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Green party leadership race exposes tensions as electoral ambitions grow

Frontrunner Zack Polanski has dismissed claims of a ‘hostile takeover’ but contest has been unusually fractious

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025

Vote Brexit, stop the boats – the goalposts on immigration keep moving, and those who oppose it will never be appeased

The facts and the numbers are irrelevant: Donald Trump and Nigel Farage just find new excuses and increase the toxicity, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025

Ministers face parliamentary push to reveal Gaza legal advice

Sir Ed Davey will attempt to use a parliamentary device to force ministers to publish legal advice on whether Israel has broken international law.

Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2025

MSPs 'interviewed as part of police probe into secret camera in Holyrood toilet'

SEVERAL MSPs and other parliamentary staff have allegedly been contacted by police as part of an investigation into claims a camera was placed in a…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 31, 2025

Badenoch in pledge to ‘get all our oil and gas out of the North Sea’

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said a Conservative administration would maximise extraction.

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2025

Labour accused of plotting car park ‘spy cameras’ and new fines for motorists

Blueprints drawn up by government officials include proposals to install numberplate recognition cameras in car parks

Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2025

Green co-leaders vow to inject hope back into Scottish independence fight

THE new co-leaders of the Scottish Greens have vowed to be “relentlessly positive about the future of Scotland” and restore a narrative of hope…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 31, 2025

Tories would maximise North Sea oil and gas extraction, Badenoch to say

Conservative leader says it is ‘absurd’ to shift away from fossil fuels and leave ‘vital resources untapped’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2025

Badenoch pledges to maximise North Sea oil and gas extraction

Kemi Badenoch said Britain ‘cannot afford not to be doing everything to get hydrocarbons out the ground’ to boost growth

Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2025

Voices: I am surprised by the cries of ‘Keir must go’: a change of prime minister won’t solve Labour’s problems

COMMENT: As the Conservatives showed so clearly during the later years of their government, if you only change the prime minister without finding solutions to the issues the public cares about, you haven’t solved anything at all, writes John Rentoul

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2025