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Guido Fawkes8 May 2026

Awkward Moment as Victoria Atkins Says ‘Friend’ Robert Jenrick Hasn’t Spoken to Her Since Defection

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Conservative Home8 May 2026

Richard Ekins: Come on Monsieur Besert, say what you mean – or didn’t you mean what you said?

The Secretary General’s claim was obviously that the UK should not leave the ECHR because doing so would place it in company with Russia and Belarus. This was the “consequence” of which he warned, but whatever the clarification this is a false comparison The post Richard Ekins: Come on Monsieur Besert, say what you mean – or didn’t you mean what you said? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics8 May 2026

Nigel Farage warns of society breakdown as he says women and girls feel 'less safe'

Reform UK leader says more women are being sexually assaulted and facing a torrent of antisocial behaviour

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Express Politics8 May 2026

'No more Tories!' Reform UK's Zia Yusuf celebrates defection deadline

Nigel Farage had warned that trying to use the insurgent party 'as a lifeboat to save their own political skins will not wash'

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Express Politics8 May 2026

Awkward moment Starmer confronted with text from key ally on air

Sir Keir Starmer was confronted with claims a member of his 'top team' believes he is the reason 'Labour risks handing the country to Reform'.

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Guido Fawkes8 May 2026

WATCH: Starmer Keeps Saying He Won’t ‘Walk Away’

Starmer: “We made a number of calls which were the right calls in terms of stabilising the economy, investing in our public services and not getting dragged into the Iran war. But we also made unnecessary mistakes. And my job now is to set out the steps that we will take to bring about the…

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Express Politics7 May 2026

Keir Starmer 'urged to make resignation plan' over Labour civil war fears

The Energy Secretary is said to have privately spoken to the Prime Minister.

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The Guardian Politics7 May 2026

If Labour now decides the PM is no longer up to the job, there’s just one problem: neither is anyone else | Gaby Hinsliff

Whoever leads Britain through the next three years may have to navigate a recession, even a war. The way we choose that person needs an urgent overhaul This is going to be an ugly weekend for British politics. How ugly we won’t quite know until Saturday night, when enough votes will have been counted to judge whether Keir Starmer’s government has suffered merely a midterm kicking or a full-blown collapse, and what dark forces may have been unleashed in the process. For you needn’t be a Labour vo

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Express Politics7 May 2026

Keir Starmer accused of reopening Brexit wars to 'save his own skin'

Prime Minister expected to deliver a big speech on moving Britain closer to the EU in the wake of the election turmoil

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Express Politics7 May 2026

UK issued dire China spies warning – 'naïvety towards Communists must end!'

Hong Kong exile Chloe Cheung demands UK action after bombshell espionage conviction for two British nationals

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Express Politics7 May 2026

Nigel Farage issues dire Channel migrant warning as new trend emerges – 'a lot worse'

Reform UK leader claims groups are using ladders to scale barbed wire border fences

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Conservative Home7 May 2026

Kamran Balayev: Why the world needs Conservative statecraft to navigate the AI age

The question is not who builds AI fastest. It is who governs it wisest. And quietly, almost without noticing, Britain has accumulated precisely the tools the moment demands. The post Kamran Balayev: Why the world needs Conservative statecraft to navigate the AI age appeared first on Conservative Home.

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