Anne McElvoy is an Evening Standard columnist and senior editor at The Economist
Anne McElvoy is an Evening Standard columnist and senior editor at The Economist
It’s a playground of power, privilege and blue-sky thinkers — but with the world in turmoil, it wasn’t quite business as usual when the 0.1 per cent met in the mountains this week. By Anne McElvoy
Factions, divisions, mistrust — despite Starmer’s efforts to detoxify the Labour party, the shadow of its former leader still looms large. As beergate derails its trajectory, can the party still capitalise on a chance to win voters over? By Anne McElvoy
The Rayner row has escalated the antipathy between the two leaders. With the PM under threat, is this Starmer’s moment?
He’s the rabble-rousing veteran Tory unafraid of a fight, even with the PM. David Davis talks to Anne McElvoy about the Establishment’s love affair with oligarchs and finally processing the traumatic childhood that left him mute
He’s rapidly found himself the central figure in a spiralling crisis – and his bravery has earned him global respect. Anne McElvoy charts his improbable rise, from comedian to Ukrainian President
As she embarks on a rare solo overseas tour, Anne McElvoy reflects on the Duchess of Cambridge’s faultless performance while navigating the trials and vicissitudes of being a modern royal
If your problem is relations with MPs, it’s not a terrible idea to put a loyal MP into the heart of Downing Street
Partygate has dragged the Met Commissioner into a complex and compromising web. As the pressure grows, is London’s police force too aligned with the interests of those in Number 10? Anne McElvoy on the woman at the centre of the saga
Putin has been undeniably shrewd in commanding the tactical fields of play
Senior staffers and insiders are in frantic mode as they try to prepare for the inevitable fallout from Sue Gray’s wide-ranging inquiry into Partygate. Anne McElvoy goes inside the bunker