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Guido Fawkes1 May 2026

Graham Linehan’s Conviction Following Trans Activist Confrontation Overturned

Father Ted co-creator and pro-women campaigner Graham Linehan has had his criminal damage conviction overturned. It must be Friday… Linehan was found guilty of damaging a transgender activist Sophia Brooks’ phone during an altercation in Westminster on 19 October 2024. At Southwark crown court judge Mrs Justice Amanda Tipples overruled his conviction: “Having considered all…

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Express Politics1 May 2026

Green Party civil war erupts as ex-deputy leader sensationally says 'do not vote for them'

A former deputy leader of the Green Party has urged voters not to back them in next Thursday's local elections.

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BBC Politics1 May 2026

Bin strike deal 'gets done when it gets done'

MP Jess Phillips on the 14-month bin dispute in Birmingham ahead of next week's local elections.

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Guido Fawkes1 May 2026

Andy Burnham ‘Offering Job-Swap’ to MPs in Commons Putsch

Guido hears Andy Burnham is exploring a few creative ways to get into the Commons. Anyone want to be the mayor of Manchester for two years? Labour sources say the PM-hopeful is offering ‘job-swaps’ to MPs in exchange for them standing down. He’d support their ascension to his mayoralty… Jim McMahon’s name has cropped up.…

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Express Politics1 May 2026

Nightmare for Angela Rayner as Labour MPs launch 'anyone but Ange' plot

The Labour firebrand is at the centre of fevered leadership speculation.

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Conservative Home1 May 2026

Nigel Jones: Seven struggles for the Premiership – who won and why

Given the old adage that your opponents are in other parties but your real enemies are in your own, such brutal intra party warfare is the norm rather than the exception in modern British political history. The post Nigel Jones: Seven struggles for the Premiership – who won and why appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics1 May 2026

If I could vote in next week’s Senedd election, I’d choose Plaid Cymru. Here’s why | Simon Jenkins

Wales could be richer than any other area of the UK. I just wish Plaid’s leader would be more confident about independence If I were living in Wales, next week I would vote Welsh nationalist, for Plaid Cymru. But I would do so for what its leader claims to support but doesn’t talk about enough: independence. Wales is where I have spent a fifth of each year for almost all of my life. Its natural beauty, the charm of (most of) its towns and the talents of its people should render it the richest pl

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The Guardian Politics1 May 2026

Too good to be true: on the road with Nigel Farage – photo essay

Guardian photojournalist Sean Smith has been following the Reform UK leader as he criss-crosses the country on a busy schedule of walkabouts and meet-ups with prospective councillors and supporters before the May elections Nigel Farage and Reform are campaigning around the country in the local elections and consistently polling higher than the other parties. Reform’s campaign started with a series of rallies for supporters and candidates, where they asked attenders who were not already members t

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Conservative Home1 May 2026

Rafe Fletcher: Britain produces great entrepreneurs but can it keep them?

Britain’s current malaise makes Singapore’s problem - the career opportunities are too good to launch a start-up - look like a nice one to have. But there is a deeper link here between political and entrepreneurial cultures. The post Rafe Fletcher: Britain produces great entrepreneurs but can it keep them? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics1 May 2026

Met police commissioner denies ‘intervening in politics’ after accusing Polanski of fueling tensions – UK politics live

The Green party leader reshared a post on social media that appeared to show officers kicking the suspect in the Golders Green attack in the head Full report: Zack Polanski’s criticism of Golders Green attack arrest will have ‘chilling effect’, says Met chief Morning, welcome to our UK politics blog. The Metropolitan police commissioner Mark Rowley has denied he was “intervening in politics” after he wrote an open letter to Zack Polanski over the way officers arrested the Golders Green attack

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Express Politics1 May 2026

A deadly new poison has entered UK politics - it’s coming to a council near you this month

Britain has changed, perhaps forever. The sooner we confront that reality, the better.

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The Guardian Politics1 May 2026

Watchdog weighs investigation into Farage’s undisclosed £5m donation

Electoral Commission reviewing whether Reform UK leader should have declared billionaire’s gift before entering parliament Analysis: Farage’s bid to get ahead of story only raises more questions Farage referred to standards watchdog over undisclosed £5m gift The UK elections watchdog is considering whether to investigate an undisclosed £5m donation received by Nigel Farage before he announced his candidacy at the last general election. The move comes after the Guardian revealed this week that

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