Tino Chrupallas Alleingang
Weil der AfD-Chef die US-Migrationspolitik als zu hart kritisiert, erntet er offenen Widerspruch von Alice Weidel und einen Richtungsstreit in der Fraktion. Exklusive Einblicke in geleakte Austritts-Mails zeigen zudem…
David Thompson: The new Conservatives are coming straight out of the starting blocks
During the afternoon of 21 October, I sat at home awaiting my fate. It was a long afternoon. That evening at 7pm, I and two other hopefuls would be facing the members of Maidstone & Malling Conservative Association as…
From blood group ID to cycle racks: I asked for little ways to fix broken Britain and the public’s ideas give me hope | Martin Lewis
The spark for this happened just over a year ago, when I spoke at Politico's fringe event at Labour's conference. The key discussion was about Keir Starmer's unpopularity. I was asked what I'd have advised the government…
Burnham promises 10-year plan before Christmas recess
The prime minister told the Economist last week there was no “firm landing zone” for its publication and “we may go into the new year, to be honest.” The Sunday Times reported the document will be divided into three…
MPs jostle for slice of £14.6m from axed leisure centre
The Reform UK-led council axed the long-planned Squire Lane leisure centre project earlier this year, citing rising costs. Shipley MP Anna Dixon had backed calls to use some of the money - which comes from a £20m…
The only Tory MP to join the SDP
It has, however, been rather less well supplied with defectors whose principles survived the journey. Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler was one of the exceptions. A Conservative MP who crossed the floor to join the SDP…
US to seek Putin’s ‘blessing’ for Europe to join Ukraine talks
“We have relayed to President Putin directly several times and to his team that the only way to get this done is to have them by our side and I think they are receptive to it. “I believe that hopefully tomorrow in…
No, Andy Burnham has not just announced the UK is rejoining the EU
The video has been liked hundreds of times on Facebook and opens with an image of Mr Burnham shaking hands with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, with overlaid text saying “BREXIT U-TURN. DOORS…
Burnham: Good COP or bad COP?
As the prime minister heads to COP, the UN’s annual climate change conference, does the government have a coherent message? With the cost of the green transition starting to bite, the government faces tough questions on…
Rafe Fletcher: Why the Conservatives should challenge meritocracy
He epitomises rugged individualism in his tale of overcoming childhood poverty and familial abandonment. But Bounderby is humiliated when his devoted mother Mrs Pegler is inadvertently introduced to the town. We learn…