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OPINION - Dylan Jones: Warm prosecco said everything about the limp Tory conference

“There are some things to be cheery about,” said Penny Mordaunt, cheerily, in the Heathrow Lounge in the Manchester Central Convention Complex last Tuesday, as she sipped her coffee and smiled benignly. Not the economy, not improving figures on immigration, nor any good news about sewage, concrete, knife crime, strikes…

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2023

Peter Dutton is the exploding fire hydrant of politics, pushing his party to the angry fringes and electoral oblivion

Anger and aggression in rightwing politics is now a multinational enterprise, and the opposition leader heads the local charge

The Guardian - AU · Oct 6, 2023

Dogmatic, desperate and out of ideas: Manchester was the Tories’ last hurrah

Harking back to past glories was high on the agenda. But the jostling to replace Sunak suggests some are eyeing the future, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2023

From Matt Hancock to Ed Balls – the most excruciating reality TV appearances by politicians

Politicians from across the political spectrum have taken part in reality TV competitions

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

For the likes of Jeremy Clarkson, this ‘lefty’ penchant for safer roads is just too pedestrian

The new 20mph limit in Wales isn’t a ‘woke’ attack on liberty, it’s for the common good

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023

From Matt Hancock to Ed Balls – the most excruciating reality TV appearances by politicians

Politicians from across the political spectrum have taken part in reality TV competitions

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023

Meter error left retired midwife paying neighbour’s energy bills for six years

Judith Stenner, 72, from Manchester, said a ‘weight has gone off my shoulders’ after MPs intervened to help, with ScottishPower apologising.

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Wales is bringing in a 20mph speed limit. Why – and what will happen?

While many oppose the new restrictions, the Welsh government says it is the ‘sensible and progressive thing to do’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2023

Anger as Tories again delay renters’ reform bill and conversion therapy ban

Blame game erupts over hold-up in Michael Gove’s housing reforms, while conversion ban ‘stuck in a loop’

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

Disgraced ex-Tory MP Andrew Bridgen claims expenses to promote Covid conspiracies on Twitter

Exclusive: The outspoken MP, kicked out of the Conservative party for comparing the Covid-19 vaccine rollout to the Holocaust, has claimed “Twitter paid services” on his expenses

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023