Burnham must learn the lessons of Starmer’s failure – and they start with Brexit
Be optimistic, don’t ignore the party and find new ways to cut through lies and disinformation
The Magazine
A history of Brexit in 256 disasters
A brilliant, forensic, sector-by-sector analysis of the damage done to our economy, our businesses and our daily lives by leaving the European Union
Let’s make Farage wear Brexit like a badge of shame
In a world of chancers and charlatans, we need facts at our fingertips as vital ammunition for the battles ahead: Beating Reform and joining the EU
The 13 people most to blame for Brexit
From liars like Johnson, Farage and Gove to incompetents like Cameron, May and Corbyn, here are the guilty men and women responsible for a nightmare
Jacob Rees-Mogg promised I could stay in Britain. Now I’m worried he was wrong
The British state did a deal with me years ago that allowed me to live here and be a European at the same time. I am not going to change my side of the bargain, no matter what happens
Meet the Brexiteers who moan that Brexit has made them unpopular
Bitter winners Douglas Carwell, Matthew Elliott and Sarah Vine want you to know they’re the real victims
Ten years of Brexit: The lessons of a low, dishonest decade
Build coalitions, revive internationalism and join – not rejoin – the EU. But be prepared to question your own assumptions, too
Arts & Culture
Is Thomas Tuchel the German that England always needed?
Technically brilliant and unafraid to take tough decisions – could he be the man to end 60 years of hurt and close a songbook of offensive chants?
How David Hockney became an accidental life coach
The shocking lesson of the BBC’s Brexit: A Very British Civil War
Disclosure Day is a thrilling finale to Spielberg’s lifelong UFO obsession
Can Gareth Southgate save young men?
Audio
The Two Matts
POD SPECIAL: It’s the end of the Keir show… now what?
The Matts bring you a special edition after Keir Starmer quit as UK prime minister
The Two Matts Q&A: Where is Burnham weak? And is America humiliated?
The Matts answer listener questions in their regular Sunday morning Q&A, including… what will prove to be Andy Burnham’s biggest vulnerability?
Game on… Burnham wins; now get on with it Labour
The Matts are in optimistic mood today with news of Andy Burnham’s resounding win in Makerfield
A history of Brexit in 256 disasters
The Matts celebrate the launch of A History of Brexit in 256 Disasters, a book by Jonty Bloom with a foreword by Alastair Campbell and amazing illustrations by Martin Rowson chronicling the disastrous consequences of the 2016 referendum 10 long years ago!
Should the UK government be banning social media for under-16s?
This week is A Very Special Episode ™️, as Lucy Reade and James Ball discuss the recent UK government announcement that social media will be banned for under-16s.
The Two Matts Q&A: Do you really want your country back?
The Matts answer questions from listener’s including; are we heading for a summer of discontent; do we understand what people mean when they say they want their country back and should pensioners lose the triple lock?
Farewell David Hockney … and farewell Keir Starmer too?
The Matts digest the events from yesterday and the underlying duplicity at the heart of government that resulted in the blistering resignations of John Healey and Al Cairns
Britain is in grave danger of disintegrating
The horrific attack by a Sudanese asylum seeker in Belfast has triggered a wave of disorder
Phone bans at concerts, and Pattie Gonia v Patagonia
This week, Lucy Reade and James Ball argue over phone-free concerts, as well as discuss the age-old story of the evil multinational corporation taking on the plucky independent creator… or is there more to the story than meets the eye?
The Two Matts Q&A: Will Starmer survive, and has the Pope got it right on AI?
The Matts answer listeners’ questions in their weekly Q&A session, including: Is Kemi Badenoch now the best chance of beating Nigel Farage; can Keir Starmer actually see off this slow-moving coup and should Palantir be kicked out of the NHS
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Burnham must learn the lessons of Starmer’s failure – and they start with Brexit
Burnham must run fearlessly into the future – and this is how
Britain will go to the polls early in 2027, maybe as soon as January. Here’s why
The clique that destroyed Keir Starmer
A message to the next PM – to avoid Starmer’s fate, concentrate on defence
I didn’t rate Starmer as PM – so why do I feel so sad?
Burnham’s launchpad, Farage’s failure: All the winners and losers of Makerfield
Germany wants answers from Andy Burnham
Meet Young Bob, the teen Christian nationalist star of the UK’s hard right
Sun, sea and sacks of cash: Professor Boris Johnson’s £8m afterlife
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Politics
Britain will go to the polls early in 2027, maybe as soon as January. Here’s why
A message to the next PM – to avoid Starmer’s fate, concentrate on defence
I didn’t rate Starmer as PM – so why do I feel so sad?
Germany wants answers from Andy Burnham
This is why Starmer had to go
What Starmer never understood about being PM
Burnham must run fearlessly into the future – and this is how
British voters ready to integrate with the EU, says new survey
Writers
Alastair Campbell
Burnham must learn the lessons of Starmer’s failure – and they start with Brexit
Marie Le Conte
I didn’t rate Starmer as PM – so why do I feel so sad?
Matthew d’Ancona
Burnham must run fearlessly into the future – and this is how
Patience Wheatcroft
Why are politicians such financial disasters?
Tanit Koch
Germany’s new national obsession: Checking if grandad was a Nazi
Paul Mason
A message to the next PM – to avoid Starmer’s fate, concentrate on defence
Latest
Michael Gove, Brexit and a whiff of hypocrisy
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s new think tank fights for ‘Judeo-Christian civilisation’
And now: John Oliver tells US about the incredibly popular David Frost and Laura Trott
Farage faces questions over who paid for his anti-EU tour
Britain will go to the polls early in 2027, maybe as soon as January. Here’s why
Burnham must learn the lessons of Starmer’s failure – and they start with Brexit
Podcasts
The Two Matts
POD SPECIAL: It’s the end of the Keir show… now what?
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Where is Burnham weak? And is America humiliated?
The Two Matts
Game on… Burnham wins; now get on with it Labour
The Two Matts
A history of Brexit in 256 disasters
Touching Grass
Should the UK government be banning social media for under-16s?
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Do you really want your country back?
Brexit
Michael Gove, Brexit and a whiff of hypocrisy
The Spectator editor’s cheery view of the economy after 10 years of Brexit doesn’t chime with his magazine’s usually apocalyptic coverage
Farage faces questions over who paid for his anti-EU tour
Reports have emerged of money for the then UKIP leader’s Brexit campaign coming directly from European Parliament funds
Burnham must learn the lessons of Starmer’s failure – and they start with Brexit
Be optimistic, don’t ignore the party and find new ways to cut through lies and disinformation
British voters ready to integrate with the EU, says new survey
New polling suggests that old Brexit red lines are falling away, with a majority now open to freedom of movement
The foreign policy-shaped hole in Burnham’s CV
He’s got a plan to reach No 10. Does he have one on dealing with Europe and the world?
A history of Brexit in 256 disasters
A brilliant, forensic, sector-by-sector analysis of the damage done to our economy, our businesses and our daily lives by leaving the European Union
Ukraine
A message to the next PM – to avoid Starmer’s fate, concentrate on defence
This is Labour’s last chance to see off the threat of a 2029 Farage victory. There is one piece of advice that the next PM needs to hear
Ukraine is showing Europe what it needs to become
A country many expected to fall in weeks has turned into a laboratory for the future of defence, digital government and national resilience. Now the EU must follow
Why have we let Putin get away with it for so long?
The Intelligence and Security Committee demanded a full inquiry into Russian meddling in British politics. It never happened. A new report makes clear that it needs to happen – now
Putinism has failed, and a new kind of threat has arrived
More than a million Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in Putin’s war in Ukraine. But he cannot back off. Instead, he will switch tactics. Ukraine – and the west – must be ready
This is Putin’s most transparent move so far
Donald Trump sends friends and family round the world to negotiate on his behalf – is it any surprise that Putin should do the same?
Cheap drones have made modern wars unwinnable
As Trump has discovered with Iran and Putin in Ukraine, a new, cheap method of warfare has come along to make those ultra-high-tech, ultra-expensive, weapons redundant
The big picture
How David Hockney became an accidental life coach
For all his masterpieces like A Bigger Splash, his greatest work may be teaching us to regard the everyday as a miracle
‘I photographed the Tommy Robinson march – here’s what I saw’
Rollie Kahaani’s photos from populist rallies are grabbing attention
Great Lives
The tragedy of Majed Abu Maraheel, Palestine’s first Olympic hero
The secrets of the Iron Sheik, the man America loved to hate
The childhood trauma that left Maya Angelou mute for five years
How Beyoncé inspired Tina Turner’s last stand
Was Andy Kaufman the most creative comedian of all time?
Tenzing Norgay and the Everest question that wouldn’t go away
Elon Musk joins the Mount Rushmore of Wall Street’s malignant geniuses
Never mind the social media ban. What about cutting the endless homework?
