Team Corbyn are using an old, old Labour trick to get their people selected. Will it work?
The longstanding method of fixing Labour selections is to present local members with a false choice, but it is risky.
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The SNP hopes Brexit will lead to Scotland’s independence. But the opposite could be true
Unionists will argue that the difficulties the UK has had exiting a 40-year union highlight the challenge of leaving a 400-year…
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The Queen’s Speech was an election broadcast, but not a very good one
Shorn of a majority, the government can use these events to talk about its values, and little else.
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Would no-deal Brexit lead to a rise in hate crime?
The blame game will be cranked into a higher gear.
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Why support for a second Brexit referendum is rising fast among Labour MPs
Shadow business secretary and Corbyn ally Rebecca Long-Bailey is the latest major figure to back a new public vote.
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What the DUP’s response to Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan does and doesn’t say
It isn’t the straightforward no Westminster has come to expect from the Northern Irish party, but nor is it yet…
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We forget to reckon with Boris Johnson’s lack of political principles
At times like this, it's worth remembering that Johnson will do anything that's in his own best interests.
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For the first time in Boris Johnson’s premiership, a Brexit deal looks almost plausible
Of course, we aren’t there yet. We might yet look back at today's optimistic reporting as the prelude to another…
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