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‘Assassination Attempts and the Rise of the Right – Amid the Turmoil, Britain is Emerging as a Steadying Force’
As world leaders brace themselves for another potential Trump presidency, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is quickly re-establishing the UK’s global influence
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The Longest Suicide Note in History: How Britain Rejected the Conservative Hard Right
Rishi Sunak’s historic defeat was a direct result of a decade of ideological hard-right policies that have decimated our political and social fabric
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‘Labour Won’t Reverse Brexit But a Starmer Victory Will Lead to an Immediate Reset of Trust and Goodwill with the EU’
While we should not expect too much of an incoming Labour government, we should not forget just how dark the last few years have been, writes Chris Grey
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Labour and ‘Negative Cohesion’: Who’s Afraid of Starmageddon?
The Conservatives are about to pay the price for 14 years of epic misrule. But while a Labour ‘supermajority’ is in the best interests of the country, it is no guarantee of a return to stability, argues Simon Nixon
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Starmer’s ‘Supermajority’: A Product of Conservative Propaganda and Client Journalism
How a Conservative campaign line became the weaponised mantra of the Daily Mail – and infected the entire general election campaign
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‘The Great Noticing’: What the Reaction to Keir Starmer’s Friday Night Dinners Tells us About the Hypocrisy of the Conservative Press
As Labour heads towards Government, large parts of the press are suddenly starting to notice things they have spent the past 14 years ignoring
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The Likely Labour MPs Who Lobbied Against Key Party Policies – Amid Concerns of ‘Whole New Raft of Scandals’
Prospective Labour candidates have worked as lobbyists for trade bodies and companies that will have a vested interests in shifting the party’s key election pledges in government
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A Tale of Two Very Different Debates: Biden and Trump’s Horror Show, Sunak and Starmer’s No Surprises
From lies, incompetence, porn, and golfing bravo in the US – to dull and boring, with a side of rude and shouty in the UK
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Voters Say They Aren’t Hearing Enough About the Climate in This Election, Amid ‘Silence’ on Issue in BBC Debate
The final head to head debate between Starmer and Sunak didn’t have a single question on climate or nature.
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Dismay as Starmer Backs Westminster’s ‘Winner Takes All’ Voting System as Labour Eyes Big Majority
During his Labour leadership election, Starmer hinted at backing proportional representation. But he now appears to support continuing with Westminster’s First Past The Post voting system
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Labour Urged to Increase Support for Ukraine and Play ‘Leading Role’ in Ensuring It Can ‘Defeat’ Russia
An appeal, backed by prospective Labour MPs and members of the Trade Union Movement, has identified a number of key changes it wants a Starmer-led government to make to ensure that Ukraine wins the war
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New Parliament To Be Loaded with MPs From Water Industry – Amid Concerns ‘Bias’ Won’t Help Combat Sewage Discharges
‘There is a long history of industry leaders and lobbyists becoming politicians. In principle, this can be beneficial – but rarely is’
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The Conservative Voters Secretly Hoping for a ‘Wipeout’ of Rishi Sunak’s Party
Exclusive new polling finds that even among current Conservative voters, many believe a wipeout for the party would actually be a “positive” result
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‘Keir Starmer’s Defence of the Two Child Benefit Cap is Indefensible’
The Labour leader’s refusal to commit to scrapping George Osborne’s austerity-era policy risks committing hundreds of thousands more children into poverty
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Cross-Party Campaign Backs 30 MP Candidates Who Have Pledged to Fight for Electoral Reform – and Could Oust Conservatives
11 Labour, 17 Lib Dem and two Green candidates win Compass groups’ backing, and could form pro-reform caucus if elected
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Labour Candidate and Starmer-Ally Faces Antisemitism Complaint Over Controversial Remarks on Marxist Jews
Luke Akehurst’s remarks about Marxist Jews spark outrage, with critics claiming they play into “Good Jew / Bad Jew” trope
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‘The Mistreatment of Diane Abbott and Faiza Shaheen Speaks to Hierarchy of Racism in Starmer’s Labour Party’
The latest episode of the hit Media Storm podcast focuses on the deselection of left-wing Labour parliamentary candidates and what this suggests about race and representation in politics today
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Rishi Sunak’s D-Day Dodging Shows he has Abandoned his National Service
The Prime Minister, who wants to force young people to spend an entire year of their lives serving their country, wouldn’t even devote one afternoon to it himself
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The Truth About Immigration That Sunak and Starmer Aren’t Willing to Tell you About
Both party leaders are promising to slash immigration numbers without being honest about the big costs it will inevitably bring to our economy and public services
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Leaders Debate: Rishi Sunak Desperately Tries to Save Failing Campaign With Vote Leave Style Tax Lie
Conservative-supporting newspapers today lead on an already repeatedly-debunked lie about Labour’s tax plans
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Another Left-Wing Labour Hopeful ‘Blocked’ as Senior Union Figure Speaks Out his Selections Controversy
Brian McDaid says he was barred from being running for Labour over a 12-year old Facebook post about Israel-Palestine – before he was an active member
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The Big Questions Nigel Farage Should be Asked by the Media
Why is a party with so few elected representatives and even fewer ideas being given such an easy ride?
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‘Diane Abbott’s Treatment Raises Big Concerns About Racism and Factionalism in the Labour Party’
Labour figures from across Keir Starmer’s party are furious about her treatment by the leadership
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Rishi Sunak Takes Staged Election Questions from Conservative Councillors Posing as Ordinary Voters
The Prime Minister thanked the hi-vis jacket-wearing men for their “important” questions without declaring that they were local Conservative Councillors Ross Hills and Ben Hall-Evans
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Rishi Sunak Says no Rwanda Flights Will Take Off Before General Election – Spelling Likely Death of Toxic Scheme
The Prime Minister’s admission means the Government’s “dream” of sending refugees to the brutal Rwandan dictatorship looks all but over
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Labour Won’t Stick to Conservative Spending Plans, Ed Miliband Confirms
The former party leader told Byline Times that Labour will not ‘not sign up’ to Conservative budgets if the party wins the next general election – a contrast to 1997
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Six Things Keir Starmer’s ‘Six Steps’ Tell us About the Labour Party
The Labour leader’s new six ‘first steps’ for Government reveal a lot about the kind of administration he plans to lead
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Labour MPs are ‘Furious’ with Starmer Over Defection of Hard-Right Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke
One Labour MP described the decision to take Natalie Elphicke as a “disgrace” that would “come back to bite us”
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Why Mayors Outside Westminster Are Distancing Themselves From their Parties’ Politics and Colours
Much was made of newly elected Conservative Mayor Ben Houchen not being able to find a blue rosette – but outside the Westminster bubble associations with party brands are often an obstacle to get work done
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‘Keir Starmer’s General Election Reality and Why Comparisons with Tony Blair’s Victory Are Problematic’
Professor Chris Painter explores the likely determinants of the next general election outcome – which polls consistently predict Labour will win
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The Local Election Results Flush the Conservative Party’s Culture War Strategy Down the Gender Neutral Toilet
The Conservative party’s strategy of trying to win the general election through a mixture of ‘culture wars and the trans debate’ is only worsening their defeats to Labour
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Labour’s ‘Punishment’ of Jamie Driscoll May Hand Him Victory in the North-East
Voters in Newcastle said they planned to shun Labour for their treatment of Jamie Driscoll who is running as an independent and was hopeful of victory
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Caroline Lucas Warns Labour Could Form ‘One-Term Government’ If Starmer Isn’t Bold
Outgoing Green MP Caroline Lucas and party Co-Leader Carla Denyer suggest gains for their party this week in England will put pressure on Starmer to be radical
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Policy Exchange Insider Labour MP Who Attacked Islamophobia Definition Privately Told Baroness Warsi Think Tank is ‘Dangerous’
Leaked WhatsApp messages between the Conservative peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi and Khalid Mahmood MP reveal distrust of the think tank, which has links to a ‘white genocide’ believer
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Sadiq Khan Tones Down Calls for Rent Controls in Capital after Keir Starmer Appears to Reject Plan
Several senior Labour figures have publicly rejected calls for rent controls, leaving the London Mayor in a tricky spot
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Conservatives Accused of Breaking Electoral Law With Fake Sadiq Khan ‘Driving Charge Notices’
Labour writes to the DPP to demand a criminal investigation over leaflets demanding voters hand over their data to the Conservative party in order to avoid a charge
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Sadiq Khan Accuses Conservatives of Manipulating Mayoral Election as he Pushes Starmer to Repeal Voting Changes
The re-standing London Mayor has pledged to lobby for the reversal of the Conservative’s controversial election changes he claims are designed to benefit PM Sunak’s party.
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Angela Rayner Tax Protest Was Staged by Conservative Politicians Posing as ‘Tax Activists’
A supposedly grassroots ‘tax protest’ against Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner, which hit the headlines on Wednesday, was actually organised by the Conservative party
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‘Rishi Sunak’s Delay in Calling an Election May Help the Conservatives – But it Could Benefit Labour More’
The Conservatives may be hoping that ‘something will turn up’ to ease the inevitable – but they are also giving Labour time to prepare for power and form a bedrock of support, writes Mike Buckley
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‘A Keir Starmer Government Will Trigger a Revival of the Labour Left’
The Labour party leader’s long marginalisation of the Left cannot survive the realities of Government, argues his former advisor Simon Fletcher
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Rishi Sunak Will Leave a Long List of ‘Big Nasties’ for the Next Government to Clear Up
A new Parliamentary report reveals a catalogue of ‘broken promises and wasted cash’ which will cost hundreds of billions of pounds for the Government’s successors to fix
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The Conservative Party’s Disinformation Machine
Sadiq Khan is the latest victim of a sustained campaign of misinformation and outright lies from the Conservative party
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‘Starmer Cosied Up to the Murdoch Press in the Same Week It Faced New Allegations of Criminality – Why?’
The latest legal claims allege that law-breaking at the Murdoch tabloids has been even more widespread and systematic than previously acknowledged
