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Apologists for the mass slaughter of Palestinians are held up as mainstream, respectable moderates, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Voters in the northern English town of Rochdale go to the polls Thursday in a by-election that has roiled the Labour Party with a new anti-Semitism controversy. Britain’s main opposition party was the clear favourite until its candidate was disowned for espousing conspiracy theories about Israel. The row recalls the…

Parliamentary inquiry highlights likelihood of Scotland, Jersey or Isle of Man passing new laws

Commons descends into chaos in embarrassing tour de farce of loud yet meaningless posturing

Lee Anderson and Liz Truss offer Labour leader rich pickings but under-fire Speaker struggles to keep order

Levelling-up secretary dismisses complaints he is appeasing Tory ‘landlord backbenchers’

One considers itself to be "the mother" of democratic parliaments, the other is an Islamic theocracy.

Jewish and Muslim identities are not signifiers of party loyalty – but the polarising vortex of Westminster seems determined to treat them as such, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

When politicians compete in a race to the bottom, is it any wonder that the public are not far behind, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

In power, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will regret falling for propaganda about ‘competitiveness’, says Nicholas Shaxson, director at the Balanced Economy Project

Voters are frustrated with Olaf Scholz’s caution – and a resurgent AfD is filling the void, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Tom O’Grady