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Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Zia Yusuf: If Other Parties Thought They Could Win, They Would Stand in Clacton

Zia Yusuf has claimed that the boycott of a Clacton by-election by Labour, Tories, Greens, and LibDems is only because they know they would lose to Farage. He told BBC Breakfast: “The legitimacy of those elections is not determined by which parties coordinate together to not stand candidates. It is very much down to the…

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Britain could face £4trillion bill and 'national bankruptcy' from climate change claims

A landmark ruling on climate change responsibilities could lead to 'national bankruptcy', according to major report endorsed by top legal and political figures

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Guido Fawkes7 Jul 2026

YOUGOV: Reform and Tories Rise by a Point

The latest YouGov poll has Reform leading on 25%, up one point from the last. Also the highest figure recorded for the Tories since last April… Reform UK: 25% (+1 from 28-29 June) Conservatives: 21% (+1) Labour: 20% (=) Greens: 13% (=) Lib Dems: 12% (-1) Restore Britain: 3% (=) SNP: 3% (=) PC: 2%…

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Guido Fawkes6 Jul 2026

Labour’s Social Media Crackdown Consultation Doesn’t Let People Oppose State Control of Platforms

Guido first reported on the government’s plans to strangle non-state approved social media last month. Now everyone is catching up… Labour’s consultation does not even allow people to say they are opposed to disagree with state control of algorithms: The now-published green paper from DCMS details that Labour is committed to a “prominence regime” for…

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The Guardian Politics6 Jul 2026

‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre

Suspicions grow in Lanarkshire that local people have been misled on supposed benefits of the huge development Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise What are Britain’s AI growth zones and are the plans feasible or ‘complete bunk’? The promise was that a Scottish community would be transformed by massive investment and empowered to chase “the jobs of the future”. Instead, local people in Lanarkshire fear they may have to sell their properties and

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The Guardian Politics6 Jul 2026

Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise

Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’ ‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre What are Britain’s AI growth zones and are the plans feasible or ‘complete bunk’? A landmark AI development billed as delivering jobs and prosperity has misrepresented its plans to channel a nuclear reactor’s worth of power to a site in rural Scotland, a Guardian investigation has found. Wh

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The Guardian Politics5 Jul 2026

AI poses ‘Hiroshima’-style threat to humanity without global rules, says Cooper

Exclusive: Foreign secretary warns of combined risks of AI, climate crisis, irregular migration and foreign interference Artificial intelligence poses a “Hiroshima”-style risk to humanity if governments do not agree to curb how it is developed, the foreign secretary has warned. Yvette Cooper urged countries, including the US and China, to agree international rules for AI, telling the Guardian she believes the issue will dominate foreign policy over the next two years. Continue reading...

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BBC Politics5 Jul 2026

Polanski says he will pay any council tax owed linked to houseboat

The Green Party leader told the BBC he is waiting for a decision from Waltham Forest Council.

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BBC Politics5 Jul 2026

Polanski says he will pay any council tax owed linked to houseboat

The Green Party leader told the BBC he is waiting for a decision from Waltham Forest Council.

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The Guardian Politics4 Jul 2026

What impact will Andy Burnham have on Zack Polanski and the Greens?

Voters disillusioned with Starmer’s Labour were tempted by the Greens – but Polanski’s party fears the affable, left-leaning Burnham could win them back The shift was notable. A week after Keir Starmer said he would resign, YouGov polling showed Labour up two points and the Greens down by the same amount. Might an Andy Burnham premiership mean a rethink for Zack Polanski’s party? The short answer is it is too early to know, particularly in an era of unprecedented political volatility and the see

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The Guardian Politics4 Jul 2026

Boris Johnson wasted my levelling up idea. Here’s how Burnham and his ‘good growth’ plan can do better | Justine Greening

The need to devolve power and share prosperity is as strong as ever. Whatever the project is called, whoever is in No 10, the priority now is actual delivery Andy Burnham has set out his vision for “good growth in every postcode”. It may seem like levelling up 2.0 – and if so, that’s very good news for the country. Because, unlike his Labour and Conservative predecessors, Burnham may well have a far better sense of how to deliver it. Boris Johnson lifted the levelling up language from the Depar

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The Guardian Politics4 Jul 2026

What’s holding back Britain’s green energy revolution? – a visual story

Labour has approved a wave of renewable energy projects, but turning plans into power remains slow. Why is that? Labour has a race on its hands if it is to lock in its promise to achieve a virtually zero-carbon electricity system by 2030. Britain’s next prime minister will have to move fast: the climate emergency is raging, high energy bills are driving up the cost of living and the reactionary right is threatening a fossil fuel push if it wins power. Continue reading...

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