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Why the Liberal Democrats are taking on Trump and Musk - Politics.co.uk
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Political activists in the United States watch on in anguish as the liberal Democratic Party struggles to rediscover a sense of urgency, and self, after its bruising defeat at the hands of Donald Trump last November. The Democratic leadership in congress is accused of mounting a feeble defence...
on Feb 16
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Brexit has left Britain weaker — the UK-EU reset must go further
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Last week, I spoke in a Westminster Hall debate on the UK’s relationship with the European Union — a discussion that, nearly eight years after the referendum, remains as important as ever. The Brexit vote was not an isolated moment in history. It took place against a backdrop of political...
on Apr 3
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Comment: Gay marriage opponents should not be tolerated
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In a long debate on gay marriage, Tory backbenchers and other opponents of gay marriage claimed they should be free to discriminate. Nothing could be further from the truth.
on Mar 22
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on Mar 4
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Senior Conservative MP says UK must consider possibility ‘Trump is a Russian asset’ - Politics.co.uk
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A senior Conservative MP has said it is time to consider the “possibility” that the US president is a Kremlin asset. Graham Stuart, a former Foreign Office minister, issued the comment in response to Donald Trump’s decision to pause all military aid to Ukraine. The extraordinary move comes as...
on Mar 4
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Donald Trump’s performance, together with that of his vice president and White House media coterie, had all the qualities of an ambush. Volodymyr Zelenksyy arrived, like Keir Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron before him, with Trump hovering in the West Wing entrance. The US president...
on Mar 1
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Sadiq Khan: ‘Brexit was a mistake’ - Politics.co.uk
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Sadiq Khan is set to tell European Union (EU) diplomats that “Brexit was a mistake” as he renews calls for closer alignment and a youth mobility scheme. At a summit hosted by the London mayor and attended by the EU’s Heads of Mission in the UK, Khan will tell delegates that Britain’s withdrawal...
on Feb 18
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There can be no negotiation on ending the war in Ukraine “without Ukraine”, the UK defence secretary has declared. The comments come after US president Donald Trump said he and Russian premier Vladimir Putin had agreed to start negotiations on ending the war “immediately”. Responding to Trump’s...
on Feb 13
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Rachel Reeves cannot escape Labour's Brexit reckoning - Politics.co.uk
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What didn’t Rachel Reeves say in her growth speech yesterday? The widely trailed address surveyed the wide expanse of the government’s economic programme — from the “difficult” decisions taken in the autumn budget to the latest controversy surrounding a third Heathrow runway. The chancellor...
on Jan 30
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Ed Davey will call on the government to negotiate a new customs union with the European Union (EU) to “turbocharge our economy in the medium and long term.” Delivering his first major speech of 2025, the Liberal Democrat leader will criticise the government for ruling out a customs union...
on Jan 16
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The attorney general has described the threat posed by populism as “one of the most profound challenges of our age”. Under question at the justice select committee on Wednesday morning, Lord Hermer reflected on the importance of the rule of law and argued that the government must “explain” its...
on Jan 15
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PMQs verdict: Kemi Badenoch must come to terms with her party’s vulnerabilities - Politics.co.uk
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The Conservative Party is convincing itself that opposition is going well. It isn’t.
on Dec 11
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Speaking at the recent G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Keir Starmer pledged to “restore the UK’s role as a climate leader.” With the warning signals flashing red, a planet battered by increasingly severe floods, storms and heatwaves, and the election of president Trump who has called the climate...
on Dec 6
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Week-in-Review: Keir Starmer needs an Elon Musk strategy - Politics.co.uk
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The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Week-in-Review newsletter, sign up for free and never miss this article. When Donald Trump claimed victory just after 7.00 am UK time on the morning of 6 November, he did so not only for himself — but for an array of MAGA movers and shakers...
on Dec 4
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A cross-party group of MPs and former frontline politicians are calling for an overhaul of the electoral system as part of a package of measures to restore public trust in politics. The new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Elections, which will launch on Monday 25 November, also...
on Nov 25
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Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve to lead anti-Brexit charge
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Former MPs Dominic Grieve and Caroline Lucas have been unveiled as the new co-presidents of European Movement UK.
on Nov 24
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Elon Musk has said Britain is “going full Stalin” and retweeted a post insisting the UK is “turning into a woke stasi police state”.
on Nov 19
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The Conservative herd moves behind its choice to be party leader - Politics.co.uk
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And as one former Tory premier, infamously trampled by an MP stampede, once rued — such shifts tend to be decisive.
on Oct 22
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Climate and Nature Bill will lock the science into law and pave the way to a sustainable future
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The CAN Bill would establish a whole-of-government strategy for climate action, built on three pillars: climate, nature and people.
on Oct 18
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The summer that exposed the anti-trans movement - Politics.co.uk
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A few weeks ago an anonymous person threatened to kill my friend. Her crime: being trans. This sort of thing is depressingly familiar to anyone who dares to be or support trans online. Away from the darker reaches of the internet, however, the so called “gender critical” (what I understand to be...
on Sep 15
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Doctors writing in Thorax, the journal of the British Thoracic Society, warn of a future ‘epidemic’ and call for action following first UK cases of silicosis from cutting artificial stone The TUC is calling for a reduction in the legal limit for workplace exposure to silica dust following the...
on Aug 9
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Elon Musk deletes post spreading fake news about UK ‘detainment camps’ - Politics.co.uk
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Elon Musk has deleted a post on X in which he spread fake news about “detainment camps” being established in the Falkland Islands.
on Aug 8
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A new report from The Vegan Society, Veganism and Masculinity: Challenging Stereotypes and Embracing Change, has revealed that 41% of non-vegan men are either planning to go vegan or have some interest in going vegan, but concerns around the taste of vegan food, nutrition, and lack of support...
on Jul 30
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Surveillance Cameras and the State - All you need to know - Politics.co.uk
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An overview of the use of surveillance in the UK, and an outline of the debate surrounding the effectiveness and rules governing CCTV.
on Jul 20
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Week-in-Review: How Keir Starmer governs - Politics.co.uk
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The prime minister’s strong start suggests his honeymoon will be rather longer than some doomsters contend.
on Jul 13
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‘Portillo moments’ to be prominent feature of election night, says Michael Portillo - Politics.co.uk
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Michael Portillo has said that several senior Conservative candidates could “suffer the same fate” as he did in 1997 on the 4th of July.
on Jun 26
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It’s time to break this election’s conspiracy of silence over Brexit
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Unlike the Conservatives, Labour is not saddled with responsibility for Brexit. But it seems to just want to ignore its consequences.
on Jun 25
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Richard Holden and Douglas Ross compound the Conservatives' election woes - Politics.co.uk
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The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Politics@Lunch newsletter, sign-up for free here and never miss this essential election briefing. Another day, another Conservative election calamity: just in case you thought Rishi Sunak’s re-election bid couldn’t get any more hectic, Douglas...
on Jun 24
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Lib Dem manifesto pledges to take UK back into EU single market - Politics.co.uk
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The Liberal Democrats have vowed to take the United Kingdom back into the European Union single market.
on Jun 24
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The climate emergency must be at the forefront of the election debates - Politics.co.uk
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The weather may have played a starring role in Rishi Sunak’s sodden election announcement, but the climate crisis was nowhere to be seen. The drowned prime minister only mentioned the challenge that defines the 21st century when he made a false opposition between energy security and...
on Jun 3
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John Swinney says Scottish independence ‘can be delivered’ in five years - Politics.co.uk
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John Swinney, the new first minister of Scotland, has said that Scottish independence “can be delivered” in five years. Swinney was legally sworn in as Scotland’s seventh first minister at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Wednesday morning, having become leader of the Scottish National Party...
on May 10
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Extremists on the right have hijacked Englishness — the Left must reclaim it
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I read Keir Starmer’s recent article claiming Labour is the true party of English patriotism with rising disbelief, both at his lack of vision for our country, and also his apparent reluctance to even name it. Because for all his stated expressions of love for the English flag, our football team...
on Apr 24, 2024
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Liz Truss: Health police will push for next 'stage' if smoking ban passes - Politics.co.uk
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Liz Truss, the former prime minister, told the House of Commons this afternoon that the government’s phased smoking ban is “fundamentally unconservative”. In her first contribution to the House of Commons in 2024, she said: “I think the whole idea that we can protect adults from themselves is...
on Apr 16, 2024
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Comment: Why has Grayling banned prisoners being sent books?
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The justice secretary's decision to punish reading is as nasty as it is bizarre
on Mar 25, 2024
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Rishi Sunak faces another by-election headache after ex-Conservative MP resigns - Politics.co.uk
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Rishi Sunak is facing another by-election headache after ex-Conservative MP Scott Benton resigned today. Benton was already facing a recall petition and potentially a by-election after the House of Commons voted to approve a motion to suspend him for 35 days. Benton, who was elected as the MP...
on Mar 25, 2024
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Sir Geoffrey Cox has warned the Conservative Party will be “annihilated” as a credible opposition in the House of Commons if Labour replicates its current poll lead at the general election and wins a vast majority. The former attorney general argued a landslide election victory for Keir...
on Mar 23, 2024
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Unsustainable pressure on NHS affecting patient care - MDU says - Politics.co.uk
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Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the...
on Mar 12, 2024
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Comment: Sex workers rights are not up for debate
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A New Statesman debate on sex work saw some feminist campaigners question prostitutes' ability to consent to sex work - but all they're doing is putting women at risk of violence
on Mar 2, 2024
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Don’t look away: ITV’s Breathtaking exposes the real Covid scandal - Politics.co.uk
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Politicians don’t like to talk about the pandemic much these days. This wasn’t always the case and, up until quite recently, the UK’s response was regularly celebrated as a kind of national triumph, a timely reminder of the indomitable spirit, ingenuity and fortitude of the nation. For...
on Mar 1, 2024
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The Labour Party has said it is drawing up plans to introduce “citizens’ assemblies” which could be used to bypass Whitehall and make key decisions. Sue Gray, the chief of staff to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, has said in her first interview in the role that plans are being worked on to...
on Feb 20, 2024