National insurance rise dominates PMQs

The SNP’s Westminster leader called the planned National Insurance rise a “regressive Tory poll tax”.
Manifestnose

“A lie keeps growing and growing until it’s as clear as the nose on your face.”
The rapid rise of Rishi Sunak

Will we see a Rishi premiership? And if so, what could it look like?
‘The settled will’: Scottish sovereignty in an age of unthinking unionism

In the middle somewhere, there remains a case to be made for the union.
Two years on: What do the public think of Boris Johnson?

We headed to Ipswich to ask people about their opinions on the prime minister.
Week in Review: Two years of Boris Johnson have corroded Britain’s public life

It’s the second anniversary of Boris Johnson as prime minister and we’re now well aware of his defects.
Snakes & ladders – Covid edition

The pair thought they’d found a shortcut, only to come crashing down shortly afterwards,
Week in Review: Even the emperor knows he’s got no clothes

It turns out that ‘levelling up’ is such a broad concept that it contains the entirety of the policy programme the government has already announced.
Johnson: ‘Nobody defends booing’

“Labelling anti-racism messages as gesture politics served to stoke the fire of racism and hatred”.
Aid cuts pass, despite May voting against due to ‘broken promise’

“We made a promise to the poorest people in the world. The government has broken that promise.”