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Alex Salmond shocks with admission he voted SNP at election

ALEX Salmond has claimed to have given the SNP “their saving grace” as he revealed he voted for his former party in the election.

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Warning for new women MPs joining country’s ‘biggest boys’ club’ as record number elected

Female MPs share experiences of abuse as well as advice for incoming cohort of women politicians

The Independent UK

All the Labour cabinet members who aren’t MPs from Patrick Vallance to James Timpson

The cabinet includes senior ministers from the Tony Blair era, and those given peerages to sit in the House of Lords

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Nicola Sturgeon 'personality cult' blamed for SNP defeat as 'apology' demanded

NICOLA Sturgeon should apologise for the SNP’s election defeat, according to a former MP while another blamed the former first minister for…

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Robert Jenrick says Tories lost voters’ trust and fails to rule out leadership bid

Former immigration minister says party failed to deliver, as Suella Braverman and Victoria Atkins also speak out

The Guardian - UK

Labour put ‘safe’ seats at risk to target marginals. It paid off – but there’s a cost

The party’s landslide victory on only 34% of the vote was a masterpiece of electoral Jenga. But the taller the tower, the weaker the base, writes Robert Ford

The Guardian - UK

Where will they all sit? Commons welcomes 334 rookie MPs in most diverse parliament

The new house has a record number of women and ethnic minority members, but finding seats could be hard during busy debates

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‘Everyone is fed up’: Reform sets sights on Labour stronghold Barnsley – but Farage still divides opinion

Labour has long had a grip on the South Yorkshire town but Reform is hot on the party’s heels after taking a third of the vote in Barnsley South

The Guardian - UK

I’m hoping my son, aged five, has the makings of a political commentator

We’ve tried to instil values, but he has no awareness of the political system – does that matter?

The Guardian - UK

‘We’ll push the government to be bolder’: Carla Denyer on election success for the Greens

The party’s co-leader, now MP for Bristol Central, says she will pressure Starmer on climate, housing and services

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer stunned sceptics and rebuilt Labour. Now he must do the same for Britain

Not one senior party figure originally thought he had a prayer of leading them back into government in a single parliament, but now he bestrides a transformed political landscape

The Guardian - UK

Great for parties, useless for governing: grace-and-favour homes are the spoils of power

The country piles of Dorneywood, Chevening and Chequers that were so fiercely squabbled over by Tory ministers are suddenly up for grabs

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer ruled out rejoining the EU. Now he must think again

Labour’s new prime minister is in a position of strength in relation to Brexit. He must be bold for Britain’s sake

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the new Labour government: a fine start but still a mountain to climb

The prime minister has reminded the country that politics can be a force for good and change people’s lives

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‘People are incandescent…’ How sewage spills became a vote-winner for the Lib Dems

Polluted chalk streams in England’s South Downs infuriated voters in Chichester, a seat that had been Conservative for a century

The National (Scotland)

Where did it all go wrong? SNP to conduct post-mortem on election campaign

ON a cloudy day in June on the outskirts of Edinburgh, close to the airport, the SNP launched its election manifesto.

The National (Scotland)

Does Keir Starmer and Labour's landslide victory signal a return to Blairism?

KEIR Starmer has entered 10 Downing Street with a landslide victory not seen since the last

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'If I was the SNP, I’d be terrified': How the Greens made headway in Glasgow

NIALL Christie, the Scottish Greens candidate for Glasgow South, secured the party’s best ever result in the constituency during Thursday’s…

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SNP fume over Labour veteran's 'Unionist powerhouse' claim

CLAIMS that Labour’s GB Energy plans will be “the powerhouse of a new Unionist project” prompted fury from the SNP.

The National (Scotland)

Felled SNP politicians eye Holyrood seats as next election looms

WITH all the noise from the General Election, it’s excusable not to have heard the starting pistol being fired on the 2026 Holyrood election.

The Guardian - AU

Townsville man fatally shot by police – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Starmer tells his cabinet: now it’s time to deliver on our promises

PM pledges swift action on NHS and prisons, setting out agenda to reform public services and rebuild international relations

The Guardian - UK

‘It was surreal’: Labour’s dizzying transition to power, from polls to the palace

Keir Starmer held his first cabinet meeting, then his first No 10 press conference just days after, as candidates, the MPs had waited for their constituency results

The Guardian - UK

Starmer installs non-political ministers in ‘government of all the talents’

Covid adviser Patrick Vallance and businessman James Timpson among appointments from outside Westminster

The Independent UK

Meet James McMurdock, the fifth Reform MP that nobody expected

Exclusive: Reform UK’s shock fifth MP reveals he will make some sacrifices to enter Parliament but is ‘up for the challenge’

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