Anti-war campaigners say the Health Secretary's private admission to Peter Mandelson only makes him more guilty of complicity in Israel’s crimes

For decades, from Kinnock to Starmer, the party tolerated, enabled and repeatedly restored a man who embodied its contempt for socialism, its intimacy with oligarchs, and its willingness to trade principle for power – until the rot could no longer be concealed, writes ANDREW MURRAY

In reopening relations with China, the PM showed an uncharacteristic grasp of power, proportion and Britain’s diminished place in the world – a lesson many in Westminster still refuse to learn, says ANDREW MURRAY