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If the Makerfield MP is to be our next PM, he needs some immediate and memorable cost of living policies to avoid his predecessor’s fatePause here before we rush headlong into the turbulent future. Stop and inhale last week’s rare political triumph, revel in the sunshine of cheery optimism. It was a precious but unfamiliar sensation when life on the progressive side of politics in Britain is so often a litany of hopes dashed and disappointments.Andy Burnham’s comprehensive victory in the Makerfi
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In just 48 hours, the PM has felt the weight of political gravity and shifted from initial adamance he would fight onUK politics live – latest updatesRapid change has hardly been unusual in British politics in recent years, but the change of tone from Keir Starmer and his supporters in just 48 hours has been striking – and appears to chart the shift in his position on his own future from one of defiance to glum acceptance. Continue reading...
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The Labour MP says the prime minister would be the "first to admit" her constituents did not vote for him.
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Doing the rounds of the Sunday studios, Peter Kyle sounded like someone who knew it would all be over come MondayUK politics – live updatesNot another one. Brenda from Bristol must be doing her nut. After sounding on Friday like the Japanese soldier who had no idea the second world war had ended decades earlier, sometime over the weekend reality had bitten for Keir Starmer. Maybe all he needed was a bit of time at Chequers to think straight. Maybe his family had also told him the game was over.
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Cabinet minister Peter Kyle says the PM is "mindful of the interests of the country" amid calls for him to quit.
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The BBC's Henry Zeffman and Nick Eardley on the mood in government as speculation grows about the prime minister's departure.
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Victory in Makerfield is propelling him towards No 10 but investors expect to know how he will fund his promisesBurnham allies confident of ‘coronation’Andy Burnham’s thumping victory in the Makerfield byelection came and went without the bond market rout Rachel Reeves’s backers had warned about.But as he moves towards the premiership, Burnham would be wise to set clear expectations about tax and spend, and to be upfront about the fact that not everyone can be a winner. Continue reading...
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Jacob Dunne condemns Farage’s call for ‘pure cold rage’ but says underlying causes of volatile behaviour must be acknowledgedWhen Nigel Farage said British people should respond to the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak with “pure cold rage”, it invited a chorus of condemnation from across the political divide.In a particularly tense moment in parliament, the prime minister, Keir Starmer, accused Farage of exploiting the tragedy for his own political advantage, in defiance of the wishes expressed
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Former top civil servant Simon Case says uncertainty over the country's leadership costs it money.
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After Andy Burnham’s by-election victory, support for the prime minister is evaporating, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
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Some said Britain’s departure would bring down the union, but countries are still queueing to joinOn the night of 23 June 2016, a storm broke out over Brussels. Rain poured and lightning flashed over the European Union headquarters. The next day dawned grey and calm, but the political weather was raging. Britain had voted to leave the EU.Nigel Farage, then leader of the UK Independence party (Ukip), declared the EU “finished” and “dead”. France’s Marine Le Pen, the Netherlands’ Geert Wilders and
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With its light scowl and dark attire, Stanley Chow’s creation has become visual shorthand for the politician’s anti-establishment sentimentIt was shortly after Andy Burnham’s famously rousing speech outside the Manchester Central Library in October 2020 that Stanley Chow decided to draw him. Or rather his wife did.“It was the pandemic and we were all so down in the dumps at that point,” says the illustrator, speaking from his home in the city this week. But I remember looking around and he had j
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Having literally campaigned in poetry, the new Makerfield MP needs a summer of knuckling down to the small printBy the end, it had become less a byelection, more a mythical quest. Whoever could draw the sword from Makerfield’s stone – or more prosaically, beat Reform in a seat where it practically swept the board in last month’s local elections – would claim the divine right to rule the Labour party. And lo, on Friday morning, Andy Burnham became the chosen one.He carries the magic shield of not
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While the SNP’s recent issues put off some voters, the Tories’ support for North Sea oil drilling proved more decisiveFor the first time in 50 years, the Conservatives have won a byelection in Scotland, taking Aberdeen South from the Scottish National party and giving Kemi Badenoch one of her most significant achievements as party leader.The win for Douglas Lumsden, which was secured with a 15% swing, giving the Tories a majority of 6,050, provides the party leader with an important piece of evi
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What do the touchstones of the referendum debate tell us about the complex legacy of Britain leaving the EU?Ten years ago the UK voted 52% to 48% to leave the European Union, triggering a long and tortuous political process.It took until 1 January 2021 for the country to sever its links to the single market and customs union, but the fractures Brexit left in Britain’s body politic, international relations and economy remain. Continue reading...
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Candidates like Count Binface are motivated to run for different reasons, but their role in politics is a longstanding tradition.
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Candidates like Count Binface are motivated to run for different reasons, but their role in politics is a longstanding tradition.
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Edwards has been the boss of the data watchdog since January 2022, and said he had made inappropriate attempts at humour.
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Edwards has been the boss of the data watchdog since January 2022, and said he had made inappropriate attempts at humour.