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OPINION - The strange rebirth of Scottish Labour

To understand the Labour Party, you first have to understand the importance of Scottish Labour. From Keir Hardie to John Smith, Ramsay MacDonald to Gordon Brown, Scotland runs to the very core of the labour movement. For goodness sake, even Tony Blair was born in Edinburgh.

Evening Standard

Going Infinite review: The inside story of how Sam Bankman-Fried crashed to earth

Sam Bankman-Fried was just 24 when he delivered what looked to be the most profitable day in history for his employers, Jane Street Capital. He had devised an intricate system to predict electoral college votes in different states in the 2016 US election faster than they were called on CNN.…

Evening Standard

Support for independence leads support for Union by four points, new report finds

SUPPORT for Scottish independence leads support for the Union by four points, a new report from the Tony Blair institute has found.

The National (Scotland)

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Starmer urged to be less cautious after suggesting he may not reverse HS2 cuts

The Labour leader accused the Government of taking a ‘wrecking ball to this project’.

The Independent UK

‘It was electrifying’: the inside story of Labour’s 1997 election landslide

Paranoia, relentless activity, infighting – the people who saw it all look back on the dizzying days that made political history

The Guardian - UK

Labour figures from 1997 victory warn Starmer against cautious approach

Exclusive: People involved in Tony Blair’s victory believe party needs to set out much clearer policy platform to win voters’ trust

The Guardian - UK

Ed Balls and George Osborne's new podcast is essential listening – but not for the reasons they think

In an apparent attempt to “talk across the political divide”, former chancellor George Osborne and former shadow chancellor Ed Balls have launched a podcast.

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The Guardian view on the Conservative tax debate: the PM is losing friends and voters

Editorial: Rishi Sunak is unpopular because he is raising taxes, but failing to spend the money to fix Britain

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The Conservatives have vacated the centre ground

British elections are won on the centre ground. Whoever occupies that territory generally sweeps to power. This being the case, why doesn’t everyone do it?

Evening Standard

Calls for more prison funding drowned out by tough talk on sentencing

Recent skirmishes between Labour and Tories have become competition to see who can appear the most hardline on crime

The Guardian - UK

Cuts, war, Brexit: all fuel the battle for the centre ground, but no one really knows where that is

It is the concept dominating our politics, but unless people have a clear idea what it means, the debate will isolate them further, says author and broadcaster Steve Richards

The Guardian - UK

Home Secretary 'may have committed contempt of court' with 'ill-advised' tweet

HOME Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of potentially prejudicing a live murder trial with an “incredibly ill-advised” social media…

The National (Scotland)

Murdoch brainwashed Britain. That’s the comforting tale the left tells itself. But is it true?

The influence of News Corp is overstated – and politicians need to revamp their tactics and schmoozing accordingly

The Guardian - UK

Rupert Murdoch made his own rules – what is the media mogul’s real legacy?

Six experts on how the Australian-born entrepreneur’s newspaper titles and TV channels transformed the media landscape

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Hero or villain? Rupert Murdoch’s exit stirs strong feelings in Britain, where he upended the media

Rupert Murdoch stirs mixed feelings in Britain, where he transformed the media over half a century

The Guardian - UK

Power and scandal: how Murdoch drove the UK, US and Australia to the right

He built a global conservative media empire, but the phone-hacking scandal and Dominion libel action almost undid the divisive mogul

The Conversation

Rupert Murdoch and the rise and fall of the press barons: how much power do newspapers still have?

Global media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has announced his retirement as chairman of Fox and News Corp, making way for his son Lachlan. He has been demonised as a puppet master who would pull the strings of politicians behind the scenes, as a man with too much power. But what influence…

Evening Standard

OPINION - ‘Red Ken’ had stark highs and lows, but this diagnosis is sad

Not many politicians got the better of Sir Tony Blair but Ken Livingstone has a claim. I remember one late summer’s day in 2005, travelling around Trafalgar Square in a car with Sir Tony, my then-boss and also the prime minister. Around us, people were clearing up after a festival…

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Ken Livingstone: former London mayor ‘living with Alzheimer’s disease’

The one-time figurehead of the Labour left is being ‘well cared for by his family and friends’

The Independent UK

Ken Livingstone: Former London mayor ‘living with Alzheimer’s disease’

The one-time figurehead of the Labour left is being ‘well cared for by his family and friends’, his relatives said in a statement

The Independent UK

‘Red’ Ken Livingstone has been a divisive figure during his 40-year career

The stalwart Labour politician has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at the age of 78.

The Independent UK

Former London mayor Ken Livingstone ‘living with Alzheimer’s disease’

The one-time figurehead of the Labour left is being ‘well cared for by his family and friends’, his relatives said in a statement.

Salon

Would a junk food tax be succesful?

"To solve a complex problem you need subtle and connected changes in many areas"

The Guardian - UK

The complex and corporate rise of the Tony Blair Institute

With more than 800 staff in 40 countries, the former PM is arguably more powerful than he was in No 10

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer is borrowing from Tony Blair, but that doesn’t make him a Blairite

One thing they share is the belief that the purpose of politics is to make things happen – and you only get to do that by winning power

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