Since the resignation of Keir Starmer, the media have been addressing the questions of why he failed and how history will remember him. Some argue that his failure was a lack of effective communication about policy, and that he will be remembered as a decent man who lacked the necessary political skill for the country’s highest office. Others argue that his failure was a lack of moral substance, expressed through weakness on issues such as Palestine, and that he will be remem

In international politics today, the epithet ‘realism’ has become common currency. It carries with it a rhetorical confidence – a name which suggests prophecy of truth amongst alternatives which are deceptions. But as proclaiming a realist position has become something of a fashion nowadays, we must beware the fashion victims; those who don ill-fitting articles because they bear the right label, and wear its most ridiculous accessories without any sense of the motifs and subs

Ewan Edwards Much of the Lobby are rather pleased to have a relatively quiet 6-week recess after a bumper summer last year which saw a...