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Express Politics11 Jul 2026

Burnham's plan exposed as as he will go to war with Farage from day one in Downing Street

Politics as normal is over in Britain. Nigel Farage has gone to war against the 'establishment' and is determined to deny Andy Burnham an election win

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Express Politics11 Jul 2026

Ed Miliband is ‘deluded’ - terrifying expert warning shows how he's about to wreck Britain

Ed Miliband remains favourite to become Andy Burnham's chancellor. It must not happen.

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Express Politics11 Jul 2026

Grinning Keir Starmer, a revolver, cake and Farage - a very different 'mile-high club'

My 48 hour trip to the Nato summit with the Prime Minister was far from normal

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Guido Fawkes10 Jul 2026

EU Effectively Bans Nintendo Switch Console From Europe

Fun sponge EU bureaucrats have effectively banned original Nintendo Switch consoles as part of a new raft of regulations on battery technology. Don’t hate the player, hate the game… Brussels bigwigs just dropped “upcoming changes in European battery regulations coming into effect in mid-February 2027,” which affects the Lite and OLED models of the popular handheld…

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The Guardian Politics10 Jul 2026

The bulging in-tray of challenges Andy Burnham faces upon entering No 10

From welfare and defence spending to cost of living and geopolitics, we the look at issues leftover from Keir Starmer UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham is expected to become prime minister in less than two weeks, and has promised to significantly change Labour’s agenda and deliver better for all parts of the UK. But he will arrive with a bulging in-tray of challenges on multiple fronts and issues leftover from Keir Starmer – from geopolitics to the cost of living. Here is what Bur

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The Guardian Politics10 Jul 2026

GMB warns Labour MPs that cap on political donations could endanger party funding

Exclusive: Sources say Labour whips are calling MPs urging them to heed union’s warning and not vote for cap One of Britain’s biggest trade unions has told Labour MPs not to vote for a cap on political donations next week, warning it could endanger union funding for the party. The GMB union has written to its affiliated MPs urging them not to vote for amendments to the representation of the people bill that would cap donations at either £100,000 or £1m. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics10 Jul 2026

Mahmood’s cutting of protections to enable ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal with France ruled unlawful

Asylum seekers win ruling against home secretary’s reduction of safeguards for potential victims of trafficking UK politics live – latest updates The British home secretary’s decision to reduce protections for potential trafficking victims to allow the “one in, one out” asylum returns deal to proceed was unlawful, a high court judge has ruled. The legal challenge was brought by five small boat asylum seekers earmarked for return to France – four from Eritrea and one from Sudan. It related to a

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Guido Fawkes10 Jul 2026

Channel Migrants Win Appeal Against Deportation Under One In, One Out Deal

The High Court has backed an appeal by five Channel migrants challenging Shabana Mahmood’s one in, one out deal with France. The five claimed to be trafficking victims and argued that a rule change barring them from challenging their deportations was unlawful… Mahmood had introduced the change to remove migrants’ right to appeal rulings that…

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The Guardian Politics10 Jul 2026

Once again Trump brought his wrecking ball to the Nato summit, and once again the alliance survived. But for how long? | Paul Taylor

As the US president swung between threats to take Greenland and promises of help for Ukraine, pledges of a ‘stronger Nato’ were lost in the wind Nato leaders survived another nerve-racking summit with Donald Trump and the 77-year-old defence alliance lives to fight another day, proving its durability against Atlantic storms. But it will never feel safe as long as the unpredictable, vengeful and ruthlessly transactional US president is in the White House. As usual, Trump stole all the headlines a

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Guido Fawkes10 Jul 2026

WATCH: Andy Burnham Says Count Binface Is ‘Carrying the Hopes of the Nation’

The Sun caught footage of Andy Burnham at the O2 Silver Clef Awards for music in London last night. The next Prime Minister endorsed Count Binface for the Clacton by-election: “I promise you I am not going to talk politics to you tonight except to say except to say this. Count Binface, you are carrying…

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Express Politics10 Jul 2026

Labour civil war on migration intensifies as nearly 80 MPs demand changes from Burnham

The Prime Minister in-waiting received a letter from almost 80 MPs warning him "we have allowed ourselves to be blown off course".

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Sky News Politics9 Jul 2026

Pass assisted dying bill or it will come back again and again, warns MP

The MP who is bringing back the assisted dying bill has told Sky News it could come back again and again if peers refuse to pass it for a second time.

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