Touring this bitterly divided constituency, what strikes you most is people want something better. But what exactly? Keir Starmer teeters. The defence secretary exits, and thereby seems to confirm the prime minister’s...
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Read MoreThis blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereZack Polanski, the Green party leader, posted this on social media about Tony Blair’s latest intervention this morning.Tony Blair.What the billionaire class have...
Read MoreLib Dem leader reacts to Guardian’s scoop about why UK Security Vetting thought Mandelson should not get vetting approval to become US ambassadorZack Polanski, the Green party leader, posted this on social media about Tony...
Read More‘If you don’t get how that’s driving politics now…then you are not understanding what’s going on,’ Burnham saysTony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to...
Read MoreTorsten Bell and Dan Tomlinson criticise some of the arguments in ex-PM’s 5,700-word critique of Labour Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to TrumpZack Polanski, the Green party leader,...
Read More‘Robert’s answer is not Reform policy’, Yusuf said about an answer that Jenrick gave to journalists days earlierKeir Starmer has said that SNP leaders need to explain why they did not realise that Peter Murrell...
Read More‘Robert’s answer is not Reform policy’, Yusuf said about an answer that Jenrick gave to journalists days earlierKeir Starmer has said that SNP leaders need to explain why they did not realise that Peter Murrell...
Read MoreBroadcaster describes Robert Kenyon, who is standing in Makerfield byelection, as a misogynist and a ‘cowardly man’UK politics live – latest updatesCarol Vorderman has demanded an apology from the Reform UK...
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