Ash Sarkar

Drought, food shortages and war threaten to drive up prices, but our new prime minister seems determined to keep things sunny, writes Ash Sarkar

The space for populist green politics is only getting bigger – and if the PM-in-waiting doesn’t occupy it, Zack Polanski certainly will, writes Ash Sarkar.

A by-election victory for satirical candidate Count Binface is unlikely, but Reform’s leader is more vulnerable than he has ever been in his political career to date, writes Ash Sarkar.

Britain’s likely next prime minister is currently keeping his head down, writes Ash Sarkar. Is he a wise tactician or just a continuity Keir?

Between Andy Burnham picking a welfare hawk as his chief of staff and the Home Office drama over Mike Tapp’s op-ed, this orderly transition of power is fraught with drama, writes Ash Sarkar.

The shock resignations of top defence ministers were intended as a heads-up to whoever Keir Starmer’s replacement turns out to be: fund the armed forces, or there’ll be trouble, writes Ash Sarkar.

Nobody raised the theft of creative work or the generation of young people being locked out of the labour market. Welcome to humanity's slop era, writes Ash Sarkar.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s time as trade envoy brought him into contact with confidential information and foreign governments, but there was no formal vetting process or due diligence before his appointment, writes Ash Sarkar.

The constitution is straining under the weight of this weeks’ chaos at the top of the Labour party, says Ash Sarkar.

The losses for Labour appear catastrophic this morning - perhaps even, for one Sir Keir Starmer, terminal, writes Ash Sarkar. While Labour has lost more than 60% of its councillors, Reform has exceeded even its own expectations, winning at least a third of seats declared so far.