Category : Political

‘Out of the inferno, into the shark attack’: Marina Hyde on capturing six years of political chaos

From Brexit to Boris, Trump to Truss, there’s been no shortage of material for the Guardian columnist. But as the omnishambles becomes a permacrisis, even she wants it to stop … Continue reading...

A new series immerses us in Russia’s 90s trauma – and the human cost of economic shock | Marina Hyde

Adam Curtis’s BBC project, TraumaZone, show us extraordinary events though the eyes of ordinary people, and how ideologues betrayed them Continue reading...

The markets are in meltdown – but at least Kwasi Kwarteng’s doomsday cult isn’t to blame | Marina Hyde

The chancellor has spent his life praising the virtues of free markets. It’s just a shame they don’t feel the same way about him Continue reading...

If you are poor, it’s time to ask yourself: have you thought of simply being rich? | Marina Hyde

Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax-slashing mini-budget is the latest masterstroke in Liz Truss’s quest ‘to be unpopular’ Continue reading...

Britain could plan for the Queen’s death – but not for the risky tides of public feeling | Marina Hyde

From the loss of Diana to Brexit, spontaneous outpourings of emotion terrify those in power. How will they respond now? Continue reading...

At least Liz Truss’s dull delivery skills will make oncoming crises seem less dramatic | Marina Hyde

A new PM with the support of less than half her MPs needs to sort out a country facing calamity. What could go wrong? Continue reading...

It would have been better for everyone if the festival of Brexit had stayed in its box | Marina Hyde

Who could have predicted that Unboxed would be a such a surreal disaster? Literally everyone Continue reading...

Ground control to Major Truss – what planet are you on? Does it have a price cap? | Marina Hyde

Our likely next PM’s surreal ‘solutions’ to the UK’s omnicrisis feel like they’ve been beamed in from a galaxy far away Continue reading...

Roll up, roll up and meet the watery overlords pumping sewage on to our shores this summer | Marina Hyde

Why focus just on the politicians where there are plenty of CEOs out there with excrement on their hands? Continue reading...

Who better than Liz Truss to lead a country whose own sewage laps at its shores? | Marina Hyde

There are just two weeks left in a leadership contest that has been going on since sometime in the early Mesozoic period Continue reading...

Keir Starmer defends Labour’s response to cost of living crisis – as it happened

Labour leader hits back at criticism saying his party has been ‘leading’ on the issue Continue reading...

Behold the warring Tories, fighting like cats in a sack to achieve – precisely nothing | Marina Hyde

They rail against a mythical force that scuppers their plans for radical change. The truth is they don’t have any Continue reading...

While Britain burns, the Tories are … fiddling with themselves again | Marina Hyde

There’s a great river of molten horror approaching. What better time for a nice, long, frenzied leadership contest? Continue reading...

Marina Hyde on the Conservative leadership race – Politics Weekly UK | podcast

The Conservative leadership race is in full swing. It’s been a week of awkward campaign videos, dirty tricks and wild promises on taxation. The Guardian’s Marina Hyde joins John Harris and Rafael Behr to talk through the weird and wonderful in the co...

The good news: Johnson’s on the way out. The bad news: look who’s on the way in | Marina Hyde

One ridiculously graceless ‘resignation’ speech later, here are the top Tory gorgons competing to control the sunlit uplands Continue reading...