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John Crace

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John Crace is the Guardian’s parliamentary sketch writer and author of Depraved New World and Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10

June 2026

  • Starmer speaks at a podium at London Tech Week

    The politics sketch
    double quotation markCautious Keir seeks to cement his legacy as he plods towards the exit

    John Crace
    PM is seeking a few quick wins to guarantee he is remembered for at least a short while after he resigns
  • Michael Winstanley, Andy Burnham, Fiona Bruce and Rob Kenyon around a Question Time desk with the word 'Makerfield'

    The politics sketch
    double quotation markIt’s a washout: fighters pull their punches in Question Time’s Makerfield match-off

    John Crace
    Andy Burnham takes round one of the big byelection bout while Reform’s Rob Kenyon takes aim at himself

    • The politics sketch
      double quotation markAs Badenoch saw sense, it was just Farage playing politics over a young man’s death

      John Crace

    • The politics sketch
      double quotation markLosing support to Restore, Farage seizes a golden opportunity to bring racists back into the fold

      John Crace

    • The politics sketch
      double quotation markMandelson files reveal a man for whom betrayal is a way of life

      John Crace

May 2026

  • Nicola Sturgeon during Laura Kuenssberg interview

    The politics sketch
    double quotation markNicola’s only crime was to love too much. And to not notice the Jaguar on the drive

    John Crace
  • A large billboard showing a face with blue fabric covering the mouth hangs on a building above a busy street

    Digested week
    double quotation markDigested week: Is it pedantic to point out Trump is ‘ending’ a war he started?

    John Crace
  • Robert Kenyon sits in the driver's seat of a vehicle, looking at the camera

    The politics sketch
    double quotation markThe Campaign Diary of Robert Kenyon Aged 41 and Three-Quarters (as imagined by John Crace)

    John Crace
  • Tony Blair smiles at the camera as he greets world leaders’ at a summit on ending the Gaza war in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

    Digested read
    double quotation mark‘Worry no longer, I am back’ – Tony Blair’s Why I Have Always Been Right About Everything, digested by John Crace

    John Crace

  • The politics sketch
    double quotation markManchester messiah Burnham anointed to fix Westminster politics

    John Crace

  • The politics sketch
    double quotation markFrom fuel duty to sanctions, Kemi wants to make it clear how little she understands

    John Crace

  • The politics sketch
    double quotation markDelusional, desperate and mostly called David, Brexiters gather to lament the Great Betrayal

    John Crace

  • The politics sketch
    double quotation markStarmer’s message to voters in Makerfield: vote Labour because you hate me

    John Crace

  • Digested week
    double quotation markDigested week: Starmer’s day of reckoning was foreseen – just not the level of drama

    John Crace

  • double quotation markWestminster waits in frenzied limbo before Wes jumpstarts day of drama

    John Crace

  • The politics sketch
    double quotation markKing’s speech might be the last word on Starmer as reluctant monarch does his duty

    John Crace

  • The politics sketch
    double quotation markLabour MPs channel Tory psychodrama as Starmer keeps hiding in plain sight

    John Crace

  • The politics sketch
    double quotation markDesperate to please but pleasing no one, Starmer’s latest reset could be his last

    John Crace

  • Writers on their World Cup Panini collecting days: ‘We all remember the playground twerp’

  • The politics sketch
    double quotation markNige is on full gloat, while Keir clings on with a hunted look in his eyes

    John Crace
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