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The Guardian Politics20 May 2026

Badenoch says Labour ‘just want a better salesman’. It would be a good start

Starmer has a reasonable list of achievements in power but has undermined himself with a lack of political storytelling Net migration down by three-quarters, the biggest fall in NHS waiting lists for 17 years, knife crime cut by 10%, the economy growing the fastest in the G7, rising wages, energy bills and petrol prices held down, the biggest sustained rise in defence spending since the cold war, a massive expansion of free childcare … If Keir Starmer did tub-thumping lists of Labour’s achieveme

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Guido Fawkes20 May 2026

Duncan Bannatyne Ditches Burnham for Restore Britain

Scottish tycoon Duncan Bannatyne has withdrawn his support for Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election and endorsed Restore Britain. Burnham’s previous calls to allow trans men into women’s spaces really, really didn’t sit well… Bannatyne tweeted this morning: “Last week I decided to throw my support behind @AndyBurnhamGM for leadership of the Labour Party and…

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Guido Fawkes19 May 2026

Burnham Currently 64% Favourite In Makerfield

At the time of going to pixel, Andy Burnham is the odds-on favourite to win the Makerfield by-election at a best price of 4/7, or an implied 64% probability. Reform have drifted to 2/1, although they haven’t yet unveiled their candidate. Restore Britain are at 11/1 and the Conservatives are a 940/1 afterthought in a…

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The Guardian Politics16 May 2026

UK and France extend ‘one in, one out’ small boats pilot scheme until October

Asylum seekers express dismay at continuation of scheme agreed last year that has failed to stop crossings in Channel The Home Office is extending a controversial scheme to stop asylum seekers crossing the Channel in small boats, the Guardian has learned. The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, signed a deal they hailed as “groundbreaking” last July, known as “one in, one out”. Continue reading...

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Guido Fawkes12 May 2026

Reform Posts Largest Ever Polling Lead With YouGov

Today Reform posts its largest lead with YouGov to date, up three points on 5th May: YouGov / Times & Sky News Voting Intention Poll Fieldwork: 4–5 May • Published 12 May 2026 Reform UK 28% +3 Conservatives 17% = Greens 16% +1 Labour 16% -2 Lib Dems 13% -1 Restore Britain 3%-1 SNP 3%=…

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Express Politics10 May 2026

Surge in refugees seeking help in Calais report spurs call to deter Channel crossings

A charity warns of a '33% increase in the number of refugees' seeking help in Calais triggers warning of 'Labour's border failure'

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Express Politics10 May 2026

Fury erupts as state-funded French film director 'urges illegal migrants to cross Channel

It comes as the number of small boat crossings to the UK surges past 200,000.

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Sky News Politics10 May 2026

200,000 migrants have crossed Channel since 2018

More than 200,000 people have arrived in the UK in small boats since records began eight years ago.

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Guido Fawkes8 May 2026

Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain Wins All Ten Seats in Great Yarmouth

Restore Britain have won all ten seats in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk County Council elections. Leader Rupert Lowe’s constituency and the only place in which candidates have stood… A Restore Britain Spokesperson said: “The people of Great Yarmouth have spoken loud and clear. They want real change, not more of the same failed politics from…

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Express Politics6 May 2026

Fury as Lib Dems 'open floodgates' on illegal migrants

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp savages Sir Ed Davey for supporting lifting of ban on illegal arrivals working in UK

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Conservative Home5 May 2026

Rick Moore: Spite dressed up as policy – why Reform’s detention centre plan is is wrong on so many levels

Reform UK has unveiled a proposal that it calls democratic consent. What it actually amounts to is collective punishment by postcode — and every serious Conservative should say so, even if as I do they support getting rid of illegal migrants quickly. The post Rick Moore: Spite dressed up as policy – why Reform’s detention centre plan is is wrong on so many levels appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026

Reform’s toxic thinking has infected Scottish politics – this week’s Holyrood elections will tell us how badly | Jasmeen Kanwal

For so long, the Scottish government has made a point of welcoming migrants. But I now see troubling changes in my country Jasmeen Kanwal is an educator and writer who lives in Edinburgh As Scotland prepares to elect a new parliament on 7 May, immigration is dominating the political discourse as never before. Reform UK, a party whose top three policies are “stop the boats”, “secure and defend our borders” and “deport illegal migrants” is now polling in second place behind the SNP in many rece

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