Towards the end of David Aaronovitch's hit piece on Zarah Sultana, he links to another op ed from The Independent, which exposes exactly the principles-free "centrism" he cleaves to;

"But what if that isn’t the choice by the time of the next election? What if, just as Reform has overtaken the Tories in the opinion polls, a Green-Corbynite combination overtakes Labour?"

#JohnRentoul, August, 2025

The Sultana-Corbyn party hasn't even launched yet and the Greens have already outstripped Labour.

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Alan Milburn’s message of ‘health choices for the many not the few’ is still powerful

It is an argument that is rarely heard in politics today – except in brief but striking flashes from Wes Streeting, very much Milburn’s heir as shadow health secretary, writes John Rentoul

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If Sunak falls, beware the rise of Tory Corbynism

Everything we know about the psychology of defeat tells us that the Tories will retreat into recrimination and magical thinking if they lose the election – paving the way for the party’s fringe to make hay while the sun sets on orthodoxy

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Labour’s attack on Sunak is as bad as the Jimmy Savile slur used against Starmer

This type of gutter politics isn’t tough. It is an admission of weakness

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What Boris Johnson said in his Partygate defence dossier – and what he really meant

Our chief political commentator reads between the lines of the former prime minister’s submission to the Committee of Privileges

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What Jeremy Hunt said in his Budget speech – and what he really meant | The Independent
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Good times are here again! What Hunt meant (but didn’t quite say)

Our chief political commentator imagines what was going through the chancellor’s mind as he delivered his statement

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