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Ayesha Hazarika

Ayesha Hazarika writes a fortnightly column for i on Scottish and Westminster politics. She was previously a senior Labour adviser to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband.

Article thumbnail: Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour party, left, and Angela Rayner, deputy leader of the Labour Party, during a plenary session at the annual Labour Party conference in Brighton, U.K., on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. U.K.'s opposition party leader Keir Starmer is hosting his first major in-person gathering since he was elected leader in April 2020. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Ayesha Hazarika

It's Labour's moment – the party is ready to govern

The election campaign is going to be dirty – but quiet excitement and anticipation are building

Ayesha Hazarika

The Covid inquiry has given us some justice - Boris Johnson finally squirming

Ayesha Hazarika

Reeves will become chancellor - but her biggest challenge won't be the Tories

Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer lead MPs into the House of Lords Chamber during the State Opening of Parliament in the Houses of Parliament in London on November 7, 2023. (Photo by Leon Neal / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LEON NEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Ayesha Hazarika

Rishi Sunak has a chance of survival if he stops listening to Suella Braverman

Ayesha Hazarika

This was the best conference the Labour Party has had in 20 years

Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tours the Exhibitor's Hall on day 3 of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, northern England, on October 3, 2023. (Photo by Carl Court / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CARL COURT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tours the Exhibitor's Hall on day 3 of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, northern England, on October 3, 2023. (Photo by Carl Court / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CARL COURT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - APRIL 29: Lawrence Fox, Reclaim party Mayor of London candidate, is seen during a campaign event on April 29, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Scotland goes to the polls a week today in the local elections. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - APRIL 29: Lawrence Fox, Reclaim party Mayor of London candidate, is seen during a campaign event on April 29, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Scotland goes to the polls a week today in the local elections. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper have been waiting for the right moment to set out their stall on immigration. (Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
Article thumbnail: Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper have been waiting for the right moment to set out their stall on immigration. (Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
Article thumbnail: UXBRIDGE, ENGLAND - JULY 19: A person speaks on their phone as they stand next to a "Welcome to Uxbridge" mural on July 19, 2023 in Uxbridge, England. Residents of Uxbridge and South Ruislip will vote for a new MP tomorrow after Boris Johnson, former UK prime minister, resigned his seat after the Privileges Committee found he had misled parliament over failing to follow covid restrictions. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: UXBRIDGE, ENGLAND - JULY 19: A person speaks on their phone as they stand next to a "Welcome to Uxbridge" mural on July 19, 2023 in Uxbridge, England. Residents of Uxbridge and South Ruislip will vote for a new MP tomorrow after Boris Johnson, former UK prime minister, resigned his seat after the Privileges Committee found he had misled parliament over failing to follow covid restrictions. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)