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The pointless battle for the Tory crown
The ghost of Margaret Thatcher continued to haunt the Conservatives as an irrelevant beauty pageant played out in Birmingham.
Tory leadership hopeful named his daughter Thatcher
Robert Jenrick says he made the move because he respects “strong women.”
When UK party conferences go wrong
Despite the best efforts of party bigwigs, Britain’s annual gatherings of political animals frequently descend into chaos.
PMQs: Sunak wins by exploiting Labour’s winter fuel divisions
Keir Starmer was pressed about taking payments from pensioners this winter — but ducked the details.
Starmer took down Thatcher’s portrait! Here’s what he could hang in its place
New U.K. PM found old U.K. PM’s portrait “unsettling” and asked for it to be taken down.
Tory fury as UK’s Starmer moves Thatcher portrait
New British PM’s biographer says he found the portrait “unsettling” — and Conservatives are fuming.
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From Ozempic to “bulletproof” coffee, politicians are just like the rest of us when it comes to seeking a shortcut to slim.
Keir Starmer’s worst nightmare? Becoming Margaret Thatcher.
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The UK’s Brexit dream is dead
Sorry Boris, your Euroskeptic vision has failed in so many ways.
UK election: Top 5 biggest landslides since 1900
History and polling suggest Labour Leader Keir Starmer could set a new record on July 4.
Nobody even noticed the Tories’ biggest legacy
Five years ago this week, in the teeth of the Brexit wars, an outgoing Tory prime minister was looking for a legacy. Theresa May settled on net zero —and now it’s on Labour to keep that target alive.
Tories brace for brutal civil war
A fight for the soul of the UK Conservative Party is about to break out between centrists and those on the right.
On holiday with Europe’s right-wingers
Hundreds of European conservatives gathered in Cyprus for a “cultural weekend” that mixed policy discussions, networking and time away from the bureaucratic machine.
Labour’s David Lammy on Trump, ‘visionary’ Margaret Thatcher and his bid to be the UK’s next foreign secretary
With the specter of a famine and a possible ground incursion of Rafah looming, Israel’s allies are fretting. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned of an …
Margaret Thatcher was a ‘visionary’ says Labour’s David Lammy
The shadow foreign secretary’s words are likely to infuriate the left of his party.
Liz Truss’ journey from Downing Street to ‘deep state’ conspiracist
How a failed British prime minister reinvented herself as a US-style populist.
All Keir Starmer’s Labour U-turns in one place
POLITICO lists 27 (and counting) key walkbacks in Starmer’s spell as opposition leader.
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Show people you really don’t care with these belated ‘gifts,’ courtesy of genuine adults tasked with running the country.