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A Hilary Benn resignation speech from the backbenches would absolutely be enough to finish Starmer off. No question
February 4, 2026 at 11:03 PM
A Hilary Benn resignation speech from the backbenches would absolutely be enough to finish Starmer off. No question
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Suella Braverman -> Reform UK
January 26, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Suella Braverman -> Reform UK
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“Starmer – in a crowning moment of centralised control-freakery – has chosen to keep Labour’s prince across the water in the relative wilderness.
“Critics will argue that this culture of control is now crowding out assets in the battle against Nigel Farage.”
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“Critics will argue that this culture of control is now crowding out assets in the battle against Nigel Farage.”
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Blocking Burnham will not stop the psychodrama - Politics.co.uk
There are at least two ostensible explanations for the Labour national executive committee’s decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election. The official narrative w...
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January 26, 2026 at 7:50 AM
“Starmer – in a crowning moment of centralised control-freakery – has chosen to keep Labour’s prince across the water in the relative wilderness.
“Critics will argue that this culture of control is now crowding out assets in the battle against Nigel Farage.”
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“Critics will argue that this culture of control is now crowding out assets in the battle against Nigel Farage.”
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Labour statement on Burnham:
“Although the Party would be confident of retaining the mayoralty, the NEC could not put Labour’s control of Greater Manchester at any risk.”
“Although the Party would be confident of retaining the mayoralty, the NEC could not put Labour’s control of Greater Manchester at any risk.”
January 25, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Labour statement on Burnham:
“Although the Party would be confident of retaining the mayoralty, the NEC could not put Labour’s control of Greater Manchester at any risk.”
“Although the Party would be confident of retaining the mayoralty, the NEC could not put Labour’s control of Greater Manchester at any risk.”
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Right decision from Burnham’s perspective
- Get blocked, and his standing as ‘Prince across the water’ is strengthened. Not sure the Labour leadership is strong enough to weather the backlash in this scenario
- Get selected, stands a good chance of winning, prove ability to beat Reform…
- Get blocked, and his standing as ‘Prince across the water’ is strengthened. Not sure the Labour leadership is strong enough to weather the backlash in this scenario
- Get selected, stands a good chance of winning, prove ability to beat Reform…
January 24, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Right decision from Burnham’s perspective
- Get blocked, and his standing as ‘Prince across the water’ is strengthened. Not sure the Labour leadership is strong enough to weather the backlash in this scenario
- Get selected, stands a good chance of winning, prove ability to beat Reform…
- Get blocked, and his standing as ‘Prince across the water’ is strengthened. Not sure the Labour leadership is strong enough to weather the backlash in this scenario
- Get selected, stands a good chance of winning, prove ability to beat Reform…
“Reform is assembling a collection of grievances, grudges and contradictions, united less by conviction than by convenience”, writes Mario Creatura
🗣️ Reform isn’t building a party of government. It’s building a retirement home
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🗣️ Reform isn’t building a party of government. It’s building a retirement home
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Reform isn’t building a party of government. It’s building a retirement home - Politics.co.uk
Reform’s decision to welcome Robert Jenrick tells us far more about what kind of political project it really is than any speech, slogan or rally ever could. This is not the behaviour of a serious insu...
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January 19, 2026 at 7:05 AM
“Reform is assembling a collection of grievances, grudges and contradictions, united less by conviction than by convenience”, writes Mario Creatura
🗣️ Reform isn’t building a party of government. It’s building a retirement home
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🗣️ Reform isn’t building a party of government. It’s building a retirement home
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And there it is... Robert Jenrick defects
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
And there it is... Robert Jenrick defects
“Grieving for someone you love changes you. It reshapes your outlook, your priorities, and the way you see the world”, writes Labour MP Peter Dowd
🗣️ Together, MPs can build a parliament that understands grief
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🗣️ Together, MPs can build a parliament that understands grief
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Together, MPs must build a parliament that understands grief
Grief is something every one of us will experience. It does not discriminate against any social class, profession, or walk of life and yet, despite being part of life, so many still struggle to talk a...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
“Grieving for someone you love changes you. It reshapes your outlook, your priorities, and the way you see the world”, writes Labour MP Peter Dowd
🗣️ Together, MPs can build a parliament that understands grief
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🗣️ Together, MPs can build a parliament that understands grief
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13 November 1947: Clement Attlee accepts Hugh Dalton's resignation as chancellor after he leaked details of his budget to a lobby journalist
The leaks, reported by the Star newspaper, were published 15 minutes before Dalton began reading his budget speech
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The leaks, reported by the Star newspaper, were published 15 minutes before Dalton began reading his budget speech
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November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
13 November 1947: Clement Attlee accepts Hugh Dalton's resignation as chancellor after he leaked details of his budget to a lobby journalist
The leaks, reported by the Star newspaper, were published 15 minutes before Dalton began reading his budget speech
www.nytimes.com/1947/11/14/a...
The leaks, reported by the Star newspaper, were published 15 minutes before Dalton began reading his budget speech
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“Every two hours, someone in the UK sustains a spinal cord injury”, writes @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social
🗣️ The system is failing spinal cord injury patients – we need a national strategy now
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🗣️ The system is failing spinal cord injury patients – we need a national strategy now
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Andy McDonald MP: ‘The system is failing spinal cord injury patients – we need a national strategy now’ - Politics.co.uk
The UK has a proud legacy in spinal cord injury (SCI) care. It was here, at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, that professor Sir Ludwig Guttmann pioneered a model of rehabilitation that placed the patient at...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
“Every two hours, someone in the UK sustains a spinal cord injury”, writes @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social
🗣️ The system is failing spinal cord injury patients – we need a national strategy now
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🗣️ The system is failing spinal cord injury patients – we need a national strategy now
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“This responsibility demands a strong financial pledge: stepping back now, even slightly, sends the wrong signal at a moment when decisive leadership is needed”, writes Labour MP @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social
🗣️ The UK’s Global Fund pledge is a missed opportunity
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🗣️ The UK’s Global Fund pledge is a missed opportunity
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Beccy Cooper MP: ‘The UK’s Global Fund pledge is a missed opportunity’ - Politics.co.uk
I’ll admit, I haven’t always been the Global Fund’s biggest fan. As a public health consultant working in international development, I used to worry it was too narrowly focused on individual diseases....
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November 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
“This responsibility demands a strong financial pledge: stepping back now, even slightly, sends the wrong signal at a moment when decisive leadership is needed”, writes Labour MP @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social
🗣️ The UK’s Global Fund pledge is a missed opportunity
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🗣️ The UK’s Global Fund pledge is a missed opportunity
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Stark language from this Labour MP speaking in opposition to the government’s asylum proposals
“The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.”
“The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.”
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
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The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
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Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
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November 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Stark language from this Labour MP speaking in opposition to the government’s asylum proposals
“The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.”
“The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.”
“Britain helped build the Global Fund because we understood that a healthier world makes for a safer world. This truth has not changed”, writes Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed
🗣️ UK government must back the Global Fund at critical time
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🗣️ UK government must back the Global Fund at critical time
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UK government must back the Global Fund at critical time - Politics.co.uk
In public health, complacency is the most dangerous pathogen of all. It creeps in quietly, just as progress starts to look permanent. We think a threat has been contained, a disease defeated, and we t...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
“Britain helped build the Global Fund because we understood that a healthier world makes for a safer world. This truth has not changed”, writes Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed
🗣️ UK government must back the Global Fund at critical time
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🗣️ UK government must back the Global Fund at critical time
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Miriam Cates continues to slow roll her defection to Reform UK
November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Miriam Cates continues to slow roll her defection to Reform UK
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Nigel Farage asks Enoch Powell for his support ahead of the 1994 Eastleigh by-election
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From this 2014 Telegraph article - www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic...
November 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Nigel Farage asks Enoch Powell for his support ahead of the 1994 Eastleigh by-election
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From this 2014 Telegraph article - www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic...
“If the government is serious about saving lives, it must confront the reality of liver cancer with the ambition, urgency, and equity the crisis demands”, writes Labour MP Lorraine Beavers
🗣️ The silent killer the national cancer plan must confront
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🗣️ The silent killer the national cancer plan must confront
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Lorraine Beavers: ‘The silent killer the national cancer plan must confront’ - Politics.co.uk
As we await the release of the National Cancer Plan, Liver Cancer Awareness Month is a stark reminder of the urgent need to act on one of the UK’s fastest rising and less survivable cancers. While the...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“If the government is serious about saving lives, it must confront the reality of liver cancer with the ambition, urgency, and equity the crisis demands”, writes Labour MP Lorraine Beavers
🗣️ The silent killer the national cancer plan must confront
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🗣️ The silent killer the national cancer plan must confront
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“Britain can once again set the global standard and prove that great science and the welfare of animals are not mutually exclusive”, writes Conservative MP Dame Caroline Dinenage
🗣️ The future of science is animal-free – Britain must not be left behind
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🗣️ The future of science is animal-free – Britain must not be left behind
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Caroline Dinenage: ‘The future of science is animal-free – Britain must not be left behind’ - Politics.co.uk
Last week, the Home Office published its annual statistics detailing the number of scientific experiments involving animals which took place in 2024. As a longtime advocate of animal welfare, it is di...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
“Britain can once again set the global standard and prove that great science and the welfare of animals are not mutually exclusive”, writes Conservative MP Dame Caroline Dinenage
🗣️ The future of science is animal-free – Britain must not be left behind
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🗣️ The future of science is animal-free – Britain must not be left behind
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“Politics once moved at the pace of persuasion. A leader would make a case, tour the country, take questions, debate opponents – and then wait weeks or months to see whether the argument had landed.
“That rhythm is gone”, writes ex-No 10 special adviser Mario Creatura
“That rhythm is gone”, writes ex-No 10 special adviser Mario Creatura
Starmer is governed by polls, not principles – voters can sense it - Politics.co.uk
Politics once moved at the pace of persuasion. A leader would make a case, tour the country, take questions, debate opponents – and then wait weeks or months to see whether the argument had landed. Th...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
“Politics once moved at the pace of persuasion. A leader would make a case, tour the country, take questions, debate opponents – and then wait weeks or months to see whether the argument had landed.
“That rhythm is gone”, writes ex-No 10 special adviser Mario Creatura
“That rhythm is gone”, writes ex-No 10 special adviser Mario Creatura
“It’s official. The Conservative Party leadership has joined the ranks of climate deniers, in a race to the bottom with Nigel Farage and Donald Trump”, writes Labour MP Olivia Blake
🗣️ Why cross-party leadership on climate policy is essential
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🗣️ Why cross-party leadership on climate policy is essential
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Olivia Blake: 'Why cross-party leadership on climate policy is essential' - Politics.co.uk
It’s official. The Conservative Party leadership has joined the ranks of climate deniers, in a race to the bottom with Nigel Farage and Donald Trump to see whose head can sink deepest into the sand. K...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“It’s official. The Conservative Party leadership has joined the ranks of climate deniers, in a race to the bottom with Nigel Farage and Donald Trump”, writes Labour MP Olivia Blake
🗣️ Why cross-party leadership on climate policy is essential
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🗣️ Why cross-party leadership on climate policy is essential
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“Now, our task is clear: to turn evidence into action and ensure every child, in every healthcare setting, benefits from play”, writes Labour MP @alistrathern.bsky.social
🗣️ Play in Healthcare Week – making every child’s right to play a reality
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🗣️ Play in Healthcare Week – making every child’s right to play a reality
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Alistair Strathern: ‘Play in Healthcare Week – making every child’s right to play a reality’ - Politics.co.uk
A child facing surgery, having a blood test or needing an MRI shouldn’t have to feel terrified. Yet too often they do, unless they’re lucky enough to be in a hospital with a health play professional. ...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
“Now, our task is clear: to turn evidence into action and ensure every child, in every healthcare setting, benefits from play”, writes Labour MP @alistrathern.bsky.social
🗣️ Play in Healthcare Week – making every child’s right to play a reality
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🗣️ Play in Healthcare Week – making every child’s right to play a reality
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“Rewarding failure tells the public that accountability is optional, and that consequences are negotiable”, write Lord Clement-Jones and Lord Arbuthnot
🗣️ Fujitsu must be barred from new government contracts
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🗣️ Fujitsu must be barred from new government contracts
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Justice delayed is justice denied: Fujitsu must be barred from new government contracts - Politics.co.uk
In a week when the UK government responds to the Horizon inquiry report recommendations, it is important to take stock of where we are. The Post Office Horizon scandal destroyed lives. Over 1,000 sub-...
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October 13, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“Rewarding failure tells the public that accountability is optional, and that consequences are negotiable”, write Lord Clement-Jones and Lord Arbuthnot
🗣️ Fujitsu must be barred from new government contracts
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🗣️ Fujitsu must be barred from new government contracts
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“There is one area where the government can... free up significant sums without impacting frontline services or staff – clinical negligence”, writes Lewis Jones of @themdu.bsky.social
🗣️ Frontline NHS services have no money to spare – here’s where to find it
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🗣️ Frontline NHS services have no money to spare – here’s where to find it
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Frontline NHS services have no money to spare – here's where to find it - Politics.co.uk
As party conference season concludes and MPs and peers return to Westminster, attention will turn to the next major date in the political calendar: 26 November – budget day. In the midst of what will ...
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October 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
“There is one area where the government can... free up significant sums without impacting frontline services or staff – clinical negligence”, writes Lewis Jones of @themdu.bsky.social
🗣️ Frontline NHS services have no money to spare – here’s where to find it
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🗣️ Frontline NHS services have no money to spare – here’s where to find it
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“It’s been a poor conference season for those who would be king.”
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Week-in-Review: Starmer and Badenoch repel their pretenders – for now - Politics.co.uk
It took the power of Andy Burnham’s example to tame Robert Jenrick. Expectations heading into the Conservative Party’s annual conference suggested the shadow justice secretary would continue to strut ...
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October 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“It’s been a poor conference season for those who would be king.”
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Starmer and Badenoch repel their pretenders – for now
It’s been a poor conference season for those who would be king. Some observations on the political landscape ahead of parliament's return next week
Latest long-read for @politics.co.uk 👇
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It’s been a poor conference season for those who would be king. Some observations on the political landscape ahead of parliament's return next week
Latest long-read for @politics.co.uk 👇
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Week-in-Review: Starmer and Badenoch repel their pretenders – for now - Politics.co.uk
It took the power of Andy Burnham’s example to tame Robert Jenrick. Expectations heading into the Conservative Party’s annual conference suggested the shadow justice secretary would continue to strut ...
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October 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Starmer and Badenoch repel their pretenders – for now
It’s been a poor conference season for those who would be king. Some observations on the political landscape ahead of parliament's return next week
Latest long-read for @politics.co.uk 👇
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It’s been a poor conference season for those who would be king. Some observations on the political landscape ahead of parliament's return next week
Latest long-read for @politics.co.uk 👇
www.politics.co.uk/week-in-revi...