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Editor in Chief of
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Well now.
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Is Nigel Farage losing his appeal?
There are signs that the party leader's shine is fading with potential Reform UK voters.
https://www.politicshome.com/opinion/article/is-nigel-farage-losing-his-appeal
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Sometimes you get the timing of a reporting trip just right...
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Has Nigel Farage Won Over The Voters Of Clacton?
Nigel Farage has resigned as an MP, triggering a by-election in Clacton in which he says he will stand. How do the locals feel about him after his ...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/nigel-farage-mp-won-voters-clacton
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A great piece from us on young people's despair over AI and whether govt is doing enough to help
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'It Is Just Demoralising': Young People's Despair Over AI And What To Do About It
Ministers insist they are tackling youth unemployment, but is AI transforming the world of work too quickly for government to keep up? Zoe Crowther...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/it-demoralising-young-peoples-despair-ai
5 days ago
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Another brilliant post. I’m a fully paid up member of the Dillow fan club
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A great piece by Noah Vickers on Reform's plans to get rid of the Equality Act, a move that it seems could have rather amusing unintended consequences for them
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'The Consensus Is Being Challenged': Inside Reform's Plans To Scrap The Equality Act
Reform UK’s promise to scrap the Equality Act has raised questions about what will replace it. At the same time, Labour is under pressure from its ...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/the-consensus-challenged-inside-reforms-plans-scrap-equality-act
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"There is obviously a particular irony that groups producing anti-Muslim content are run by Muslims themselves, but we are seeing these groups being run globally."
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Thousands Join Pro-Restore Britain Facebook Groups Run From Pakistan And Bangladesh
Tens of thousands have joined pro-Restore Britain Facebook groups being run by people who appear to be based in Pakistan and Bangladesh, an investi...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/thousands-join-pro-restore-britain-facebook-groups-run-pakistan-bangladesh
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Exc: A senior Lib Dem has told
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that they and colleagues are "astonished" & "pissed off" after it emerged that Lord Rennard had the whip restored by the party amid an investigation into claims he sexually harassed female members "I'm incandescent that we have done this"
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Lib Dems 'Appalled' After Party Lifts Suspension From Peer Under Investigation For Sexual Harassment Claims
Exclusive: A senior Liberal Democrat has told PoliticsHome that they and their colleagues are 'astonished' and 'pissed off' after news emerged that...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/lib-dem-fury-over-party-lifting-suspension-from-peer-under-investigation
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The inside story of how Reform lost Makerfield
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How Reform Lost Makerfield: 'Restore Is What People Wanted Reform To Be'
Reform entered Makerfield expecting a breakthrough. Instead, a crushing defeat exposed the party’s vulnerabilities. Harriet Symonds reports
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/reform-lost-makerfield-restore-people-wanted-reform-be
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What a piece
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14 days ago
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Fell down an online rabbit hole and learned about a man who in 1983 decided to create a scale to rate the pain of insect stings, I’m dying at how committed to this project he got
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These heatwaves show leadership cannot mean stepping back from climate action - important piece from
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These heatwaves show leadership cannot mean stepping back from climate action
The UK is in the throes of our second significant heatwave of the year. It is still early summer. That fact alone ought to give us pause.
https://www.politicshome.com/opinion/article/heatwaves-show-leadership-cannot-mean-stepping-back-climate-action
17 days ago
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There was a remarkably large contingent of freaks like Christopher Booker telling us this wasn’t a thing to sweat when I was growing up. Don’t seem to hear so many of them now
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An interesting and thoughtful piece from George Eustice on what Labour should do on Brexit
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Ignore Tony Blair – here's what Labour should do next on Brexit
Labour should ignore Blair and arguments about trade – and rediscover the wisdom of Peter Shore as it seeks its EU reset, argues George Eustice
https://www.politicshome.com/opinion/article/ignore-tony-blair-heres-labour-next-brexit
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Sheer PTSD prevented me from doing very well on this
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How Well Do You Remember Brexit? Take Robert Hutton's Quiz
It’s 10 years since Britain’s momentous decision to, according to your taste, throw off the shackles of European oppression or make it harder to se...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/well-remember-brexit-take-robert-huttons-quiz
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Politics eh, bloody hell
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Andy Burnham Cruises To Victory In Crucial Makerfield By-Election
Andy Burnham has comfortably won the Makerfield by-election, taking him a step closer to replacing Keir Starmer as prime minister.
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/andy-burnham-wins-makerfield-by-election
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CB's (excellent) quote makes the Times diary, almost 120 years after his death. He'd appreciate the irony: the Times was very bitchy about him; it once described him as a 'warming-pan', from which neither light nor heat can be expected. "Nevertheless, a 'warming-pan' has its uses".
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The Lord Cormack Fellowship, a paid editorial and political journalism fellowship with The House magazine, Parliament’s independent and cross-party publication, is back for another year! Apply here:
https://totalpoliticsgroup.bamboohr.com/careers/91
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The House Magazine's Lord Cormack Fellowship
Lord Cormack Fellowship 2026 Total Politics Group is proud to announce the return of the Lord Cormack Fellowship, a paid editorial and political journalism fellowship with The House magazine, Parliament's independent and cross-party publication. The f...
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Lib Dem deep dive with
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💥strategy "rethink" underway at top of the party 💥acceptance among senior Lib Dems that it is time to look at changing the approach 💥party undergoing policy overhaul- key areas of discussion include the economy, welfare, and a bolder stance on the EU
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Inside The Lib Dem Strategy Rethink
The Liberal Democrats are under pressure to remain relevant, with their own MPs publicly admitting there is frustration about the party's lack of p...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/inside-the-lib-dem-strategy-rethink
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A great piece from Lord Cryer on Makerfield's historical antecedent
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The 1965 Leyton By-election: When Denis Healey Punched A Fascist
Called to clear the return to Parliament of a high-profile Labour figure, the 1965 Leyton by-election prefigured the Makerfield contest, writes Lor...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/1965-leyton-byelection-denis-healey-punched-fascist
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
NEW: Elon Musk’s xAI is trying to force four people suing it over sexual deepfake images created with Grok to drop their public anonymity. The company asked a judge to overturn a ruling allowing the use of pseudonyms. One person was allegedly depicted as a child in the images, the lawsuit says
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xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity
Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.
https://www.wired.com/story/xai-asks-court-to-strip-alleged-grok-deepfake-nudes-victims-of-anonymity/
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Starmer Loyalist Labour MPs Resist Campaigning For Burnham In Makerfield
Exclusive: A number of Labour MPs who oppose replacing Keir Starmer are refusing to campaign for Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election.
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/starmer-loyalist-labour-mp-resist-campaigning-for-burnham-makerfield
about 1 month ago
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Here’s our story about the failure of the Soft Power Council, from last week’s House magazine.
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The Much-Vaunted Soft Power Council Is Drifting Towards Oblivion
Launched with fanfare but sinking without trace, the Soft Power Council appears to be an object lesson in how the UK fails to leverage its cultural...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/less-18-months-old-socalled-soft-power-council-drifting-towards-oblivion-fail
about 1 month ago
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Fascinating piece
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about 2 months ago
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Excellent piece: Seven PMs in ten years? How British politics got into this mess
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Seven PMs in ten years? How British politics got into this mess
The world we live in has forced politicians to become a combination of social worker and circus clown. It’s no wonder the ringmasters keep failing
https://www.thetimes.com/article/d140f9a7-d2b1-437e-95de-1144a02de419?shareToken=310da3ff6f1056c8da4bf53c98ccb78a
about 2 months ago
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There were people getting annoyed last week because we'd reported *the Health Secretary had resigned*. We didn't make 100 MPs come out against the PM; the local election results did. Bored of criticism of political journalists for reporting that politics is happening.
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about 2 months ago
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There is a case that everything that's happened this week in Westminster is, to be frank, displacement activity.
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The Consequences Of Inaction On AI-Driven Job Loss Are Coming Into View
The scale of the disruption to the labour market from AI is becoming clear; we cannot leave it to big tech or populists to frame the debate about w...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/consequences-inaction-aidriven-job-loss-coming-view
about 2 months ago
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Hmmmm but then he's not an MP sooooo
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about 2 months ago
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Our team just remembered we don't have a health secretary. Hope no10 haven't forgotten too.
about 2 months ago
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I think Andy Burnham should lobby the General Synod to pass a Measure appointing him as Archbishop of Canterbury and then become PM from the Lords Spiritual.
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This feature has some horror lines in it
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Edtech Wars: Meet The Mums Fighting Screens In Classrooms
As consensus grows around the need for social media and smartphone restrictions for under-16s, Sienna Rodgers reports that campaigner mums across t...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/edtech-war-meet-mums-fighting-screens-classrooms
about 2 months ago
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Significant Burnham story from
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and
@tomscotson.bsky.social
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Tribune MPs Ready To Fight For Burnham Inclusion If Streeting Runs
Senior members of the influential Tribune group of MPs will push Labour's ruling body to allow for Andy Burnham's inclusion in a leadership race if...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/tribune-mps-ready-fight-burnham-inclusion-streeting-runs
about 2 months ago
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There is a lot going on at the moment, but away from the psychodrama we've just published this interview with Rishi Sunak on AI. It's very good.
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Rishi Sunak On AI: I Wish I'd Spoken To The Country More About The Change Coming
Britain is well-positioned to benefit from the AI revolution, but its workforce may be more exposed than many others. Rishi Sunak tells Francis Ell...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/rishi-sunak-ai-wish-spoken-country-change-coming
2 months ago
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A very good take imo
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2 months ago
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The Reform Wave Reaches Kemi Badenoch's Backyard
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The Reform Wave Reaches Kemi Badenoch's Backyard
Reform's dominant victory in Essex will likely be one of the local election results most worrying Kemi Badenoch.
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/reform-wave-reaches-badenoch-backyard
2 months ago
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Labour can't afford to ignore Andy Burnham
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Labour can't afford to ignore Andy Burnham
If Labour's challenge at the next election is building a coalition of progressives big enough to take on Reform, then Andy Burnham's leadership pit...
https://www.politicshome.com/opinion/article/labour-cannot-afford-to-ignore-andy-burnham
2 months ago
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"The largest rise revealed in the data is at Staffordshire County Council, where there has been a 1,300 per cent increase in the number of complaints since Reform UK won control at the 2025 local elections a year ago."
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Complaints Against Councillors Soar Since Last Year's Local Elections
Complaints made against councillors' conduct have risen sharply at local authorities that held elections last year, figures obtained by PoliticsHom...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/complaints-against-councillors-soar-since-last-year-local-elections
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Why Hannah Spencer should come with me to Strangers’ for a drink
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Why Hannah Spencer should come with me to Strangers’ for a drink
I haven’t yet got a reply, but I have invited the new Green MP, Hannah Spencer, for a post-work drink at the Strangers’ Bar in Parliament.
https://www.politicshome.com/opinion/article/hannah-spencer-come-strangers-drink
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Bias, predetermination and a closed mind – a judgement on the Office for Students
The High Court ruling is a good judgement for the University of Sussex, and a good judgement for everyone who cares about the proper and effective ...
https://www.politicshome.com/opinion/article/university-of-sussex-judgement-is-good-for-people-who-care-about-higher-education
2 months ago
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“A woman in Richmond upon Thames can expect roughly 70 healthy years. In Hartlepool, she might be fortunate to reach 51.”
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The case for prevention is no longer just moral – it is economic
The UK has developed a curious talent in recent years: we are living longer, but not better.
https://www.politicshome.com/opinion/article/the-economic-case-for-prevention-is-clear
2 months ago
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A really striking and I hope inspirational weekend read from
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- meet two of the new generation of mayors trying to encourage the young to engage with politics
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The New Generation of Mayors Trying To Bring Young People Back Into Politics
Young people in Britain are often described as disengaged and distrustful of politics. Zoe Crowther speaks to a new generation of civic leaders who...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/new-generation-of-mayors-bringing-young-people-into-politics
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might be single greatest act of trolling in British journalism
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To see or not to see? Every single Shakespeare play – ranked!
Antony and Cleopatra? Exhausting. Lear? Magnificent but flawed. Hamlet? Limitless. For Shakespeare’s birthday, the Guardian’s former theatre critic ranks all the plays
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/ng-interactive/2026/apr/22/every-shakespeare-play-ranked-lear-antony-cleopatra-hamlet
3 months ago
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Student loans: "a retrospectively rewritten graduate tax that punishes aspiration, entrenches inequality, and falls hardest on women at every stage of their working lives."
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The student loan system isn't a loan anymore – it's a tax on women's lives
When I look at the structure of our student loan system in 2026, I don’t recognise it as a loan.
https://www.politicshome.com/opinion/article/student-loan-system-isnt-loan-anymore-tax-womens-lives
3 months ago
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Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute
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Not everything online is bad
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From Early Nirvana To Phish, A Chicago Fan's Secret Recordings Of 10,000 Shows Are Now Online
Aadam Jacobs has secretly recorded over 10,000 local concerts since 1989. Now, they are cleaned up and ready to listen to for free online.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/10/from-early-nirvana-to-phish-a-chicago-fans-secret-recordings-of-10000-shows-are-now-online/
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Today we reveal students could take legal action after over a dozen universities wrongly classified their courses as being eligible for maintenance loans, leading to thousands being told they owed money
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Students Consider Legal Action After Being Given Loans Worth £190m In Error
Students could take legal action after over a dozen universities wrongly classified their courses as being eligible for maintenance loans, leading ...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/students-consider-legal-action-over-190-million-pound-loan-error
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An important report from Justine Smith on the 13-fold increase in the use of court orders that deny children freedom to move and associate in the last seven years
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'Every Movement Was Controlled': The Quiet Rise In Children Under Deprivation Of Liberty Orders
There has been a 13-fold increase in the use of court orders that deny children freedom to move and associate in the last seven years. Justine Smit...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/deprivation-liberty-orders-dols-children-care-education
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Big story from us: Over A Dozen Universities Wrongly Spent £190m Of Taxpayers' Money On Student Loans
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Over A Dozen Universities Wrongly Spent £190m Of Taxpayers' Money On Student Loans
A student loans mistake by universities has seen up to £190m of taxpayers’ money wrongly given to unaware students, PoliticsHome can reveal, leavin...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/universities-wrongly-spent-nearly-two-hundred-million-taxypayers-money-student-loans
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I wrote about where cricket is in its efforts to actually become a sport for all
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Out Of The Rough: Cricket's Battle To Open Up To All
Cricket has long been seen as an exclusionary and rarefied sport, but it is undergoing huge changes, including a drive by its chiefs to open it up ...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/rough-crickets-battle-open
4 months ago
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Have been reading "Midnight in Chernobyl" recently and when you hear of the cover ups, the sycophancy, and general mismanagement it's hard not to think "Just what form with Trump's version of this take".
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