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Chris Mason: Tories united behind Badenoch - but party still needs to win over voters
Kemi Badenoch has the support of her party but the Tories still trail Labour and Reform in opinion polls.
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All hail the Kult of Kemi – captain, coach and owner of the Conservatives | John Crace
The Tory leader is now too big for the party to allow her to fail, so everything she does is acclaimed a work of genius Where’s AI slop when you need it? It could all have been so much…
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‘Palestinians will bear the cost’: UK consulate in East Jerusalem prepares to shut its doors
Forced closure marks low point in UK-Israeli relations, with reports UK is considering retaliatory expulsion of Israeli diplomats from London The UK consulate in East Jerusalem gave few…
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British billionaire warned Epstein was a ‘sexual deviant’ decades before FBI closed in on the abuser
Sir James Goldsmith’s links to Hilton Head, South Carolina, add to mystery of Jane Doe 4, who claimed she was abused by Epstein in the 1980s For Jeffrey Epstein , the billionaire Goldsmith…
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Trump administration sued over plans to send election monitors to voting sites
NAACP files lawsuit after head of DoJ’s civil rights division says she hopes to send election monitors to polls The Trump administration has been sued over its plans to deploy “a historic…
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Could the UK really rejoin the EU?
The big question facing Andy Burnham is not whether Brexit has harmed Britain, but if a rapidly changing Europe will keep the door open if the UK decides it wants back in • Don’t get…
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‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early election
Campaigners set up in more than 1,200 tents in Puerto del Sol square say challenge now is to translate a groundswell of public support into concrete change At a makeshift lunch counter…
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'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills
Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know…
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Coalition MPs concede immigration pledge not fully costed by independent watchdog
Angus Taylor says opposition ‘worked closely’ with Parliamentary Budget Office but Liberal sources say it has not yet conducted a full analysis of the policy Get our new political email…
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Tories delight as satirical tapestry pokes fun at ‘turncoat’ Robert Jenrick
Reminders of banished Reform UK defector were all around the Conservative party conference in Birmingham As Kemi Badenoch basked in the applause of the Tory faithful at the close of her…
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The Republican candidates walking a Trump tightrope
Some running in November's elections are deciding whether to distance themselves from an unpopular president who still dominates his party.
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‘Not exactly his favorite senator’: Susan Collins distances herself from Trump in Maine debate
Republican challenged by Democrat Troy Jackson in critical Senate race says she opposes Iran war and Canada tariffs Susan Collins, the Republican senator for Maine, pointedly distanced…
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Comedian Dave Hughes to stop speaking at Liberal party events over political donation concerns
Entertainer alleges complaint made about ‘in-kind’ donations over Victorian fundraisers, where he has been railing against Labor Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast…
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Trump says he is weighing suspension of federal gas tax
President floats idea as voter anger over rising costs threatens Republican hopes in November midterms Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration was considering suspending the federal…
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I'd rather have another election than do a deal with Reform UK, says Badenoch
The Conservative Party leader also pledged to cut the cost of hiring 21 to 24 year olds.
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Badenoch denies plan for ‘British Iron Dome’ – after Tories use phrase in press release
Leader also says party is ‘not out of the woods’ and she would rather have another election than form coalition with Reform Kemi Badenoch has denied she compared a new air defence system…
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Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills
Exclusive: Officials working on further radical changes that would change how much energy companies could charge customers John Healey is planning a major intervention to cut energy bills…
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Labour figures rule out working with Greens after ‘Zionism is racism’ vote
Minister says they could not see parties cooperating, while official says coalition should be formally ruled out Senior Labour party figures said it was very unlikely their party would…
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Greek prime minister vows to ‘ramp up’ efforts to regain Parthenon marbles
Kyriakos Mitsotakis says his UK counterpart, Andy Burnham, has been supportive of restitution efforts in the past The Greek prime minister has vowed to “ramp up” his country’s claims to get…
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Why Tories are talking about winning the next election
Kemi Badenoch is more popular than her party right now - Tories are hoping it will rub off on them.
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The Guardian
State parliament elects Germany’s first far-right speaker since second world war
Tobias Rausch secures role of president in Saxony-Anhalt after AfD’s election breakthrough Europe live – latest updates Alternative für Deutschland has become Germany’s first far-right…
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PM called on to act on communal grave revelations as NSW commits to urgent review
‘All deceased persons should be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their financial circumstances,’ authorities say after Guardian Australia investigation Find more from the…
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Coalition’s migration plan risks breaching India free trade agreement and damaging economy, advocates warn
Angus Taylor’s drastic cuts to graduate visas aim to end a citizenship pathway, but universities body says changes will make Australia less competitive Get our new political email , free…
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Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists An 18-year veteran of the US Department of…
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