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Starmer’s team coached for government over dinners with top Whitehall figures

Shadow ministers step up preparations by holding informal meals to pick the brains of senior political figures

The Guardian - UK

I’ve never heard a Labour leader speak about the arts like Keir Starmer – now I hope words become action

He has signalled a return to old Labour values: that everyone, no matter their background, should have access to temples of high culture, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

Lady Rose Hanbury: Kate Princess of Wales' party-loving close friend with a Saltburn-style upbringing

While the Marchioness of Cholmondeley is one of Kate Middleton’s best-known associates, they couldn’t be less similar. Maddy Mussen reports on the flamboyant life of her party-loving lookalike

Evening Standard

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Sunak’s record on appointing female peers from party worst since Major, analysis finds

Unlock Democracy report notes that path to gender equality in Lords has slowed in recent years

The Guardian - UK

Congratulations, Rupert Murdoch! Let’s hope this love match lasts longer than TalkTV

This is the media mogul’s second proposal in 12 months. We mortals can only speculate about his mesmerising dating secrets, says the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

MoD paid millions into Saudi account amid BAE corruption scandal

Documents show officials stressing need to ‘keep the Saudis on side’ after revelations about notorious al-Yamamah deal

The Guardian - UK

The Gentlemen episode 3 recap: Where's My Weed At?

In The Gentlemen episode 3 Eddie gets mixed up with a Colombian gangster

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The Achilles Trap: Steve Coll on how the US fatally failed to read Saddam

The reporter’s new book considers the dark comedy of errors – and a dictator’s literary ambition – that led America to war

The Guardian - US

Who is George Galloway? Rochdale MP clashes on Good Morning Britain appearance

In many tetchy exchanges Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley struggled to get a straight answer out of the Left-winger, long a supporter of the Palestinians

Evening Standard

Most Britons say poor people deserve support. So what do Sunak’s Tories do? Cut, cut, cut

Slashing benefits will push even more people into poverty. Neither Labour nor Conservative voters want it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin review — the most important political book of the year

The sheer velocity with which Keir Starmer has led the Labour Party from the brink of extinction to the brink of power is unprecedented in the modern era. And – just in time – this excellent biography arrives in what is all but certain to be an election year.

Evening Standard

OPINION - If the Tories didn't like last night, they may not enjoy the upcoming local elections

This isn't going to be one of those newsletters that opens with a Tony Blair reference, a convoluted 1990s pop culture storyline or a self-deprecating yet witty personal anecdote. We can leave those at home. Instead, allow me to regurgitate three things the godfather of psephology, Sir John Curtice, said…

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer is the king of the monster swings, beating Blair and Thatcher

The Wellingborough byelection was the Labour leader’s fourth mammoth turnaround, as the Tories suffered a record fall

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The speed with which Keir Starmer has transformed Labour is both his greatest success and clearest weakness

The Ship of Theseus paradox is perhaps best demonstrated by the 2000s pop band, Sugababes (see: hit, after hit, after hit). The three original members, Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy each eventually left the group to be replaced in turn by a new singer, until none of the…

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

The frightening thing is not that Tories are paraded as more fiscally competent. It’s that even Labour believes it

Abandoning its £28bn green plan betrays a lack of self-belief that has long bedevilled the party, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Evening Standard

OPINION - Keir Starmer chose the lesser of two evils by ditching his £28bn green target

Once upon a time, it was possible to be all things to all people. Back in 1993, when Sir Tony Blair was invited to contribute his favourite recipe to the Islington Cookbook, he selected fettuccine with olive oil, sun-dried tomatoes and capers. By the time he entered Downing Street, his…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Liz Truss attacks ‘left-wing extremists’ as she launches Popular Conservatives

There are two ways to change a political party: from without or within. Tony Blair and Jeremy Corbyn both bent Labour to their will, albeit with differing electoral results. Conversely, Nigel Farage successfully forced the Conservatives to adopt his views on Europe and immigration through his use of the media…

The Guardian - UK

When the PM and Piers Morgan strike a £1,000 TV bet about desperate human lives, whom do you abhor the most?

No wonder Sunak today seeks to extricate himself. None of the world leaders I have interviewed would have behaved this way, says author and broadcaster Gavin Esler

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International Business Times

On Course For Power, UK's Labour Prepares For A Quick Change

If the main opposition Labor party wins the next UK general election as opinion polls indicate, then a familiar sight will appear outside the prime minister's official residence the next day: removal vans.

Evening Standard

Sir Tony Blair to publish book on political leadership

The former PM has written the manual for leadership he wanted to read in 1997

Evening Standard

University friend of Liz Truss and alleged Remainer Olly Robbins tipped to run Keir Starmer's government

Olly Robbins is rumoured to become one of the most powerful men in Britain

Evening Standard

OPINION - Ominous signs for Tories but 2024 different in many ways to 1997 defeat

Keiran Pedley, director of politics at Ipsos, analyses Rishi Sunak's chances of avoiding a landslide defeat for the Conservatives at the next election

Evening Standard

OPINION - Election polls predict big Labour win but parallels with Tony Blair's 1997 landslide end there

Blair surged to power with a Nineties soundtrack of optimism and Tory economic success. For Keir Starmer, if the polls are right, it will be a case of hard graft from day one, writes George Chesterton

The Guardian - UK

Thinking small may get Labour into No 10. It could also stop it staying there

Unlike Brown and Blair, who made bold changes early on, Starmer seems determined to offer as little as possible, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

‘We can’t engineer our way out of this’: how to protect flood-hit Severn Valley

Tens of millions have been spent on human-made defences over the years, but the impact of the climate crisis means flooding is inevitable

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