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James Heale

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Politics / Why Sheridan Westlake is the Tories’ best weapon

Politics /					 													 						Why Sheridan Westlake is the Tories’ best weapon
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Labour pains / The Tories smell blood in the China spy case saga

Labour pains /					 													 						The Tories smell blood in the China spy case saga
13.10.2025 7

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Revealed: the Lib Dems’ plan for Tory defectors

Revealed: the Lib Dems’ plan for Tory defectors
09.10.2025 3

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Badenoch’s conference speech will calm Tory jitters

Badenoch’s conference speech will calm Tory jitters
08.10.2025 7

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Robert Jenrick steals the limelight at Tory conference

Robert Jenrick steals the limelight at Tory conference
07.10.2025 4

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Will this be Kemi’s last conference?

Will this be Kemi’s last conference?
05.10.2025 7

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Tipsy gossip / Inside London’s embassy parties

Tipsy gossip /					 													 						Inside London’s embassy parties
05.10.2025 10

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Inside London’s embassy parties

Inside London’s embassy parties
04.10.2025 3

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Politics / Starmer has bought himself time. Can he use it wisely?

02.10.2025 5

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Labour / The political climate suits Wes Streeting right now

Labour /					 													 						The political climate suits Wes Streeting right now
30.09.2025 3

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Rachel Reeves takes the fight to Reform

Rachel Reeves takes the fight to Reform
29.09.2025 4

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Keir Starmer: Reform’s migration policy is ‘racist’

Keir Starmer: Reform’s migration policy is ‘racist’
28.09.2025 10

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Kicking off / Panic and plotting inside Labour conference

Kicking off /					 													 						Panic and plotting inside Labour conference
28.09.2025 8

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Panic and plotting before Labour conference

Panic and plotting before Labour conference
27.09.2025 5

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Starmer’s Reform solution? ID cards

Starmer’s Reform solution? ID cards
26.09.2025 3

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Labour unveils its Reform fightback

Labour unveils its Reform fightback
25.09.2025 4

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Politics / What’s really behind Reform’s rise

25.09.2025 3

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Helpful timing / Burnham fires warning shot at Starmer

24.09.2025 7

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Farage savaged in Ed Davey’s speech

23.09.2025 2

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The secret behind Ed Davey’s stunts

23.09.2025 2

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Immigration / Reform thinks Boris Johnson is finished

22.09.2025 20

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Keir Starmer: UK recognises a Palestinian state

21.09.2025 2

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Starmer survives another Trump encounter

18.09.2025 4

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Danny Kruger / ‘There’s no going back for the Tory party’

18.09.2025 20

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Why Danny Kruger’s defection matters

15.09.2025 30

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Politics / The return of Keir vs Andy

15.09.2025 20

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Politics / The return of Keir vs Andy

15.09.2025 3

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Politics / The return of Keir vs Andy

12.09.2025 6

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Emily Thornberry drops out of Labour deputy leadership contest

11.09.2025 10

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Lord Mandelson sacked as US ambassador

11.09.2025 20

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Bridget Phillipson stands to replace Angela Rayner

09.09.2025 5

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Labour’s deputy leadership race could tear Starmer’s party apart

08.09.2025 9

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Starmer’s reshuffle has Morgan McSweeney’s fingerprints all over it

07.09.2025 5

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The Tories have played Raynergate well

04.09.2025 4

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SW1 / Reform take 15 point-lead over Labour

30.08.2025 10

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Reform take 15 point-lead over Labour

30.08.2025 10

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Judge rules that asylum seekers can stay put in Epping hotel

29.08.2025 5

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Rayner’s stamp duty saving could cost her

29.08.2025 7

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Politics / The left’s fightback against Labour has begun

28.08.2025 4

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Reform’s new MSP is a portent of the future

27.08.2025 4

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Europe / Labour’s latest Farage attack? Brexit

27.08.2025 4

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Farage sets out his mass deportation plan

In an Oxfordshire aircraft hanger this morning, Nigel Farage finally unveiled his party’s long-awaited deportations strategy. For six weeks, asylum...

27.08.2025 9

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Nigel Farage is banking on a political sea change

23.08.2025 5

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How parliament is weaponised against Reform UK

22.08.2025 10

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The Epping ruling is the last thing Yvette Cooper needs

21.08.2025 4

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Politics / Nigel Farage is banking on a political sea change

21.08.2025 7

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Tories split on Ricky Jones’ verdict

16.08.2025 5

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