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7+ hour, 24+ min ago (445+ words) Labour faces the possibility of a Titanic shipwreck in the Makerfield by-election Streeting has made it much harder for Burnham to disclaim membership of the pro-European Establishment. Shadow Cabinet League Table: Badenoch tightens her grip on the Tory party The…...
Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (148+ words) Lib Dems 2, 190 (43. 6 per cent, +8. 2 on 2024) Reform UK 1, 164 (23. 2 per cent, +23. 3) Green Party 1, 011 (20. 1 per cent, -11. 9) Conservatives 656 (13. 1 per cent, -4. 0) Conservatives 1, 185 (60. 6 per cent, +33. 9 on 2023) Reform UK 534 (27. 3 per cent, +27. 3) Labour 129 (6. 6 per cent, -13. 8) Lib Dems 107 (5. 5 per cent, +5. 5) Conservatives gain from an independent" Green Party 845 (70. 0 per cent,…...
Era Sakhuja: Why the British centre-right must champion a new European partnership
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (242+ words) Era'Sakhuja is a Master of Arts candidate in Politics and International Relations (Political Theory) at Durham University and a Policy Analyst at the Centre for International Security and Economic Strategy (CISES) This ideological congruence provides a generational opportunity for the…...
James Cowling: Kemi, be ruthless
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (523+ words) James Cowling is Managing Director of Next Gen Tories. Keir Starmer's imminent exit from Downing Street will mark the fifth Prime Minister to leave office in as many years. Last weekend's headlines were awash with commentators asking if Britain is…...
What could a Burnham win mean for the Tories?
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (479+ words) When it comes to Makerfield and the upcoming by-election, the Conservatives don't get much of a mention. The party finished third there at the general election, but with 4, 379 votes was quite a way behind Reform's second place and Labour's winning…...
Georgia L. Gilholy: Proportional representation is a loser's game
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (476+ words) Georgia L Gilholy is a journalist. Like many causes adopted by the Conservative Party, proportional representation was traditionally a hobbyhorse of the radical Left. The old line was that right-wing governments were far too easily produced by Britain's first-past-the-post system,…...
Elliot Keck: How the Green Party will use our town halls to attack Israel
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (470+ words) Newly elected Greens now care increasingly about one thing, and one thing only: Palestine. The side effect that this makes our communities increasingly hostile to Jews is at best a distraction to be ignored, and at worst the icing on…...
Blake Stephenson: We must close the backdoors to Britain
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (741+ words) Blake Stephenson is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Mid-Bedfordshire. He is the Shadow Treasury PPS and has worked in the City. Since my election to Parliament in July 2024, one thing has been made loud and clear to me by…...
How culture flowered, the economy collapsed and democracy died in the Weimar Republic
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1092+ words) Weimar Germany: Death of a Democracy'by Victor Sebestyen In his'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon suggested history is "little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. Victor Sebestyen's outstanding account of the…...
Christina Georgaki: Greece leads the way in Europe in a time of rapidly evolving technology
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (291+ words) Christina Georgaki is the founder and Managing Partner of Georgaki and Partners Law Firm. She sits on the Political Committee of New Democracy in Greece." Greece's new social media ban shows initiative from both the government and people to take…...