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Migration Policy Mired in Hyperbolic Rhetoric Won’t Help if it’s Targeted at the Wrong People
If the West really wants to end migration, there is a solution: spend more money in the countries migrants are fleeing.
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Rishi Sunak’s ‘100,000 Migrants Under Labour’ Lie is Proof of his Weakness
An increasingly desperate Prime Minister is resorting to false claims about his opponents in order to cling to office, writes Adam Bienkov
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Britain’s Best Days are Behind Us Under the Conservatives, Say British People
A majority of voters believe “nothing in Britain really works” and say Rishi Sunak’s party has made public services worse, according to an exclusive new poll
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‘Austerity is a False Economy that has Brought the Nation’s Roof Crumbling Down’
The collapsing school buildings scandal has exposed how the Government failed to ‘fix the roof while the sun was shining’
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‘Conservative Attempts to Fight a Climate Change ‘Culture War’ Betray Our Planet’
Conservative strategists are prioritising partisan games over the survival of the planet, writes Tom Burke
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Starmer’s Real Test is Not the Next Election, But the One After That
Despite the next Government being presented with a task every bit as daunting as in 1945, Chris Painter argues that it will face qualitatively different constraints and challenges.
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‘Labour Must Be Bold on Political Reform Beyond It’s Own Self-Interest if we are to have a Properly Functioning Democracy’
A big problem facing UK politics is that both main political parties see the status quo as in their narrow self-interest, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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Labour Hints that Starmer DOES Want to Scrap Two Child Benefit Cap Amid Mounting Rebellion
Keir Starmer’s spokesman opened the door to a potential U-turn on his plans to keep the controversial cap, following growing criticism from Labour MPs
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Come Clean, Keir! Did You Really Disparage ‘Tree-Huggers?’
Tree Hugging has a long venerated past of protest and environmental protection. Is the Labour Leader completely ignorant of it?
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Labour and ‘The Purge’: Leadership’s Direction Sparks Revolt Among MPs and Activists
Concerns are increasing that Labour Leader Keir Starmer risks creating a stifling monoculture in the party
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‘Why Left-Wing Labour Members – Including Politicians Like Me – Feel Stifled By Keir Starmer’s Leadership’
Keir Starmer has closed-off policy-making and refuses to engage with critical voices, writes a Labour peer
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Keir Starmer Wouldn’t Repeal ‘Morally Unacceptable’ Illegal Migration Bill
Labour says its migration plans would not require repeal of the law – which has been condemned by the Archbishop of Canterbury as immoral, reports Adam Bienkov
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2023: Rishi Sunak Falls Victim to his Own ‘War on Woke’
The Conservative Party’s huge defeats in the local elections reveal a party that is increasingly out of step with modern Britain, reports Adam Bienkov
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Keir Starmer Now Opposes Scrapping Westminster’s Voting System for PR in Blow for Reformers
His spokesman told Byline Times that the Labour Leader has a “long-standing view against PR”
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Majority of Labour-Linked Trade Unions Now Back Electoral Reform After Shop Workers Call for PR
Keir Starmer has refused to back changing the voting system – but calls to do so are becoming difficult to ignore, Josiah Mortimer reports
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The Starmer Audit: Three Years On, has the Labour Leader Kept his Pledges?
On the three-year anniversary of Keir Starmer becoming Labour Leader, Adam Bienkov analyses whether he has kept to his word or broken it
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Labour has ‘More Seats to Gain by Rejecting Brexit than it would Lose in Red Wall’, New Poll Suggests
Keir Starmer could win an increased majority by turning against Brexit – but party officials are still rejecting any notion of rejoining the EU
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Starmer Under Pressure to Commit to PR Voting System and Breaking Up Media Giants from Labour Grassroots
The party’s consultation process for the next manifesto has just closed – as democracy groups call on the Labour Leader to seize the mantle of reform, Josiah Mortimer reports
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‘Keir Starmer is Missing His Big Chance to Rebuild Broken Britain’
The Labour leader is missing a once in a generation chance to set out much-needed radical reforms for a broken nation, argues his former advisor Simon Fletcher
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Labour Lessons: Preparing for Power
Former Labour MP Ian Lucas explores what Keir Starmer can learn from the three most historic Labour victories in modern British politics
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Rishi Sunak’s Brexit Deal Shows what Britain Lost by Leaving the EU
In seeking praise for repairing some of the damage caused by Brexit, Rishi Sunak’s revised deal only highlights what we lost through cutting ties with the EU, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘Anti-Social Politics: Labour’s Crime Crackdown Isn’t What it Seems’
Yvette Cooper’s plan to rebrand ASBOs as ‘Respect Orders’ may be good politics – but it’s terrible policy, writes former Anti-Social Behaviour Officer Nick Pettigrew
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Keir Starmer Faces Fresh Calls to Back Westminster Voting Overhaul
The Labour Leader is being urged to keep his promises on reforming democracy, Josiah Mortimer reports
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‘Britannia Chained: Brexit has Left the UK in a State of National Decline’
Three years on from Britain’s exit from the EU, the deep impact on our economy and national standing is now undeniable, writes Adam Bienkov
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‘Labour is Carefully Painting a More Pro-European Picture’
The party’s agenda of closer alignment and the bulldozing of barriers in an increasing range of areas could help Britain escape the Brexit trap, writes Shamik Das
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What Keir Starmer Isn’t Telling Us About His Plan for a ‘Better Brexit’
The Labour leader is not being honest about the impact of Britain’s decision to leave the EU, writes Adam Bienkov
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‘Lady Chatterley’s Brexit’
Not accepting or being able to discuss the damage caused by Britain’s exit from the EU leaves the country in a unsustainable position, writes Chris Grey
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Rishi Sunak’s Party Fears there is Less to Him than Meets the Eye
The Prime Minister’s colleagues are starting to wonder whether Sunak’s Californian corporate sheen conceals an empty vessel, reports Adam Bienkov
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The Truth About Brexit that Westminster is Too Scared to Mention
A surge in support for rejoining the EU means the debate on Brexit is far from over, according to the UK’s most-respected pollster, Adam Bienkov reports
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‘Keir Starmer’s Squeeze of the Left is a Worrying Sign of Things to Come’
The Labour Leader is seeking to rebuild the party as an increasingly narrow church, argues his former advisor Simon Fletcher
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Reform or Ruin: Could Labour Win the Next Election but Lose the Future?
AV Deggar considers the structural changes needed from Labour, if it knocks the Conservatives out of power at the next election
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BBC Panorama and the Labour Antisemitism Crisis
Richard Sanders, a producer of the Al Jazeera Labour Files, asks why serious allegations by the national public broadcaster about the leader of the opposition were not properly scrutinised
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How Will Labour Navigate the Crisis-Hit Britain it Could Inherit?
Opinion polls are looking good for Labour – but in victory Keir Starmer would inherit the greatest challenges ever faced by an incoming prime minister, writes Gareth Roberts
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Keir Starmer’s Labour is Starting to Believe it is Heading for Government
Hope is overcoming fear for Labour delegates in Liverpool as they watch Liz Truss’ Government begin to implode just weeks after its inception, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘Keir Starmer Risks Drifting to Defeat if Labour Tries to Win by Default’
The Labour leader’s former campaigns and elections strategist, Simon Fletcher, warns that Starmer’s excessive caution risks losing the next election
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Starmer’s Labour Must be Radical to Save us from a Thatcher Reboot
The Labour leader needs to convince a weary public that he has the bold ideas to divert the UK from its damaging path under the Conservatives, argues Chris Painter
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Boris Johnson’s Malignant Legacy
Paul Connew reflects on the Prime Minister’s long, scandal-ridden rise to the top of British politics
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Boris Johnson is Leaving Downing Street and Bringing All of Us Down with Him
The Prime Minister’s disgraceful long exit from Government is damaging both his own party and the country, reports Adam Bienkov
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Why Brexit is No Longer Boris Johnson’s Superpower
Sam Bright reviews exclusive polling for Byline Times, revealing the public’s newfound pessimism towards Brexit
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Boris Johnson’s ‘Culture War’ Runs Into the Ground in Tiverton and Wakefield
The Prime Minister’s focus on ‘wedge issues’ is turning voters away from the Conservative Party, as it suffers two heavy by-election defeats, reports Adam Bienkov
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Food Bank Britain
Rachel Morris considers the malaise of modern Britain as the Conservatives initiate Austerity 2.0
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‘They’re all the Same’: How Political Cynicism Breeds Extremism
A lack of faith in politics is dangerous for democracy, argues Sian Norris, as it paves the way for ‘strongmen’ to take authoritarian control
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Local Elections 2022: A False Dawn? Labour’s Success in London Masks its Deeper Problems
Labour’s local election performance spells danger for the party, argues Sam Bright
