Not everyone was impressed by Keir Starmer’s first conference speech as Labour leader. When he told viewers “we love this country as much as you do”, a number of Twitter users retorted by quoting Samuel Johnson: “patriotism is the last…

Language is hugely important. Politicians know this, it is why spin doctors are kept in the job. But the earthquake election of Trump in America and the devastating loss for Labour in Britain have shown a dramatic change in the…

When the government decided it would be Michael Gove who would announce that it was safe for teachers to return to the classroom, this was just another insult to a profession which has spent ten years being attacked by the…