Marina Hyde

Only on Sunday, Starmer was talking about his 2029 manifesto. If a week is a long time in politics, this one already feels longerA masterpiece new entry for the dictionary of political quotes, as a...

You never change the pilot halfway through a flight, says a clearly rattled David Lammy. Can’t he see that his party is in a tailspin?A couple of days ago on a Swiss flight from Seoul to Zurich, a ...

The alleged conflict between the pair began on a film set and has been disastrous for everyone involved. Apart from the lawyers, naturallyLadies, gentlemen, cineastes: our long nightmare is over. T...

Bereft of any big ideas, or indeed policies, the PM is in his happy place: a never-ending parliamentary procedural processHave his enemies done it? Have the rebels managed to find a thermal exhaust...

She’s already taken Paris and Venice – now, with husband Jeff Bezos, she’s stormed New York’s Met Gala. And for a mere $75,000, you can be there with herWe live in an age when the most successful r...

Olly Robbins’s testimony will have been painful for the PM. The No 10 omnishambles was publicly laid bare – and Keir’s fresh out of scapegoats‘How dare Olly Robbins not have made me look like a cha...

When it comes to theology, Donald Trump’s vice-president clearly knows best. Are we about to see an American break with Rome?The battle to be the absolute worst Trump henchman can feel so closely f...

The Middle East on fire, a spat with the pope – and he posts himself as Potus Almighty. Will his disciples now see that their messiah has feet of clay?You hear such a lot from Maga Republicans abou...

Who needs critics when the Reform man is so adept at patting his own back – and that’s easy to do in publishing: there’s a sales list for everyone ‘She’s produced a bestseller!” panted the Spectato...

He’s done it again. The convicted sex offender, creator of victims, has gone and created another one – himselfI see Huw Edwards is still not the subject of any of his verbs. The BBC’s former iconic...

The Reform UK leader has belatedly clocked that most British people really don’t like the US president on whose coat-tails he has spent the past decade ridingAt last, the culture has thrown up a sp...

The art of the heel: if you want a shot at the US presidency, you better be ready to sartorially debase yourself on the world stageThe secretary of state of the United States of America is openly s...

Yes, many Americans are struggling, but it’s good to know the first family can still afford Earth’s most expensive provisions. Morale is everything, isn’t it?In the absence of any clearly and consi...

Didn’t you know? True British patriots are the ones who want to join an obviously disastrous war on behalf of Israel and Donald TrumpHave you heard enough pant-wetting about Britain’s “reputation” ...

If POTUS can really bomb peace, stability and women’s rights into the Middle East, I’ll take my hat off to him. Judging by his role in Gaza, I won’t hold my breathDonald Trump says Keir Starmer has...

Got battered at the polls? No problem. Just act like voters want more of what you’re selling – not considerably lessAs David Lammy put it on Thursday in a dispatch from Gorton and Denton: “Only Lab...

At least the British gave us the perp-walk shots. But I fear that any Americans seeking real justice will have to wait, and wait, and waitI can’t believe the cops didn’t max out the theatrics yeste...