George Eaton

The rise of Labour’s punchy progressives David Lammy is emblematic of the government’s new direction.

The rise of Labour’s punchy progressives – how David Lammy exemplifies the government’s new direction. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...

The rise of Labour’s punchy progressives David Lammy is emblematic of the government’s new direction.

David Lammy will do PMQs for the first time next week, I reveal in today's Morning Call. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...

The rise of Labour’s punchy progressives David Lammy is emblematic of the government’s new direction.

The rise of Labour’s punchy progressives – how David Lammy exemplifies the government’s new direction. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...

The rise of Labour’s punchy progressives David Lammy is emblematic of the government’s new direction.

David Lammy will do PMQs for the first time next week, I reveal in today's Morning Call. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...

Labour knows Reform is beatable – and that’s Starmer’s challenge If the Prime Minister can’t win, his party has an incentive to look elsewhere

Labour now knows Reform is beatable

Starmer has cast defeating Farage as a moral obligation. So if he falls short, must he make way?

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Labour now knows Reform is beatable Starmer has cast defeating Farage as a moral obligation. So if he falls short, must he make way?

Labour now knows Reform is beatable – and that could be bad news for Starmer.

My column from tomorrow’s NS. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Labour now knows Reform is beatable Starmer has cast defeating Farage as a moral obligation. So if he falls short, must he make way?

Labour now knows Reform is beatable – and that could be bad news for Starmer.

My column from tomorrow’s NS. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Starmer promises “no return to austerity” but does not commit to manifesto tax pledges.

This is Labour’s defining Budget choice: higher taxes to fund higher spending.

Has Reform hit a ceiling? Nigel Farage’s party is in danger of losing momentum

Nigel Farage’s party is in danger of losing momentum

📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social: Has Reform hit a ceiling?

This is what I think of as the most important chart in British politics. It shows the amount people spend on retail sales and the amount they get. Compared to Feb 2022 people are spending about 16% more but consuming 4% less.

Is Britain a high-tax country? Even as overall taxes have risen, most have been paying less

Britain has become a country of high taxes for the few and low taxes for the many and that settlement is now breaking down. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...

Is Britain a high-tax country? Even as overall taxes have risen, most have been paying less

Is Britain a high-tax country?

Even as overall taxes have risen, most have been paying less

📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social

Nice summary of the fiscal situation in the UK. I’ll add this - over recent elections the pattern between income and vote choice has broken down. Labour, without quite realising it, have become a party whose younger, graduate, professional voters are now the ones paying much higher marginal rates.

Is Britain a high-tax country? Even as overall taxes have risen, most have been paying less

Britain has become a country of high taxes for the few and low taxes for the many and that settlement is now breaking down. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...

Labour’s new common ground The fight against Reform is bringing Blairites and the soft left together

Why the fight against Reform is bringing Blairites and the soft left together – today’s Morning Call. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...

Labour’s new common ground The fight against Reform is bringing Blairites and the soft left together

Why the fight against Reform is bringing Blairites and the soft left together – today’s Morning Call. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...

Not just Streeting today, Labour issued this from Anna Turley on Saturday afternoon.

No, they issued these comments from Anna Turley on Saturday afternoon.

Labour was swift to condemn Sarah Pochin in unequivocal terms and has left Reform/the Tories on the back foot as a consequence.

"Let's not forget, when we remember the service and the sacrifice with this poppy, that the people who bled and died for our democracy and our freedom, weren't just my grandfather who looked like me & worshipped the same God, but people across Empire & Commonwealth, who were Muslim, Sikh & Hindu'

First reported in my interview with Powell earlier this month. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...

Lucy Powell will attend political cabinet meetings, No 10 source confirms, while remaining outside government as planned.

On turnout of 16.6%, remember that the selectorate includes hundreds of thousands of affiliated trade unionists as well as Labour members.

Lucy Powell wins the Labour deputy leadership with 87,407 votes to Bridget Phillipson's 73,536 - a far closer result than some predicted.

Caerphilly shows Nigel Farage’s Achilles heel Tactical voting could lock Reform out of power

Caerphilly shows Nigel Farage’s Achilles heel – tactical voting could lock Reform out of power. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Caerphilly shows Nigel Farage’s Achilles heel Tactical voting could lock Reform out of power

Caerphilly shows Nigel Farage’s Achilles heel: tactical voting could lock Reform out of power

📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social

Farage’s big weakness, as I’ve often written, is that 60%+ of voters don’t want him to become Prime Minister.

For a populist he’s not that popular. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...

Caerphilly shows Nigel Farage’s Achilles heel Tactical voting could lock Reform out of power

But anti-Farage majority isn't the same as a pro-Labour one.

Risk for Starmer is that the Greens/SNP/Plaid/independents all present themselves as the real alternative to Reform. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...

Caerphilly shows Nigel Farage’s Achilles heel Tactical voting could lock Reform out of power

Caerphilly shows Nigel Farage’s Achilles heel – tactical voting could lock Reform out of power. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

What's next for Angela Rayner? The former deputy PM has shown how she could become Labour’s queen over the water

Angela Rayner has shown how she could become Labour's queen over the water. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...