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Call The Midwife screenwriter among those to be honoured at Windsor Castle

The investiture ceremony will also see Euan Blair, the tech entrepreneur and son of former prime minister Sir Tony Blair, collect an MBE.

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023

Ex-Labour Cabinet minister in Tony Blair's Government mounts bid to return as MP

Labour veteran Douglas Alexander - who served in both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's Governments - announced he was standing in the Scottish constituency of East Lothian at the next general election

Daily Mirror · Feb 13, 2023

Former Labour MP Douglas Alexander bidding to make Westminster comeback eight years after losing seat

Douglas Alexander is a political ally of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and served in both Brown and Blair's cabinets.

Daily Record · Feb 13, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle takes on the conventional wisdom

Nobody resigned. The prime minister didn’t accidentally appoint the wrong MP to the government. The UK is still a member of Nato. This must, therefore, be considered a successful – albeit limited – cabinet reshuffle. Nevertheless, in time Rishi Sunak may look back on today and think actually, I probably…

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2023

Tories still haven't delivered on zero hours contract promise made five years ago

Labour's Angela Rayner said the Tories' record on workers’ rights is 'one of broken promises and abject failure' as she attacked the government for not delivering on its pledge to tackle zero hours contract

Daily Mirror · Feb 6, 2023

Mane of terror: the sorry return of long-haired men

Long hair has had a solid run in the menswear space going back, well, a couple million years. But what is it about long hair on certain men that just looks all wrong?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023

Blair’s failures over the Omagh bombing have become outright hostility to the truth under the Conservatives

A new inquiry into the 1998 massacre may help the bereaved. But Rishi Sunak’s government wants to be rid of the legal mechanism that allowed it , says Irish Times journalist Fintan O’Toole

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023

Examining America's War in Iraq After 20 Years

It was a blunder. Worse than that, it was a crime.

Reason · Feb 5, 2023

Experts give damning verdict on Rishi Sunak's 'sleazy' government

RISHI Sunak will find it “hard to shift” the Tory association with sleaze and scandal which has echoes of the downfall of the party in the…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 5, 2023

The BBC has a long history of failed attempts to rid it of political influence

Most people probably don’t know who the BBC’s chairman is, or even that the BBC has a chairman. Yet this normally obscure figure has recently hit the headlines. Richard Sharp, BBC chairman since February 2021, is a former banker and a major donor to the Conservative party.

The Conversation · Feb 3, 2023