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‘Vile’ Labour WhatsApp group exposes toxic divisions in Andrew Gwynne’s power base
The brutally swift downfall of the health minister Andrew Gwynne and his Labour colleague Oliver Ryan was a story few in Westminster saw coming.
Gwynne, 50, had managed to dodge most controversies during his near 20-year stint in parliament, though rose to brief fame for calling Boris Johnson a “pillock” …
No 10 denies dragging king into politics after visit to Cornwall with Starmer
Downing Street has insisted that King Charles was not at risk of being dragged into politics after the monarch took Keir Starmer and his deputy on a tour of a housing project in Cornwall.
In a rare joint engagement between the monarch and political leaders, the trio visited Nansledan, a …
Deportation footage ‘enables mainstreaming of racism’, Clive Lewis says
Left-leaning Labour politicians have accused the Home Office of “enabling the mainstreaming of racism” after footage showing people being removed from the UK was released for the first time.
The government announced on Monday that nearly 19,000 refused asylum seekers, foreign criminals and other immigration offenders had been returned to …
Nothing in his previous 30 years of political activity quite prepared Quentin Davies, Lord Davies of Stamford, who has died aged 80, for the intensity of the emotional anguish to which he subjected himself in advance of his decision to abandon his membership of the Conservative party and cross the …
Labour peer calls for ‘arrogant’ attorney general to be sacked
An influential Labour peer has branded the attorney general Richard Hermer an “arrogant, progressive fool” and called for him to be sacked, exposing a split at the heart of Keir Starmer’s government.
, founder of the Blue Labour group that has risen in prominence since Donald …Asil Nadir was the stock market poster boy of the 1980s who conned City bankers and private investors, not to mention the Conservative party, then staged a dramatic escape to spend 17 years as a fugitive before returning to the UK to face trial.
A Turkish Cypriot immigrant, Nadir, …
Local elections delayed is democracy denied | Letters
The cancellation of local elections (
Some councillors in England could stay for more than extra year under shake-up plans, 5 February
) means that the government and those council leaders who will gain most from the planned reorganisation will not have to face voters to justify the cost …Benefits system should protect, not punish, vulnerable people | Letters
EU says it will retaliate immediately if Trump imposes new tariffs
Europe will not hesitate to retaliate if Donald Trump imposes any new tariffs, the European Commission and EU national leaders have said, after the US president announced another escalation of his aggressive trade policy at the weekend.
Trump said he would announce on Monday 25% tariffs on all steel and …
Burnley MP Oliver Ryan suspended by Labour over messages on WhatsApp group
The Labour MP Oliver Ryan has been suspended by the party over his membership and comments on a WhatsApp group that featured offensive messages, including alleged racism and sexism.
The party took action against the Burnley MP after the emergence of details about the Trigger Me Timbers group, mainly involving …