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Express Politics9 Jul 2026

Lifting the lid on Count Binface's real life - as comic candidate takes on political elite

Count Binface has become one of Britain's most recognisable novelty election candidates, but behind the silver cape is an award-winning comedy writer.

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BBC Politics9 Jul 2026

MPs seek veto over political ambassadors after Mandelson row

A Foreign Affairs Committee report said the process taken in the appointment of Lord Mandelson "was being made up as it went along".

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BBC Politics9 Jul 2026

MPs seek veto over political ambassadors after Mandelson row

A Foreign Affairs Committee report said the process taken in the appointment of Lord Mandelson "was being made up as it went along".

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The Guardian Politics9 Jul 2026

Nigel Farage v Count Binface - podcast

Political correspondent Ben Quinn talks about the forthcoming byelection in Clacton after all Reform’s serious rivals declined to take part On Tuesday, after months of scandal about his finances, Nigel Farage tried to take back the initiative. He was resigning as an MP, he explained, to trigger a byelection in his Clacton seat – giving “the people” a chance back him against “the establishment”. But, as the Guardian political correspondent Ben Quinn explains, things may not have gone quite to pla

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BBC Politics9 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham's path to becoming prime minister

Labour MPs are about to start choosing Sir Keir Starmer's replacement after his resignation last month.

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Ambassadorial appointments should be subject to veto by MPs, committee recommends

Foreign affairs select committee says Peter Mandelson episode was ‘nothing short of disastrous’ for government Political selections for ambassador posts should be subject to a veto by MPs, a parliamentary committee has recommended, as it made damning criticisms of how Peter Mandelson became Britain’s top diplomat in Washington. The foreign affairs select committee concluded that Mandelson’s appointment was “nothing short of disastrous”, “highly damaging” for the British government and “painful a

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Burnham promises Labour MPs he will not use party discipline to ‘stifle debate’

Prime minister in waiting looks to address frustrations backbenchers had with Keir Starmer’s style of party management Andy Burnham has promised MPs that he will never use party discipline to “stifle debate” and says they should raise problems and policy ideas “without fear or favour”. Nominations for the Labour leadership will open on Thursday, and Burnham is expected to be the only candidate. On Wednesday night the former armed forces minister Al Carns confirmed he would not seek to enter the

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BBC Politics8 Jul 2026

Hillsborough Law not likely until after summer

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy had suggested the bill would be in Parliament "in the coming days".

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BBC Politics8 Jul 2026

Hillsborough Law not likely until after summer

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy had suggested the bill would be in Parliament "in the coming days".

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Police investigate £37,500 donation to Jenrick leadership campaign

Met confirms inquiry after elections watchdog referred allegations that donations in 2024 were from foreign source Police have launched an investigation into £37,500 of donations to Robert Jenrick’s campaign to become Conservative leader in 2024 after a referral from the elections watchdog. The Metropolitan police confirmed on Wednesday they were undertaking an inquiry after the Guardian revealed in April that they were assessing the evidence about donations to Jenrick, who has since joined Refo

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

They want to take away YOUR democratic choice. My shock resignation is how we fight back

Nigel Farage, writing for the Express, has accused his political rivals of "running scared" by refusing to contest the by-election he triggered in Clacton.

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Reform’s Fleet Street ‘spoilers’: how party deploys tactic to get ahead of stories

Richard Tice’s NCA leak claims in the Telegraph would not be the first time Reform has used a more sympathetic outlet UK politics live – latest updates Late on Tuesday afternoon, as the British media was absorbing Nigel Farage’s shock decision to hold a byelection amid scrutiny over his finances, his Reform UK party supplied the Telegraph with a different story. The article revealed that Richard Tice, Reform’s deputy leader, had accused the National Crime Agency (NCA) of leaking financial inf

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