All news on the topic: John Major

Within hours of taking up his new post, there’s one job Sir Keir Starmer will have to do today, which will literally be a matter of life or death.

YouGov polling predicts the worst general election result for the Tories since John Major’s 1997 defeat

Former Prime Minister Sir John Major criticised Tory MPs trying to oust Rishi Sunak and install the fourth PM since the election as he spoke alongside Gordon Brown at an event

Former Home Secretary Ken Clarke is the latest Margaret Thatcher-era Tory grandee to hit out at the Rwanda Bill, which he told the House of Lords is 'extremely dangerous'

Our columnist believes there are some things we can be sure about: wars, weather calamities, new Tory and royal scandals, fresh misery for England on the football pitch, and mixed fortunes in the Olympics

Christine Keeler was 19 when she had an affair with war minister John Profumo and helped topple the Tory Government in the most infamous political sex scandal ever

Despite being a tradition to open since the mid 90s, many of today's retailers opt to remain closed on Boxing Day - and most Mirror readers applaud them for doing so. according to our poll

Theresa May shared an image of former Prime Ministers at the Cenotaph - but there were only six in the shot, with flash-in-a-pan leader Liz Truss cropped out

Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Sir Tony Blair and Sir John Major attended the national Remembrance Sunday service - though Ms Truss did not lay a wreath during her 49-day premiership

The tradition of the Boxing Day sales began in the 1990s after the Tories made far-reaching changes to Sunday trading laws. But in recent years many retailers have opted to close on December 26 and we want to know what you think about Boxing Day trading

Jeff Arundell appeared on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? all the way back in 2000 where he answered just six questions using all the lifelines, winning only £1,000

The annual get-together needs to be slimmed down and modernised, says party member Paul Routledge

It's a year until polling day but the Labour Party is being too cautious, says Fleet Street Fox. Keir couldn't lose even if he put on a blond wig and started talking about pork markets

While Rishi Sunak was not represented anywhere in the shop’s stock - party faithful could pick up any number of Thatcher-branded novelties, including tote bags, a Christmas jumper and matching baubles

Nothing can do undo the rot in the Conservative Party, it's ingrained, says Paul Routledge

Kevin Maguire says record waiting lists in the NHS, sclerotic economic growth, stubbornly high inflation, crippled public services and a bad Brexit are just some of the reasons to give Tories the boot

Britain’s class system, supposedly abolished by John Major, is alive and kicking, says Paul Routledge, as can be seen with Rishi Sunak's snooty attempt to diversify dishing out honours

Mirror editor Alison Phillips watches the right royal goings-on inside Westminster Abbey

The Pub Landlord turned history buff Al Murray says the war in Ukraine "is a direct product of WW2”

Boris Johnson ordered a consultation into raising the age that people qualify for free prescriptions in England in line with the state pension age - but the plans have been dropped

Inheriting scandals from Boris Johnson, Sunak would have drawn a line in the sand if he was strong, but he is weak, agreeing dodgy deals and gifting Cabinet seats to tainted people, such as Dominic Raab

Clinicians say potential donors and their families have become less inclined to offer organs while a record 7.2 million patients have treatment delayed.

The Ashfield MP sparked fury this week by claiming foodbank users squander their money on “fags and booze”

Tax penalties, police fines, security breaches, bullying and using the RAF as a personal air taxi service - all are engulfing Rishi Sunak's government much like scandals in the late 90s did to John Major's Tories