
Andrew Rawnsley
Andrew Rawnsley is the Observer's award-winning chief political commentator. He is also a critically acclaimed broadcaster and author
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Will the vaccination programme give Boris Johnson’s popularity a shot in the arm?
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Ministers say it is just teething trouble. To many businesses it feels more like root canal surgery without the benefit of anaesthetic
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Being seen as a potential prime minister is essential, but not enough, to get Keir Starmer to No 10
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His incitement of the violent assault on the US Capitol was the savage consummation of the four years of vandalism he has unleashed on America’s body politic
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The coronavirus crisis has searingly exposed the prime minister’s flaws as a leader
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The prime minister has neither mandate nor public support for dragging Britain into the abyss
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By severely squeezing international aid and freezing public sector wages, the chancellor began to reveal his true ideological colours
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A terrible gaffe, another example of rule breaking and a scandalous misappropriation of public money. It’s been just another week in the office for the prime minister
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It was the character weaknesses of the prime minister that allowed Dominic Cummings to become so powerful
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If this biography is to be believed, the chancellor is a clever charmer without flaws or enemies
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If he becomes the next US president, who will be Mr Biden’s ‘special friend’ in Europe? Certainly not Boris Johnson
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Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove are among the cabinet ministers increasingly terrified by the consequences of failing to reach a deal with the EU
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Tom Bower gives us a better idea of Boris Johnson’s inner demons but is much too forgiving of his many flaws
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Lack of faith in the government is making it that much harder to control the resurgence of the epidemic
What does the Salmond v Sturgeon feud mean for the future of the union?