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Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

Dan James Smith: Starmer is leaving a trans Trojan Horse for his successors

The Conversion Practices Bill sounds kind but is ideological authoritarianism by the back door. The question is, do the Conservatives have the gumption to take on Stonewall and the rest of the TQ+ lobby, in a way that Labour won't? The post Dan James Smith: Starmer is leaving a trans Trojan Horse for his successors appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Finally! Labour to change the law so monster grooming gang leader can be deported

Loophole that prevents predator Shabir Ahmed from being removed from the UK set to be closed

Remigration
BBC Politics8 Jul 2026

Conditional pardon granted for Ruth Ellis, last woman executed in UK

Ruth Ellis was hanged at London's Holloway Prison in 1955 after being convicted of murdering her lover David Blakely.

Crime
Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Parliament has been taken over by zombies – someone needs to get a grip

Commons once marked by passion and pizzazz is a huge disappointment as ministers await their fate under a new prime minister

Politics
Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Farage: More May Come Out About Me, It Is Unfair

In an interview with GB News Nigel Farage has crystallised Reform’s message in the by-election and said there could be more reporting on his finances. Asked if if there is more still to come out, he said: “Oh, maybe. I mean, it would seem that every single private detail of my life has been accessed…

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Farage told me he would quit politics after Brexit. Now, mired in scandal, he should do it and mean it | Simon Jenkins

His byelection stunt shows he is clearly rattled by a perilous position. Wildcards rarely endure: his future is behind him Britain’s politics was never so weird. First, the people of Makerfield choose who should be the new prime minister. Now the people of Clacton are to confirm the man who is currently his most popular challenger. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is still running ahead of all other parties, and he is ahead of all other current leaders. It would be foolish to underestimate him. Farage i

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Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Tories Endorse Count Binface in Clacton

Badenoch said this morning: “Let’s see what kind of campaign Count Binface runs, and who the establishment really is – if it’s the people versus the establishment, I think Nigel Farage might be looking like the establishment, and Count Binface may be the people. So the whole thing is a farce.” Asked if she would…

Reform
Express Politics8 Jul 2026

'Irritable' Donald Trump meets world leaders at NATO – but one topic is very much offside

PMs and presidents have pledged not to mention a certain subject during meetings with the US commander-in-chief at the Ankara summit

Defence
The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

IMF upgrades UK growth forecast as fears over impact of Iran war diminish

July update projects GDP growth of 1% this year, making UK the third fastest-growing economy in the G7 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its growth forecast for the UK, while leaving those for other G7 countries weaker or unchanged, amid hopes the economic impact of the Iran war may be less severe than feared. In a July update of its World Economic Outlook, which was finalised before the latest outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East, the Washington-based organisation project

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Rachel Reeves handed lifeline as inflation to slow faster than expected

Rate of price increases set to ease back to target levels quicker than previously thought

Economy
Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Reeves Confirms She Will Let Farage Stand Down as MP

As of lunchtime Farage had written to Reeves and received no reply. Now she says: “I will accept Nigel Farage’s request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead. It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better. But if he wants to spend the summer…

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardon

Ellis was executed in 1955 after fatally shooting her partner David Blakely UK politics live – latest updates Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in UK, has been granted a conditional pardon in light of evidence that she was a victim of domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour. She was executed in 1955 after she shot and killed her partner, David Blakely, who she met while working in the nightclub she managed two years earlier. Continue reading...

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