Martin Ivens is the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Previously, he was editor of the Sunday Times of London and its ...

Opinion polls suggest Keir Starmer is almost certain to be ... These games help to "keep his feet on the ground". Politicians who "play the football card" may make "cynical commentators recoil ...

It’s Keir’s drear ... But then it was Starmer’s decision to draw up his key ministerial ranks in this constellation. To take one of his time-worn England football metaphors, it really ...