All news by author: Paul Routledge

Paul Routledge on the latest junior doctors' strike and how it seems that the Tories have already given up governing our broken country as they know 'the end is nigh'

Paul Routledge writes that Tories remain in denial about how bad things really are for a party that deserves the humiliation heading its way

There's a sense of hope in the Yorkshire Dales for Paul Routledge, with Labour candidate Malcolm Birks fighting to win a seat in the General Election in Skipton and Ripon

The Conservatives have no shortage of ambitious women, says Paul Routledge, but Thatcher would view the current lot as unfit to hold her handbag

Congress House, which is the headquarters of TUC, was a familiar landmark but now it is up for sale and staff at the national trade union centre now face an uncertain future

Paul Routledge on Rishi Sunak's 'slur' that the Labour Party plans a £2,000 tax raid on voters, showing that, once again, the Tories cannot be trusted to tell the truth

There's a sense of deja vu, and hope, in the Yorkshire air for Paul Routledge, with candidates John Grogan and Malcolm Birks back to fight for Labour in Keighley and Ilkley and Skipton and Ripon

This cynical election stunt, launched as the nation prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, is utterly shameless. And Sunak-Service would never work

Mirror columnist Paul Routledge on potential legislation compelling public servants to observe a duty of candour – and how this could be seen as an admission that our politicians delay inquiries to avoid getting to the truth

Mirror columnist Paul Routledge on last week's local elections, and the so-called 'Gaza factor' where dozens of pro-Palestinian activists were elected

Yes, King Charles has cancer and he’s having serious medical treatment but that shouldn’t prevent a meeting with Prince Harry

Paul Routledge on the Rwanda bill approved by a government that has clearly taken leave of its senses

The Mirror's Paul Routledge writes about the life of Frank Field, the former Labour MP and minister who died on April 23 after suffering with a terminal illness

'At No.10 drinks none of us had a clue who the pipe-smoking, short, stout, silver-haired wily Harold Wilson was really sleeping with'

The country needs to value old people properly, says Paul Routledge, who is on the side of pensioner Sheila Correll, who's worked hard all her life and is now struggling to get by...but economics guru Paul Johnson says she's one of the lucky ones

The Palestine two-state solution, so beloved of diplomats and western politicians, would be officially abandoned. It’s dead in the water now, says Paul Routledge

Former mineworker Steve Tulley told the Mirror about his experiences during the Miners' Strike forty years on - and has reflected on whether the era-defining industrial action was 'worth it'

Political columnist Paul Routledge on the how people who were reviled in life for standing up for what they believe in - like the miners - are only celebrated in death

Paul Routledge on the alarming rise in mental health issues among 18 to 24 year olds, and how it's no surprise when one in five are forced to take jobs in unstable environments

"Wherever I look, on trains, in pubs, in the street, there are so-called grown-ups glued to their tiny phone screens, scrolling and clicking like demented robots"

Paul Routledge rightly addresses the 'phoney war in the Pennine foothills' over the dumping of Rochdale's Labour candidate Azhar Ali, saying it's clouding the party's judgement to fight proper battles

Paul Routledge tells how he now carries a home-made ID document around with him which would save medics time if he was found in an emergency as health experts recommend a "patient passport"

The Labour Party might be on a charm offensive with the fatcats in high finance, but Mirror columnist Paul Routledge asks if it's really necessary to be cosying quite so close to the bankers

A top NATO commander says the UK's alliance with Ukraine - after Sunak increased military aid to £2.5billion a year - is preparing for a conflict with Russia “in the next 20 years”

Public rage was triggered by a TV drama about the PO injustices, but this mood has been bubbling under for quite a while