furious the public would be over the winter fuel cut, either. Last week, Labour canvassers reported that it was the number-one reason why voters were ditching them. Now, even the Daily Mirror, the devotedly loyal Labour tabloid, has lost patience with the Government's refusal to see sense.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Michael Deacon

Sir Keir Starmer knows full well how angry the public is about the grooming gangs scandal. So why didn’t he sack Lucy Powell for the jaw-dropping comments she made on Radio 4? According to the BBC, it’s because “Downing Street accepts Powell’s apology and her explanation that her comments did not reflect her views on the issue”. Surely, though, there’s a far simpler reason. The Prime Minister couldn’t sack her, because he’d previously made a very similar comment himself. Let’s compare the two.