John Rentoul

We send too many people to prison anyway, so the new prime minister’s emergency review is another chance to start to fix that problem, writes John Rentoul

The Conservative leader has dismayed the left of her party by ditching human rights, net zero – and Grant Shapps. But is there method in her madness, asks John Rentoul

It is easy to see how all five parties in our five-party system can lose the next election. The hard part is predicting which of them might win.

The PM looks weak after his first serious stumble, over the early release of inmates in Britain's overcrowded jails, writes

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Moscow's warning of ‘consequences' for Britain if it continues supplying drones to the Ukraine war effort has put the Reform leader in yet another tricky position, says

A change to a proportional system is very possible after the next election – there ought to be a debate about which system it should be, writes

John Rentoul We have been here before, but I think it really might happen this time. We have had a prime minister before who used to be against proportional representation but who was in favour of it in No 10.

He could be preparing the ground for hikes – or for disappointing those clamouring for more public spending. But he cannot put off the choice much longer, writes

A rumoured shadow cabinet reshuffle might help, but the Tory leader has to copy the New Labour leader's trick of spreading his stardust over an old and discredited political brand, writes