Was Shaun Bailey a good candidate for the London mayoralty after all?
The headline results are more flattering to Bailey than his campaign deserves.
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Keir Starmer shouldn’t worry about the polls. He should worry about his approval rating
In recent days Starmer's approval ratings have entered dangerous territory for the first time.
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Conservative disquiet over planning reform reflects more than just electoral concern
Tory opponents of the government’s planning reforms are worried that they simply have no place in Boris Johnson’s brave new…
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Edwin Poots is elected DUP leader in a repudiation of the party’s MPs
DUP legislators have backed two unlikely bedfellows in a vote seen as a powergrab by the party's MLAs.
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Who will win the Chesham and Amersham by-election?
The contest is well-placed for the Liberal Democrats, but don’t overlook the power of the Greens.
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How Scotland is heading for an even bigger exams debacle
The staggering ineptitude of those who run the Scottish education system has left teachers and pupils in a nightmarish situation.
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What Tony Blair gets right about Keir Starmer’s predicament
As the former prime minister writes in his New Statesman essay, Labour has yet to to persuade voters that it is both radical and serious.
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As Tony Blair warns that Labour could die under Starmer and the “woke left”, is he planning a return?
The former prime minister believes he has a role to play in the future of the Labour Party, and possibly…
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