As the fledgling Labour government sought to work out how to respond – beyond its immediate, strikingly decisive crackdown – one Starmer aide was quoted declaring that it was time to be “tough on ...

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ack in 2021, before she was even elected general secretary of the union, Sharon Graham was already wondering whether Unite ...

he strangest thing about this week’s 100 th anniversary of the publication of Mein Kampf is that it still matters.

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The veteran MP reopened a racism row in a new interview – and her suspension from the party is widely expected.

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We were on our second glass of wine and Katie Lam was ready to talk about the spiralling fortunes of the Conservative Party. “We’re still less than a year from the biggest ele ...

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