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Blackpool South byelection: the size of the swing to Labour made this such an unpleasant night for Rishi Sunak

The last time Labour won Blackpool South, the party won 270 other constituencies. It was 1997 and Labour took 179 more than all other parties...

Martin Farr

There was a time when to ridicule – or condemn – the Labour leader of the day, a newspaper cartoonist needed only to append under their...

Much of the reaction in Britain to a crisis that has yet to acquire a specific designation, has concentrated on words used, and not used – their...