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Emily Sheffield: Labour need to be more ruthless, or they’ll be out of power for years

There is a clammy, sticky feeling of shame I can’t shake when I consider Westminster now. Cowardice, bullying, lying and ambition oozes out of every antiquated orifice. Sexual aggression, an out-of-control drinking culture, ministers who are free to throw things at the staff and get away with it. Rules that…

Evening Standard · May 20, 2022

With the left asleep at the wheel, the right has surged ahead with its cynical anti-woke narrative

Progressives can no longer afford to sit back and let the anti-woke agenda dominate the media, says Ellie Mae O’Hagan, the director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2022

‘I saw two Tory whips having tequila for breakfast’: Margaret Beckett on Blair, the Iraq war and half a century in politics

She is Britain’s longest-serving female MP. As she approaches retirement, she remembers the thrill of Westminster in the 70s, the successes and failures of the Blair years, and nominating Corbyn for the Labour leadership

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2022

Now he’s got ‘a foot in the door’ can Keir Starmer keep going?

Analysis: Labour did well in local elections and providing the leader avoids that FPN there may be opportunities ahead

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2022

Tony Blair tells Starmer to drop ‘woke’ politics and focus on economy

Former PM says Labour leader needs to win back remainers who voted Tory in 2019 election

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2022

GCSE grades don’t count in apprenticeship performance, says Euan Blair

Tony Blair’s son was talking to a panel on the skills gap at the Times Education Summit.

The Independent UK · May 10, 2022

Prince of Wales reads shortest Queen’s Speech for nearly 10 years

The text was amended to replace “my Government” with “Her Majesty’s Government”.

The Independent UK · May 10, 2022

Starmer gambled Labour’s fortunes on his integrity – no wonder he’s in deep trouble

Focusing on honesty and decency was always going to be a thin strategy, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2022

What is the Good Friday Agreement? Peace deal that ended Northern Ireland Troubles explained

The agreement brought republicans and unionists together after decades of political conflict in Northern Ireland

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

Legendary ITV Coronation Street star buried in a Mersey cemetery

'We fell into each other’s arms and were inseparable from then on'

Liverpool Echo · May 8, 2022