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Andy Burnham’s purge of the Starmerites may store up problems for the future

If he were alive today, Machiavelli would have enjoyed watching the first days of Andy Burnham’s premiership. An enemy of the Medicis, the Florentine diplomat (full name Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli) was a student of power. He would have appreciated the clarity, focus and – yes – the brutality…

The Conversation

Why I deserve a share of Farage’s £5m gift

Brief letters: Lookalike curse | Guilty pleasures | Harold Macmillan’s wisdom | Prehistoric dentistry | Upstairs on the buses

The Guardian - UK

From Harold Wilson to Liz Truss – what the fates of former prime ministers can teach Keir Starmer

Despite his name – honouring Keir Hardie, the first leader of the Labour party – Keir Starmer is not known to be a student of political history. This apparent incuriosity helps define an indistinct political identity.

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From the cold war to today, why espionage cases are so difficult to prosecute

The collapse of the prosecutions of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry is a reminder that bringing charges for espionage can be an extremely risky business, particularly in western democracies. Cash and Berry were accused of spying for China, but the CPS dropped the case before it could go to trial.…

The Conversation

Starmer hopes ‘pathway to peace’ will end Gaza war. History is not on his side

From Balfour declaration to Tony Blair, UK has struggled to drive meaningful progress towards peace in Middle East

The Guardian - UK

The truth about Scotland, the US and Trident

Good evening! This week's edition of the In Common newsletter comes from Isobel Lindsay, Common Weal board member and vice convener of Scottish CND.

The National (Scotland)

In cancelling his family summer holiday, Keir Starmer has made his first serious mistake

The days when Harold Macmillan could disappear to the grouse moors for the summer are gone – but even prime ministers need a break, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Starmer and Sunak agree the UK needs more houses to ease the crisis – here’s how their plans compare

Aiming to reclaim his party’s role as the builders of “property-owning democracy”, Rishi Sunak used the Conservative manifesto launch to praise his predecessor Harold Macmillan. As Winston Churchill’s housing minister in the 1950s, Macmillan first set the target of completing more than 300,000 homes across the UK each year.

The Conversation

Britain was wise to cleave to Europe as the empire began to disintegrate. It’s time to do it again

Ideas of exceptionalism and ‘laissez-faire’ policies are still driving economic myths that should be stone dead

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson vs Theresa May? The race for Oxford Chancellor is on

The forthcoming election is the first to be held online

Evening Standard

‘I don’t want you to watch me die’: the last words my father said before sending me away

At the age of 20, Ruaridh Nicoll was sent half a world away by his dying father. Now, with a son himself, he returns to that remote corner of Queensland to imagine his lost, younger self – and wonder at the remarkable decision his dad made

The Guardian - UK

Art of the attack ad: six memorable angles the Conservatives have tried

Tory ads for general elections have ramped up paranoia over quality of life, the economy and Labour politicians’ integrity

The Guardian - UK

New issue of What Hi-Fi? out now: 10 stunning hi-fi and home cinema systems built by our experts

Ten super systems with Award-winning products at their core, only in February's issue of What Hi-Fi? on sale now.

What Hi-Fi?

James Robertson obituary

Writer, thinker and champion of green economics, monetary reform and new ways of looking at employment

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Britain needs shelter from this absolute Tory shower

From privatisation to Brexit to its current collapse, the damage done by the Conservative party leaves one longing for the past

The National (Scotland)

Gerry Hassan: God Save The King and the music that unites Scotland

IT was Scotland v. England last week. The opening ceremony saw football commentators talk about “the two national anthems” before God Save The…

The Guardian - UK

In our polarised politics, there are no truly independent MPs – and Westminster is poorer for it

For voters, the choice is still between the established parties. A more rational politics remains tantalisingly out of reach, says Guardian associate editor Martin Kettle

The National (Scotland)

Scotland’s long revolution: Where we've come from and where we're going

SCOTTISH politics has been shaped by big events in recent weeks.

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The Guardian - UK

Wilson won after 13 wasted Tory years. Starmer can do exactly the same

The Labour front bench was highly visible in Davos, while Sunak didn’t even attend. One senses that the guard is changing

The Guardian - UK

London’s lost mega-motorway: the eight-lane ring road that would have destroyed much of the city

In the car-crazed 1960s, planners came up with a scheme to slash through the capital’s inner suburbs with huge freeways. Only fragments were ever built – but they tell of a fate narrowly avoided

The Guardian - UK

Who are the Tory big beasts backing in the leadership race?

As Monday’s nominations deadline looms, we take a look at whom the Conservative grandees are backing

The Independent UK

Liz Truss becomes shortest-serving UK prime minister in history as she resigns after 45 days

Boris Johnson’s successor dethroned by backbench rebellion caused by disastrous ‘mini-Budget’

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: shortest serving prime ministers in UK history

Boris Johnson’s successor dethroned by backbench rebellion caused by disastrous ‘mini-Budget’

The Guardian - UK

Profumo spy had weakness for women and drink, archives reveal

Files on Russian intelligence officer and ‘lady-killer’ Eugene Ivanov littered with reports of drunkenness

The Independent UK

Shortest serving UK prime ministers in modern history as Liz Truss ‘could be gone by Christmas’

Some Tory MPs say they have already submitted letters of no confidence in new PM

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