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Veteran election strategist Sir Lynton Crosby said ‘Tory’ had become a dirty word

A former financial controller accused of defrauding a global political lobbying firm of $3 million has been jailed after admitting to a fraction of that amount.

From sex scandals to alleged arson, the former culture secretary’s new book is not short of explosive claims, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Former Tory party adviser Lynton Crosby joined as director three months after hedge fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin invested £1m

Lynton Crosby, the Australian political strategist who has run multiple general election campaigns for the Conservatives, is a font of striking sayings. From the ‘dead cat strategy’ (see Michael Fallon) to the idea you ‘can’t fatten a pig on market day’. But right now, it’s all about another of his…

In September 2017, I interviewed a senior figure within the Australian Labor Party in his office in Canberra. At one point in our discussion he told me:

With a new viral campaign accusing the Prime Minister of weakness over sex offenders, the Opposition are getting rough. Anne McElvoy on the key players and tensions within the two camps

In Australia, hostile rhetoric has fuelled a toxic public debate and sought to dehumanise people fleeing harm

Excess deaths are the highest in 70 years. Everyone outside the Conservative party knows the cause – 13 years of underinvestment