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Why do Tories keep repeating their £2,000 tax smear? Because Brexit convinced them that lying works

The prime minister’s claim that Labour would raise taxes by this enormous amount has been roundly disproven. But, as with the Leave campaign’s spurious claims, this lie has legs, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Tories pushed to deselect Putney candidate who compared Sadiq Khan to the Luftwaffe

Lee Roberts says his comments were ‘not intended to give any offence’

Evening Standard

Why did Macron call snap elections and what does it mean for France?

Polls had barely closed for the European elections when President Emmanuel Macron called voters back to the ballot box to elect a new French parliament – three years ahead of schedule. What's behind his surprise decision, and what happens next?

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Window dressing for the undecided: Lib Dems launch fantasy bingo manifesto

Ed Davey knows he’s not going to be forming the next government – it’s best to treat the party’s pitch as a mood board

The Guardian - UK

Who is Yvette Cooper? Labour's shadow home secretary is a veteran of 1997 hoping to return to power

Having won with Tony Blair in 1997, the Labour frontbencher wants party back in No 10

Evening Standard

Levelling up has been a total failure – here’s the evidence

In the UK’s 2019 general election, regional inequality took centre stage. Conservative candidate Boris Johnson harnessed the widespread pro-Brexit sentiment and capitalised on how the Labour Party had been weakened under Jeremy Corbyn to storm to victory.

The Conversation

Sinn Féin could be about to become Northern Ireland’s biggest party at Westminster

In the 2019 general election, Sinn Féin won seven seats in Westminster, one fewer than its main unionist rivals, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). However, such is the disarray in unionist politics at the moment that Sinn Féin may only need to hold these seven seats to emerge as the…

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Northern Ireland: the three electoral threats keeping the DUP awake at night

“Get Brexit done” was the slogan that carried then prime minister Boris Johnson to an 80-seat majority in the 2019 general election. And sure enough, his government did indeed go on to secure the UK’s exit from the European Union.

The Conversation

General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in Bexleyheath and Crayford?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

Evening Standard

Macron calls snap election after EU setback: What’s at stake for France?

According to analysts, the French president might be trying to test the public — and the far-right’s ability to govern.

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Douglas Ross faces media for first time since resignation announcement

DOUGLAS Ross has said “the timing is not how I would have envisaged it” as he faced the media after stepping down as Scottish Tory leader in the…

The National (Scotland)

Disappointment for Sinn Féin as Irish local elections bolster coalition

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil each win 23% of first preference vote, with Sinn Féin on just 12% after expected landslide

The Guardian - UK

'Off-guard': How Macron's Poll Gamble Caught Even Allies By Surprise

President Emmanuel Macron's decision to plunge his country into a snap election was taken behind closed doors with a few advisors after a worse-than-expected drubbing in European elections, sources close to him say.

International Business Times

Who is in the running to replace Douglas Ross as leader of the Scottish Tories?

THE Scottish Conservatives are set to get a new leader after Douglas Ross announced he would be resigning from the role after the General Election.

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The Burnley question: is all going to plan in Labour’s ‘most winnable seat’?

Some polls give Labour huge majority but confounding issues such as Gaza war mean things may not be so clearcut

Evening Standard

OPINION - Dylan Jones: I was raped and I've always wondered why we treat it as a marginal crime?

According to shadow justice secretary Shabana Mahmood, expanding on the contents of her party’s new manifesto, should Labour win the general election next month, it will establish 80 new rape courts across and England and Wales to fast-track cases as part of “wide-ranging plans to tackle violence against women and…

The National (Scotland)

Next prime minister must be 'pressured' into devolving indyref powers, say Greens

THE next Westminster government must come under “sustained” and “unrelenting” pressure to give Scotland the power to hold a referendum ...

The Independent UK

Reform candidate says UK should have ‘taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality’ instead of fighting Nazis

He also praised Russian president Vladimir Putin and described Winston Churchill as ‘abysmal’

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OPINION - As Europe's far-right surges, why is Britain moving left?

"World goin' one way, people another." — Malik "Poot" Carr, The Wire

The National (Scotland)

Tory candidate set to replace Douglas Ross as Highland MSP lives in London

DOUGLAS Ross is set to be replaced as a Scottish Tory MSP by a London-based executive who was recently rapped by a watchdog for taking a six-figure…

The Independent UK

Douglas Ross to step down as Scottish Tory leader after general election

The Scottish Tory made the announcement in the wake of the row over his decision to stand in the Aberdeen North and Moray East constituency

Evening Standard

Shock as Reform UK candidate says UK should have been neutral against Hitler

Candidate for Bexhill and Battle also wrote online that women were the ‘sponging gender’ and should be ‘deprived of health care’

International Business Times

Irish PM Urged To Call Early Election After Surge In Support At Polls

Ireland's prime minister Simon Harris was being urged Monday to call an early general election to capitalise on a surge in support for the government and a slump for the main opposition in European and local polls.

The Independent UK

Ed Davey says Lib Dems would fight for UK to rejoin EU single market and eventually overturn Brexit

The Liberal Democrat leader said fixing the UK’s broken relationship with Europe will drive down prices in shops and widen opportunities for young people to work throughout the bloc

The Guardian - UK

Tax and the NHS: key takeaways from the Lib Dem manifesto launch

No major surprises at launch, as Davey attempts to separate party from Labour and Tories in terms of policy costings

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