Opinion

From the newsletter: Boris Johnson's 'British Energy Security Strategy' is most notable for what isn't in it.

"If I don’t get her out soon, it may be too late. She’s very, very precarious.”

From the newsletter: Are Brits really as "tough on crime" as politicians would have us believe?

From the newsletter: If Keir Starmer can’t break through now, he probably never will.

The story of Natalya and her two daughters, who escaped Kharkiv only to find themselves trapped in a quagmire of British bureaucracy.

The under 30s have spent their entire adult life being dealt bad hands under successive administrations they probably didn’t vote for.

From the newsletter: Rishi Sunak's reputation - and hopes for higher office - hinge on the cost-of-living crunch.

"Look who has crawled out of his kissing corner," tweeted one person after reading Hancock's gloating message.

From the newsletter: The Tories want to conflate Ukraine and the cost-of-living crunch. Will it work?