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Welsh Labour proves again it's a distinctive, winning brand

9 May 2021 1:25 am

After the news of a Tory landslide in Hartlepool was announced early Friday morning, senior Welsh Labour figures were worried.…

Keir Starmer can’t afford to wait for the Tories to defeat themselves

8 May 2021 10:30 pm

‘We’re trapped between the two worlds,’ said a Labour worker during the last days of the party’s ill-fated Hartlepool by-election…

Exclusive: Biden admin practically begging DoD employees to volunteer for border detail

8 May 2021 6:45 am

The Biden administration has twice extended the deadline for federal employees to volunteer for months-long deployments at the US-Mexico border,…

Does the UK's 'green list' for travel make sense?

8 May 2021 4:00 am

International travel is back on the menu, in theory. From 17 May the ‘stay in the UK’ restrictions are lifting…

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Liz Cheney must go

7 May 2021 11:42 pm

Liz Cheney is bad for the Republican party, which is why the pro-Democratic media is so obsessed with her. What…

Merkel is right to reject Biden's vaccine patent plan

7 May 2021 10:04 pm

She handed the vaccine procurement process over to the European Union. She didn’t invest much in new production. And she…

Hartlepool meltdown: best of the left round-up

7 May 2021 9:51 pm

Oh dear. Labour’s loss of Hartlepool on a 16 point swing to the Tories has not gone down well with…

Boris shouldn't take the red wall vote for granted

7 May 2021 7:49 pm

There are two popular reactions to the Hartlepool by-election, which one you favour depending largely on your political tribe. The…

Labour is doomed whether Starmer stays or goes

7 May 2021 7:37 pm

So the Conservatives have won the ‘pools, as we used to say of jackpot winners before the advent of the National…

Can Starmer reverse the horror of Hartlepool?

7 May 2021 6:55 pm

The Tory victory in Hartlepool, with a swing of 16 per cent and the biggest increase in a governing party’s…

How much trouble is Starmer in?

7 May 2021 4:54 pm

Keir Starmer is facing a rocky few days as the party’s results from the local elections start to come in.…

Why do journalists keep repeating the same mistake?

7 May 2021 3:33 am

A single mistake in journalism can be forgiven. Perhaps the story was based on faulty information from a bad source…

Who likes Kamala Harris?

7 May 2021 3:04 am

Vice President Kamala Harris is not historically very popular. Her approval rating rarely topped 40 percent during her campaign in…

Don’t worry, the Central Intersectional Agency is watching you

7 May 2021 1:37 am

A regular column by an anonymous whistle-blower operating deep within heart of the Social Justice Movement. To protect their identity,…

Why the Hartlepool election result doesn’t really matter

6 May 2021 4:00 pm

Ah, Hartlepool. The by-election there brings back memories: I am old enough to have reported on the last one, back…

The Chauvin team’s attempts for a retrial are going nowhere

6 May 2021 10:35 am

The trial of Derek Chauvin continues to generate headlines — weeks after the former Minneapolis police officer’s April 20 conviction…

The 'Covid deaths' which are not caused by Covid

6 May 2021 2:46 am

Registered Covid deaths fell to just one on Monday, leading many to comment that the epidemic in Britain is effectively…

Scottish nationalism is no better than any other kind

6 May 2021 2:16 am

Even the Americans are noticing Nicola Sturgeon now and if you are – like many nationalists – the kind of…

Facebook keeps Trump on the naughty step…for now

6 May 2021 1:26 am

The Facebook Oversight Board has reached a decision on Donald Trump…kind of. The tech company’s ‘Supreme Court’ is upholding the…

How Labour will spin defeat in Hartlepool

6 May 2021 1:23 am

Campaigning in the Hartlepool by-election is reaching its feverish final hours as the Labour party tries to hold onto the…

Is this a new dawn for the Spanish right?

6 May 2021 1:14 am

In Tuesday’s regional elections in Madrid, the right-wing Partido Popular emerged as by far the most successful party, more than…

Your guide to the 2021 election results

5 May 2021 7:11 pm

This week will see the biggest set of polls in UK history outside of a general election. Contests are under…

Donald Trump: businessman, politician…blogger?

5 May 2021 6:43 pm

After countless, endless days and nights in permabanned purgatory, Donald Trump has at last found his way back on to…

Las Vegas resident urges Scots to vote SNP

5 May 2021 5:16 pm

Sunday’s anti-climactic finale looked set to be the biggest Line of Duty let-down for fans of the hit BBC series.…

How Napoleon changed the world

5 May 2021 4:37 pm

Two hundred years ago today, Napoleon Bonaparte closed his eyes for the final time. A man born to relative obscurity…