Tag: HODGES

In 2019, Morgan McSweeney approached Keir Starmer (pictured together in 2025) and offered to throw his political muscle behind him if he made a bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn after the expected defeat in the upcoming general election

DAN HODGES: McSweeney’s secret ‘slush fund’ and why…

Morgan McSweeney had a problem. It was December 2017 and Labour Together – the secretive…

Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves No 10 with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney

DAN HODGES: The choice is clear. The Prime Minister has to sack…

By DAN HODGES, DAILY MAIL COLUMNIST Published: 18:15 EDT, 14 September 2025 | Updated:…

The PM has demoted Foreign Secretary David Lammy (centre), who was presented with the sinecure of Deputy Prime Minister, and has twisted the arm of Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson (right) to run as the Keir Starmer continuity candidate – even though she had previously told friends on Friday she had no intention of submitting her name

Control freak Starmer fears he can’t trust his own party –…

On the eve of the general election, Keir Starmer said to the country: ‘I’ve changed the…

Nadine Dorries (pictured at the Reform Party Conference with Nigel Farage) has been whipping up a political storm. First by announcing in these pages her dramatic defection to Reform. Then by expressing her desire for an electoral pact between Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson, writes Dan Hodges

DAN HODGES: The Tories and Reform MUST unite. I know what will happen…

My colleague from the Daily Mail, Nadine Dorries – as is her wont – has been whipping up a…