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All Starmer wants is an ally to take the lead on Trump

All Starmer wants is an ally to take the lead on Trump
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Trump and Putin thrive on victimhood - it's time Starmer set some boundaries

Trump and Putin thrive on victimhood - it's time Starmer set some boundaries
previous day 3

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Rachel Reeves in a big hole - tax rises are the only way out

Rachel Reeves in a big hole - tax rises are the only way out
27.03.2025 3

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Reeves has undermined the moral case for welfare cuts

Reeves has undermined the moral case for welfare cuts
27.03.2025 9

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Labour MPs are hoping these are the last cuts - it may be wishful thinking

Labour MPs are hoping these are the last cuts - it may be wishful thinking
26.03.2025 3

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Why No 10 isn't worried about a full-blown Labour rebellion

Why No 10 isn't worried about a full-blown Labour rebellion
25.03.2025 5

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Keir Starmer wants you to focus on potholes, not fiscal black holes

Keir Starmer wants you to focus on potholes, not fiscal black holes
24.03.2025 4

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Reeves won’t borrow more - whatever desperate backbenchers say

Reeves won’t borrow more - whatever desperate backbenchers say
21.03.2025 4

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‘A coalition of virtue signalling’: MPs aren’t convinced by Starmer’s peacekeeping plans

‘A coalition of virtue signalling’: MPs aren’t convinced by Starmer’s peacekeeping plans
20.03.2025 8

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Putin is rolling out the same tactics – and Trump is falling for it

Putin is rolling out the same tactics – and Trump is falling for it
20.03.2025 4

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The Labour rebellion over benefits is just getting going

The Labour rebellion over benefits is just getting going
18.03.2025 3

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How Labour can sidestep migration to beat Tories and Reform

11.03.2025 4

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Labour rebels are overestimating their numbers - welfare cuts are coming

10.03.2025 6

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Labour MPs are agitated – and benefit cuts have made it worse

06.03.2025 10

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The secret backchannels used by the UK to deal with Russia

05.03.2025 4

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After another Trump humiliation, Starmer’s plan is in jeopardy

04.03.2025 4

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Europe's nightmare scenario is no longer a fever dream

02.03.2025 6

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How team Starmer celebrated his Trump success - and the one outstanding issue

28.02.2025 20

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Starmer shifts to the right to tame Trump

26.02.2025 4

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Kemi Badenoch is being outstripped by her political opponents

25.02.2025 4

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What the German elections mean for Reform

25.02.2025 5

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The town that's hitting back against shoplifting

23.02.2025 8

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Macron and Starmer are about to go head to head on Trump

21.02.2025 9

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Farage uses US speech to woo voters at home, but avoids the elephant in the room

21.02.2025 7

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Nigel Farage just made Jordan Peterson look even stranger

18.02.2025 3

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Starmer must prove his mettle if he wants to take on Trump

17.02.2025 3

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The consequences of Trump and Putin's phone call will reverberate for years to come

13.02.2025 10

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PMQs was a disaster for Kemi Badenoch – Labour cannot believe its luck

12.02.2025 3

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Robert Jenrick is flirting with Reform -but Kemi Badenoch doesn't care

11.02.2025 5

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Trump's tit-for-tat tariffs are spreading - what's next for Britain?

10.02.2025 2

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MPs asking Farage to sign wine bottles? This is Reform’s moment

06.02.2025 2

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Starmer the lawyer is at odds with Starmer the politician – it won't end well

05.02.2025 4

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Five years on, Starmer has a chance to make Brexit work

03.02.2025 2

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The end of the state pension triple lock is coming

28.01.2025 2

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Keir Starmer's Brexit headache is about to get a whole lot more painful

23.01.2025 4

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Rachel Reeves is at risk of picking too many fights

23.01.2025 4

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Starmer has one big advantage over Musk

21.01.2025 5

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No one is brave enough to take on the triple lock - not even Kemi Badenoch

17.01.2025 5

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Rachel Reeves is quickly running out of excuses

16.01.2025 4

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Keir Starmer is doing Rachel Reeves no favours

13.01.2025 4

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Badenoch may be cynical, but she might yet win on grooming gangs

In Parliament it can be hard to get political chicanery past the other 649 MPs, all experts in the art themselves. On social media, where the last...

08.01.2025 10

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Kemi Badenoch can't win in Elon Musk's dystopian world

Amazon Prime is currently dominating adolescents’ screens with Beast Games, a glossy show where attention-seeking competitors bargain and tantrum,...

06.01.2025 7

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Forget the hype. Farage won't be Prime Minister

It’s hard to imagine the pint-swilling, fag-toting Nigel Farage as a fierce Viking invader jumping from a longship, sword in hand. But according to...

23.12.2024 8

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Giving regional mayors more power could backfire spectacularly

At first glance, the Government’s plan to devolve more powers to regional mayors and tidy up the messy multi-layered system of local authorities...

15.12.2024 4

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Next on Labour's list of new enemies: councillors

Fresh from upsetting farmers, businesses and pensioners, the Government looks set to add another category to its list: Labour councillors. In plans...

11.12.2024 4

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It's time for Rachel Reeves to justify her spending plans

Rachel Reeves is busier than most, but even she shares the frustrations of punters forced to join one of the seemingly never-ending queues at the...

10.12.2024 3

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The assisted dying debate showed the House of Commons at its best

Serious, impassioned, thoughtful and non-tribal – party politics were put aside. Parliament has taken a step towards a monumental social change in...

29.11.2024 3

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Farage is the only winner from migration numbers – yet again

Talk to MPs of all colours at Westminster and they’ll tell you that when they knock on voters’ doors, the issue of immigration always comes up. No...

28.11.2024 5

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It's starting to become clear how MPs will vote on assisted dying

Friday’s historic vote on legalising assisted dying is on a knife-edge. Backers of the bill believe they now have enough support even as their...

27.11.2024 3

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Starmer's 'gentle parenting' on benefits just won't work

Unveiling a flagship back-to-work plan to tackle joblessness today, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government declined to include a crackdown on...

26.11.2024 7

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