Josh Self

Josh Self is a political journalist and commentator who serves as Editor of Politics.co.uk.

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Week-in-Review
Week-in-Review: Rancour over Gaza debate disguises difficulties for all parties

After all the rancour, partisan chicanery and accusations of a Speaker stitch-up, the House of Commons’ official record, Hansard, records soberly the outcome of the SNP’s opposition day debate on Wednesday as follows: “[Labour Party] Amendment (a) agreed to. [Motion], as amended, put and agreed to”. Presiding over a chamber consumed by cantankerous din, deputy… Read more »

News Feature
PMQs verdict: Starmer guns for Sunak’s likely successor

Prime minister’s questions was never going to be the highest point of parliamentary drama today. The low-energy exchanges were, in essence, an admission that attention would soon turn to the more substantively significant commons event this afternoon: the debate on the SNP’s opposition day motion calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza. Perhaps in knowledge… Read more »