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2. Keir Starmer is angry again

2. Keir Starmer is angry again

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4. Is this yet another Labour faction?

4. Is this yet another Labour faction?

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Andy Burnham’s backers are trying a rebrand

Andy Burnham’s backers are trying a rebrand

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15.04.2026 10

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3. Kemi Badenoch wants to be Britain’s Peter Magyar

3. Kemi Badenoch wants to be Britain’s Peter Magyar

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15.04.2026 10

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3. Labour picks a new fight over the EU

3. Labour picks a new fight over the EU

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13.04.2026 10

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5. Labour looks at strategy as well as tactics in face of Green threat

5. Labour looks at strategy as well as tactics in face of Green threat

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10.04.2026 10

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2. Nigel Farage faces a Nigel Farage problem

2. Nigel Farage faces a Nigel Farage problem

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09.04.2026 9

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5. Can the Lib Dems fight off a Green challenge?

5. Can the Lib Dems fight off a Green challenge?

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08.04.2026 9

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Rupert Lowe wants to hurt Nigel Farage

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06.04.2026 10

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4. The psephological consequences of Mr Trump

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03.04.2026 10

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5. Karl Turner’s suspension exposes the confusion of Labour whips

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02.04.2026 10

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4. Labour’s mixed messages on the Greens continue

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31.03.2026 10

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4. Zack Polanski parks his tanks on Labour’s lawn

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30.03.2026 10

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Labour’s immigration battle gets heated

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26.03.2026 20

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2. Kemi Badenoch’s missed opportunity

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26.03.2026 10

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5. Nandy backs Andy but stalemate continues

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25.03.2026 30

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3. Four things we learned from Starmer’s liaison committee grilling

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24.03.2026 20

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2. Nigel Farage heads north

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22.03.2026 20

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2. The British right ponders life after Donald Trump

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20.03.2026 20

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5. Angela Rayner strikes back

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19.03.2026 10

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4. Will Rachel Reeves let history repeat itself?

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18.03.2026 20

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5. Why Farage went to war with YouGov

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16.03.2026 10

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5. Shabana Mahmood’s change of tone could fall on deaf ears

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06.03.2026 20

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5. Keir Starmer is breaking out of his “fruitcake and loony” phase

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03.03.2026 20

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Was the Chancellor’s Spring Statement dead on arrival?

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03.03.2026 8

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4. The perils of “defensive” action for Starmer

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03.03.2026 10

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3. Kemi Badenoch’s strange speech on Iran and the by-election

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03.03.2026 10

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What Labour MPs are saying about the Gorton and Denton by-election

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27.02.2026 10

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The Tories will fight Reform to the death

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26.02.2026 20

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The life and afterlife of Gordon Brown

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25.02.2026 10

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Will Andrew turn Labour republican?

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Gordon Brown sends new Epstein dossier to police

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19.02.2026 10

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4. Robert Jenrick’s Tory transformation of Reform begins

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Based Labour wants to take back control

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5. What next after Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful?

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14.02.2026 50

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Keir Starmer’s identity crisis

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No one knows what Labour members want

11.02.2026 10

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Anas Sarwar calls for Keir Starmer to resign

09.02.2026 30

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What is Angela Rayner up to?

07.02.2026 10

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Peter Mandelson is gone, and so is New Labour

05.02.2026 10

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Inside Labour’s plan to win Gorton and Denton

29.01.2026 20

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Suella Braverman defects to Reform

26.01.2026 10

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Exclusive poll: Let Burnham stand, voters say

25.01.2026 10

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Blocking Andy Burnham leaves Keir Starmer isolated

25.01.2026 10

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Andy Burnham’s people

24.01.2026 30

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Andy Burnham: Labour is still “in hock to the bond markets”

20.01.2026 20

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Labour’s EU ultras are organising

17.01.2026 20

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5. Kemi Badenoch sacks Robert Jenrick for “plotting”

16.01.2026 30

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Robert Jenrick defects to Reform

15.01.2026 20

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Can Starmer stop the Tory gargoyles swarming the House of Lords?

14.01.2026 60

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