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Express Politics1 May 2026

'Angela Rayner must never be PM' - 'Obliterated' Ange leaves onlookers 'open-mouthed'

Reports that Angela Rayner got 'obliterated' in a Parliament bar have raised concerns about her suitability to potentially replace Keir Starmer as PM.

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Express Politics1 May 2026

Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer hit by nightmare poll a week before local elections

The dire poll comes a week before millions of people will take to the polls.

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BBC Politics1 May 2026

Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented modern British politics

London offers an insight into the dilemma Labour faces about which direction to take.

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BBC Politics1 May 2026

Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented British politics

London offers an insight into the dilemma Labour faces about which direction to take.

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Conservative Home1 May 2026

I was a Jew in denial – until the Green Party made me confront a grim truth about Britain’s antisemitism

I almost want to say thank you to the Green Party, for being the thing that finally pulls my head out from the sand, peels my eyelids open, and forces me to confront what a state British Jews find ourselves in. It is such a deeply sad one that I have desperately not wanted to acknowledge it, and I feel ashamed about that – it doesn’t seem to be an option anymore, and I hope for politicians who could do something about this, they feel similarly. The post I was a Jew in denial – until the Green Pa

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Express Politics1 May 2026

Peter Mandelson fallout proves Civil Service isn't a Rolls-Royce but an unreliable banger

OPINION - LEO MCKINSTRY: What was once a slick operation is weighed down by its own neuroses.

Conservative Home1 May 2026

Sarah Ingham: Labour lawfare is breaking the covenant with the Armed Forces

Keir Starmer claims he is putting Britain on a “war footing”. Defence, however, needs more than money. It relies on Armed Forces personnel, whose morale is being undermined by the lawfare being championed by Labour.  The post Sarah Ingham: Labour lawfare is breaking the covenant with the Armed Forces appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 May 2026

Gareth Davies: Why all eyes should be on Wales this May?

This election, then, will not simply decide who governs Wales, but whether the desire for change translates into meaningful improvement or merely a continuation of the same political culture under a different, more nationalist, banner. The post Gareth Davies: Why all eyes should be on Wales this May? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 May 2026

Rupert Matthews: What will replace Police and Crime Commissioners?

We will have a national police force and a number of regional police forces. Who will hold governance over them, and raise taxes to pay for them? The Labour Government has not yet said. The post Rupert Matthews: What will replace Police and Crime Commissioners? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics1 May 2026

My advice to Hannah Spencer? Before calling out MPs’ boozing, try to understand the reasons behind it | Gaby Hinsliff

The new MP is right that parliament’s drinking culture is fundamentally weird. But to change it, we need to reset the whole institution Seven o’clock on a Monday night and I am standing in the House of Commons, nursing a glass of vinegary white wine. All around me are people doing the same, though it’s polite sipping rather than getting sloshed. Waiters ferry bottles between the terrace function rooms, where MPs are hosting dinners or campaign launches like the one I’m at. Between the clanging d

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The Guardian Politics1 May 2026

Nearly twice as many men as women standing in May elections in UK

Exclusive: women ‘massively underrepresented’ in next week’s local and devolved elections, campaigners say Women will be massively underrepresented on ballot papers across the UK next week, campaigners say, with research revealing that almost twice as many men as women are standing as candidates across the local, mayoral and devolved elections. Democracy campaigners say men of all political stripes are likely to dominate local government, with women’s views on issues from social care to bin col

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Express Politics1 May 2026

Tony Blair blasted for 'betraying pensioners' with call to scrap triple lock

Campaigners say axing the safeguard against poverty would be a 'disaster for older people'