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Former top civil servant Simon Case says uncertainty over the country's leadership costs it money.
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After Andy Burnham’s by-election victory, support for the prime minister is evaporating, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
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Some said Britain’s departure would bring down the union, but countries are still queueing to joinOn the night of 23 June 2016, a storm broke out over Brussels. Rain poured and lightning flashed over the European Union headquarters. The next day dawned grey and calm, but the political weather was raging. Britain had voted to leave the EU.Nigel Farage, then leader of the UK Independence party (Ukip), declared the EU “finished” and “dead”. France’s Marine Le Pen, the Netherlands’ Geert Wilders and
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With its light scowl and dark attire, Stanley Chow’s creation has become visual shorthand for the politician’s anti-establishment sentimentIt was shortly after Andy Burnham’s famously rousing speech outside the Manchester Central Library in October 2020 that Stanley Chow decided to draw him. Or rather his wife did.“It was the pandemic and we were all so down in the dumps at that point,” says the illustrator, speaking from his home in the city this week. But I remember looking around and he had j
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Having literally campaigned in poetry, the new Makerfield MP needs a summer of knuckling down to the small printBy the end, it had become less a byelection, more a mythical quest. Whoever could draw the sword from Makerfield’s stone – or more prosaically, beat Reform in a seat where it practically swept the board in last month’s local elections – would claim the divine right to rule the Labour party. And lo, on Friday morning, Andy Burnham became the chosen one.He carries the magic shield of not
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While the SNP’s recent issues put off some voters, the Tories’ support for North Sea oil drilling proved more decisiveFor the first time in 50 years, the Conservatives have won a byelection in Scotland, taking Aberdeen South from the Scottish National party and giving Kemi Badenoch one of her most significant achievements as party leader.The win for Douglas Lumsden, which was secured with a 15% swing, giving the Tories a majority of 6,050, provides the party leader with an important piece of evi
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What do the touchstones of the referendum debate tell us about the complex legacy of Britain leaving the EU?Ten years ago the UK voted 52% to 48% to leave the European Union, triggering a long and tortuous political process.It took until 1 January 2021 for the country to sever its links to the single market and customs union, but the fractures Brexit left in Britain’s body politic, international relations and economy remain. Continue reading...
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Candidates like Count Binface are motivated to run for different reasons, but their role in politics is a longstanding tradition.
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Candidates like Count Binface are motivated to run for different reasons, but their role in politics is a longstanding tradition.
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Edwards has been the boss of the data watchdog since January 2022, and said he had made inappropriate attempts at humour.
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Edwards has been the boss of the data watchdog since January 2022, and said he had made inappropriate attempts at humour.
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The BBC has been told that the transport secretary is among those advising Starmer to set out a timetable.
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Newly-elected Makerfield MP praises team as he joins them at campaign HQ, celebrating victory ‘beyond our wildest dreams’There was plenty of the hopey, changey stuff from Andy Burnham at his victory rally on the morning after the night before – but it ended with the new MP for Makerfield doing a runner. “Are you going to become the new prime minister?” shouted Sky’s political editor, Beth Rigby, at the retreating Burnham. “Keir Starmer says he is not going to give way – what’s your message for K
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As Andy Burnham becomes MP for Makerfield, Greater Manchester reacts to his departure as mayor.
The Guardian Politics
Andy Burnham has shown Labour can beat Reform. He must show that his promise of change is a programme, not another slogan for powerAndy Burnham’s triumph in the Makerfield byelection leaves the prime minister with only two options: fight openly for the Labour leadership, or leave office cleanly. The former Greater Manchester mayor easily saw off Reform UK’s candidate – winning 55% of the vote to his rightwing rival’s 35%. He won largely because he changed the political meaning of voting Labour i
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‘Borrowed’ supporters from across the political spectrum voted to trounce ReformUK politics – live updatesHow quickly could Burnham become PM?The morning after Andy Burnham secured a landslide byelection victory in Makerfield, returning him to Westminster after nine years as Manchester mayor, it is hard to avoid the large, red placards bearing his face.But Burnham’s win was not just thanks to Labour loyalists. Instead, it appears that a coalition of voters from the left, centre and even the righ
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Former Rochford District Council leader Danielle Belton quickly returns to local politics.
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Former Rochford District Council leader Danielle Belton quickly returns to local politics.
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Discussion about the prime minister's future ramps up after Makerfield by-election.