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Greens name councillor as candidate to replace Burnham as Manchester mayor

Geraldine Coggins is aiming to build on the Greens’ success in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

The Independent UK

Will ‘ordinariness’ be enough to swing the result in Makerfield?

Authenticity and the performance of ordinariness are increasingly attractive elements of a political candidate’s brand. Social media particularly can be a space to present the “no-filter self” using more casual language, posting images and videos of everyday situations and using emojis or memes – just like the average person would.

The Conversation

Hannah Spencer hits back at critics who slammed Green MP’s ‘designer shirt’

Hannah Spencer has revealed that an “expensive designer shirt” she wore in parliament is in fact from a charity shop.

The Independent UK

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See the MPs trying to get UK equality watchdog's trans guidance scrapped

DOZENS of MPs have backed a bid to have the UK equalities watchdog’s code of practice excluding transgender people from single-sex spaces to be…

The National (Scotland)

Andy Burnham latest: Vote for me is a vote to change Labour, Manchester mayor tells Makerfield as he unveils slogan

Recent polling has shown that Mr Burnham would comfortably win among Labour members in a leadership contest

The Independent UK

MPs jeer as Hannah Spencer criticises Parliament drinking culture

MPs jeered Hannah Spencer as she criticised MPs for drinking in Parliament.

The Independent UK

MPs outraged at PMQs as Hannah Spencer calls for ban on Westminster boozing

WESTMINSTER politicians reacted with outrage after a Green MP called on the Prime Minister to back her call to ban MPs from “drinking on the…

The National (Scotland)

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The Green Party is debating how to be radical and popular. There is a strategy that can do both

If Zack Polanski can find the right balance – think policies like price controls to manage the cost of living – then he will have found a uniting mission, says political writer and podcaster Joe Todd

The Guardian - UK

Racing need not fear Green party ‘conversation’ but must continue efforts on horse welfare

Discussion over racing should include those working in the sport and fans, along with MPs and animal rights campaigners

The Guardian - UK

There’s no excuse for boozing at work

Brief letters: MPs drinking | Birds of a feather | Going Green | Andy Burnham | Dangerous moves

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: King bites tongue as president indulges his own fantasies

While Charles and Camilla were on a three-line whip, MPs watched the excruciating discomfort of civil servants

The Guardian - UK

My advice to Hannah Spencer? Before calling out MPs’ boozing, try to understand the reasons behind it

The new MP is right that parliament’s drinking culture is fundamentally weird. But to change it, we need to reset the whole institution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Visible sign of MPs’ boozing is comical

The Guardian - UK

Sectarianism? Family voting? No, what British Muslims are doing with their votes is called democracy

I’ve been speaking to Muslims across the country, many of whom are deserting Labour. They are as angry about potholes, traffic and litter as anyone else, says journalist and historian Taj Ali

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Hannah Spencer riles fellow MPs with attack on parliament’s drinking culture

Byelection winner Hannah Spencer says ‘you can smell the alcohol when people are in-between votes’

The Independent UK

Reform voters shift to Greens amid growing ‘disenchantment with politics’

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The Independent UK

Even ex-Reform voters are considering backing the Green Party, its newest MP says

Hannah Spencer tells Millie Cooke that Reform voters, disappointed by the party’s progress after it vowed to challenge the establishment, are turning to the Greens amid growing disenchantment with politics

The Guardian - UK

Green MP: Labour caricatures working-class people over greyhound racing

Hannah Spencer says minister ‘continuously offends people by saying working-class people don’t care about dogs’

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The Independent UK

England lags behind rest of world by allowing greyhound racing, MPs told

Exclusive: Thousands of dogs killed as claims of illegal drug doping and cruelty increase pressure on government for ban

The Independent UK

Meet the middle-class Gen-Zers who’d rather be plasterers and electricians than go to university

IN FOCUS: As BlackRock CEO Larry Fink argues that young people should think twice before heading off to university and consider learning a trade instead, Katie Rosseinsky speaks to the workers opting for a more AI-proof career

The Guardian - UK

‘Wow, people were so angry at Labour!’ Green MP Hannah Spencer on politics, plumbing, smears and snobbery

The 34-year-old plumber last month secured the Green party its first byelection victory and a record fifth concurrent MP. She discusses the problem with career politicians – and being screamed at by voters

The Independent UK

Half a million people march in London for biggest anti-far-right demonstration

Organisers say the protest outnumbered a rally organised by extreme right-wing activist Tommy Robinson in September

Evening Standard

Farage claims ‘whitewash’ after police find no evidence of Gorton family voting

The Reform UK leader claimed there had been an ‘establishment whitewash’ after officers said they had found no evidence of the illegal practice.

The Guardian - UK

Police find no evidence of criminality in Gorton and Denton byelection

Reform UK had asked officers to investigate claims of ‘family voting’ after losing contest in Greater Manchester

Evening Standard

Police find no evidence of ‘family voting’ in Gorton and Denton by-election

Greater Manchester Police said there was ‘no remaining reasonable line of inquiry’ after investigating the claims.

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