John Crace

Honest Bob gets the party started – the Reform party. It’s tough being a Tory | John Crace Robert Jenrick gives Conservative conference delegates permission to be the worst possible versions of themselves

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The Reform party leader speech

Honest Bob Jenrick thinks he is giving the leader’s speech

Humiliation upon humiliation for the Melster in front of half-full Tory crowd | John Crace At conference where the stench of decay is overpowering, the shadow chancellor’s speech was an act of desperation

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Kemi Badenoch says she is ‘doing politics differently’ – you can’t argue with that Conservative leader has achieved the seemingly impossible: she has taken the Tories even further backwards

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John Crace: What The Hell Just Happened? The last 10 years of British politics has been one long psychodrama. The Scottish referendum. David Cameron’s surprise election win. Brexit. Theresa May. Boris Johnson. Liz Truss. Rishi Sunak. Each pr...

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John Crace: What The Hell Just Happened? The last 10 years of British politics has been one long psychodrama. The Scottish referendum. David Cameron’s surprise election win. Brexit. Theresa May. Boris Johnson. Liz Truss. Rishi Sunak. Each pr...

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Nadine Dorries is back – with her incisive thinking and deranged conspiracy theories | John Crace Dorries is a woman of no regrets for whom the past isn’t just another country, it’s a parallel universe

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Conspiracy theories and accusations fly as Labour’s Farage fever rattles Reform | John Crace Fearless Nige and his mates’ unhinged reaction to Starmer’s speech suggests he can dish it out but he can’t take it

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Starmer finally finds his voice as he speaks from the heart | John Crace PM sounded like a decent man making the case for decency – it’s just not clear if that’s what the British public demands of its politicians these days

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Andy Burnham, the Schrödinger’s cat of the Labour party conference | John Crace Both there and not there, no minister dares mention his name but he’s etched on to everyone’s subconscious

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What a difference a year makes as Labour conference delegates settle for survival ‘The atmosphere is like Dignitas on the Mersey,’ said one MP, but the mood was lifted by Starmer’s tough words for Reform

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As my daughter got sicker and sicker, our quest for answers dragged on. How did we all miss the bacteria taking over her body? I write about nature, but when Milly got sick with a mystery illness, it never occurred to me that a long-forgotten tick bite could be the cause

Lovely piece about Milly by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social

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Extra Manchester show added. Saturday November 15th. Some tickets still available. Please do come

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Extra Manchester show added. Saturday November 15th. Some tickets still available. Please do come

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I hope Donald Trump is enjoying the golf

Boring Boris briefly becomes king of the world again – at least in his own head | John Crace Former prime minister was grateful for a 45-minute slot on the Harry Cole Saves the West YouTube channel this week

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Nigel Farage swans around peddling hate on Nick Ferrari’s phone-in | John Crace From immigrants eating the king’s waterfowl to sharia law in London, it’s all there in our Nige’s relativist world

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Rather than treating every Trump statement as a papal edict, it might be safer to say the president is making it up as he goes along

No more Mr Nice Guy: Ed Davey rebrands Lib Dems as the real opposition to Reform Leader’s conference speech at Bournemouth shows a bullish party ready to be key player in any centre-left coalition

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John Crace: What The Hell Just Happened? The last 10 years of British politics has been one long psychodrama. The Scottish referendum. David Cameron’s surprise election win. Brexit. Theresa May. Boris Johnson. Liz Truss. Rishi Sunak. Each pr...

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Hate, hate again, hate better – for Farage, the country needs educating about foreigners | John Crace Was he sure everyone hated legal immigrants as much as he did? Nige knew better because he was Nige

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John Crace: What The Hell Just Happened? The last 10 years of British politics has been one long psychodrama. The Scottish referendum. David Cameron’s surprise election win. Brexit. Theresa May. Boris Johnson. Liz Truss. Rishi Sunak. Each pr...

Extra Manchester date added. Saturday November 15th. Tickets selling fast. Please don't miss out.

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John Crace: What The Hell Just Happened? The last 10 years of British politics has been one long psychodrama. The Scottish referendum. David Cameron’s surprise election win. Brexit. Theresa May. Boris Johnson. Liz Truss. Rishi Sunak. Each pr...

Extra Manchester date added. Saturday November 15th. Please do come

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Brilliant to see @mrjohncrace.bsky.social at the Redgrave Theatre, Bristol last night. Wonderfully entertaining and one of the few reasons I have maintained my @theguardian.com subscription for as long as I have.

John Crace: What The Hell Just Happened? The last 10 years of British politics has been one long psychodrama. The Scottish referendum. David Cameron’s surprise election win. Brexit. Theresa May. Boris Johnson. Liz Truss. Rishi Sunak. Each pr...

Extra Manchester date added. Saturday November 15th. Please do come

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