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It was a dramatic electoral collapse. A party that had expanded its electoral coalition under charismatic – if controversial – leadership, that appeared electorally dominant as its opponents lost touch with its…
Everyone has got their own favourite hot take on last week’s US mid-term elections. The data doesn’t lie – or at least it lies a great deal less than some politicians – and the ‘cost of living’ according to US exit polls…
This is our best chance to win the London Mayoralty since 2008. Let’s grasp it. Khan has let London down. This is still the best city in the world, but other global cities are competing with us, and coasting isn’t an…
Ministers must decide by Christmas whether to extend it. They should move on from Palantir, and transition to new suppliers that put the NHS in full control of its technology and patient data. I sit on the health and…
The continent’s focus will largely be on Ukraine as trilateral talks among the U.S., Kyiv and Moscow happen in Abu Dhabi. The stakes are high, as President Donald Trump’s promise of a “big, beautiful deal” that “might…
Official figures show an increase of nearly 1,000 people sleeping rough in England between January and June, the latest month for which figures are available. There were 8,748 rough sleepers in England in June, the…
Um tatsächlich Staatsoberhaupt zu werden, ist Aigner auf die Stimmen der politischen Konkurrenz angewiesen. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview erklärt die Grünen-Co-Fraktionschefin Britta Haßelmann, warum sie den Findungsprozess…
It was late afternoon on March 1, 2025, when an armored vehicle smashed through the metal gate of the old farmhouse where he lived southeast of the Latvian capital, Riga. Masked men emerged with their guns drawn. They…
Polanski’s current stance — making amendments to the motion at the first available opportunity in 2028 — remains unchanged, a Green Party official told POLITICO. They stressed that his support for governance changes is…
They hoped such a dramatic and direct intervention with Russia’s leader would demonstrate European resolve. Instead, the conversation on a damp autumn morning in Helsinki triggered the biggest rift among Nordic allies…