The movie that most directly inspired The Hunger Games wasn’t another Hollywood blockbuster but a much older cultural idea that eventually showed up in film and storytelling: the Japanese thriller ...

There’s a new wave of hyper-nostalgia for a mythical ‘Britain’ that needs addressing, because it’s based on a number of false ...

On the voyage that we call life, we are all in a sense sailing on the ship of Theseus, a hero of Greek mythology. Theseus, the legendary king of the city state of Athens, rescued the sacrificial ...

Nigel Farage’s party says it has more than 268,000 members amid reports Labour membership has fallen below 250,000 Reform UK says it is now the largest political party in Britain and has overtaken ...

The think tank that ran Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership campaign is canvassing party members on candidates to replace him, in yet another sign of trouble for the beleaguered prime minister. In a survey ...

Labour says appointments needed to balance upper house, and chooses former advisers to No 10 and the chancellor Keir Starmer has appointed 25 Labour peers including a number of former senior ...

Labour has lost more London councillors and candidates to rival parties amid a wave of political defections in the capital. Southwark councillor Sam Foster revealed on Friday that he had joined the ...

Labour's largest trade union supporter is considering a historic split from the party after growing increasingly 'frustrated' over Sir Keir Starmer's leadership. Senior officials at Unite are ...

The rival tribes that could shape the party’s future By George Eaton In December 2023, as Rishi Sunak clashed with his recalcitrant backbenchers, the Tory MP Mark Francois declared that he had ...

Transgender women will be barred from the main hall at Labour’s women’s conference next year and will also be denied voting rights, Labour has said. The party has ruled trans women will only be able ...

03:38, Fri, Dec 5, 2025 Updated: 11:11, Fri, Dec 5, 2025 Labour has suffered a devastating blow as their support crumbles to a mere 14 percent in a shocking new opinion poll. The dismal results ...

Reform UK claims it is now the largest political party in Britain, following reports Labour has lost more members. According to the Times newspaper, external, internal figures show Labour's membership ...