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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: 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

Keir Starmer has been spooked by the ghosts of Labour's past

There is a market for political decency right now - how his team engages with people matters. Starmer must be his own man

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)
Ayesha Hazarika

No matter our achievements, men like Fox will always judge us on how 'shaggable' we are

Ayesha Hazarika

Keir Starmer's immigration plans are not about undoing Brexit. What a shame

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)
Article thumbnail: (FILES) An NHS sign is pictured at St Thomas' Hospital in front of the Big Ben clock face and the Elizabeth Tower on January 13, 2017 in London. Deeply loved but wracked by crisis, Britain's National Health Service (NHS) on July 4, 2023, marks 75 years since it was founded as the Western world's first universal, free healthcare system. In a secular age, the NHS is the closest thing Britain has to a national religion -- devoutly cherished, with levels of public support higher than the royal family or any other British institution. (Photo by Isabel INFANTES / AFP) (Photo by ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: (FILES) An NHS sign is pictured at St Thomas' Hospital in front of the Big Ben clock face and the Elizabeth Tower on January 13, 2017 in London. Deeply loved but wracked by crisis, Britain's National Health Service (NHS) on July 4, 2023, marks 75 years since it was founded as the Western world's first universal, free healthcare system. In a secular age, the NHS is the closest thing Britain has to a national religion -- devoutly cherished, with levels of public support higher than the royal family or any other British institution. (Photo by Isabel INFANTES / AFP) (Photo by ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Article thumbnail: KIRKCALDY, SCOTLAND - MAY 25: Keir Starmer with Labour candidate Wilma Brown on May 25, 2023 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Keir Starmer speaks to local high street businesses to say that at the next general election, only Labour can deliver change for Scotland. (Photo by Robert Perry/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: KIRKCALDY, SCOTLAND - MAY 25: Keir Starmer with Labour candidate Wilma Brown on May 25, 2023 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Keir Starmer speaks to local high street businesses to say that at the next general election, only Labour can deliver change for Scotland. (Photo by Robert Perry/Getty Images)