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Musk or no Musk, Farage has a plan to capture Britain

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The Reform UK leader has broken with Musk over a far-right activist. But it’s his plan to win big that’ll keep Keir Starmer up at night.

Westminsterโ€™s top books of 2024

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POLITICO asked politicians and chroniclers of SW1 to tell us the book they most enjoyed reading this year โ€” here are the results, in their own words.

PMQs: Badenoch wins by punching Starmer on pensioners

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Winter fuel payments took center stage in the final PMQs of 2024 โ€” with Starmer’s defense getting a frosty reception.

PMQs: Badenoch wins with shot at Starmerโ€™s Cabinet woes

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The prime minister faced tricky questions over the resignation of Transport Sec Louise Haigh.

PMQs: Love wins as Angela Rayner and Oliver Dowden pal around

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The outgoing deputy leader of the opposition pressed Rayner on the economy โ€” but it was his self-depreciating comments that got MPs on side.

The UK is backing away from oil

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Britain has been drilling off the Scottish coast for generations. But the new Labour government has greener plans.

Wounded Scottish nationalists fight to save independence dream

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The SNP met in Edinburgh for the first time since July’s disastrous election result.

Gaza crisis tears Scotlandโ€™s independence warriors apart

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The SNP’s latest crisis follows a meeting with an Israeli diplomat

Keir Starmerโ€™s worst nightmare? Becoming Margaret Thatcher

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The U.K. prime minister canโ€™t afford to get tangled up in a war with labor unions. His green crusade could make it inevitable.

Humiliated, Scotlandโ€™s independence warriors lick their wounds

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The Tories may have been kicked out of government, but for the Scottish National Party, July’s U.K. election may prove terminal.

PMQs scorecard: Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak play nice

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Keir Starmer faced awkward questions at PMQs โ€” but not from Rishi Sunak.

Labourโ€™s new tribes: 7 gangs to watch in the class of 2024

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Hundreds of the party’s brand-new MPs are finding their feet in the British parliament following its landslide election victory.

How Britain voted: Charts and maps

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We analyze the results which radically changed the UKโ€™s electoral map.

Pro-separatistย SNP records worst performance since 2010 in UK poll

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The pro-separatist Scottish National Party was virtually obliterated at the UK general election on Friday, suffering a devastating blow to its withering independence movement. Keir Starmer’s Labour party overturned more than a decade of SNP domination…

Battle for Conservative Partyโ€™s soul begins after election bloodbath

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The Tory leadership race has already begun.

Sinn Fรฉin dominates Northern Ireland with unionists in post-Brexit shambles

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Irish republican party completes hat trick of first-place elections finishes.

Former PM Liz Truss loses seat as Tories get smashed in UK election โ€” live updates

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Elsewhere: Keir Starmer is in, Nigel Farage gets elected and SNP suffer thrashing.

Scotlandโ€™s independence warriors smashed in UK general election

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The SNP are having a bad night as votes are counted in the UK election

Labour obliterate Tories with historic election win โ€” exit poll

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Keir Starmer on course to be most powerful British prime minister since Tony Blair.

Watch the UK election like a pro

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It’s set to be the most consequential British general election for a generation. POLITICO takes you through what to watch out for and exactly when to tune in.

The end of the Brexit dream

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The Britain envisaged by the countryโ€™s Euroskeptic politicians looks further away than ever.

UK election: Tories set to suffer total annihilation, final mega polls predict

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Keir Starmer’s Labour will romp to victory, according to pollster YouGov.

An Americanโ€™s guide to the 2024 UK election

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We can’t give you a felon and an old guy on July 4 โ€” but we do have a gambling scandal. And Nigel Farage.

Nigel Farage battles the hard rightโ€™s fatal flaw

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Europe’s nationalists have often struggled to field a clean sheet of respectable candidates.

Starmer will have to walk a US-China tightrope

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There’s already some discord between the two countries when it comes to China, but there are areas where they could work on similar approaches.

The next king of Scotland

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Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar is following in the footsteps of his legendary political father.

Ding dong drama: Video doorbells have UK election campaigners spooked

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British political campaigners are being caught out on the doorstep โ€” and fear a new tech trend could usher in an era of abuse and scandal.

Man arrested in Westminster โ€˜honeytrapโ€™ probe

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Metropolitan Police are investigating a host of unsolicited messages sent to MPs and other political figures.

How Britainโ€™s Conservatives lost their heart and soul

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Trends point to an historic collapse of the Tory vote in rural, semi-rural and suburban seats, the like of which England has maybe never seen before.

Rishi Sunak says he is โ€˜incredibly angryโ€™ about betting allegations in BBC Question Time election special โ€“ as it happened

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Prime minister says suspects must face โ€˜full force of lawโ€™ if found guilty; Labour, SNP and Lib Dem leaders speak during programmeThe next question comes from Linda, who says Daveyโ€™s antics during the election campaigns (fun photo opportunities, often …

Tory candidate facing probe over election date betting allegations threatens to sue BBC โ€“ live

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Laura Saunders issues statement saying she may sue BBC over โ€˜infringement of privacy rightsโ€™ and says she is cooperating with Gambling CommissionSign up to our Election Edition daily newsletterIn case you missed this late yesterday: Conservatives are p…

Betting scandal engulfs UK election

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Conservative figures are accused of betting on the timing of the snap election. The scandal couldn’t come at a worse moment for Rishi Sunak.

Britainโ€™s getting more corrupt. Will kicking the Tories out help?

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Labour is talking a good game on cleaning up Westminster as an election looms โ€” but the U.K. has a long history of opposition parties promising the earth.

Five lessons for the Tory (and Labour) campaigns from Obamaโ€™s election guru

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One of the brains behind David Cameron’s surprise Tory victory in 2015 has words of advice for Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.

Sunak protection cop arrested over alleged bets on UK election date

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Met Police says officer in question has been ‘removed from operational duties.’

Will inflation save Rishi Sunak?

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Sky Newsโ€™ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politicoโ€™s Jack Blanchard with their guide to the election day ahead. This is day 28 of the campaign. Jack and Sam discuss inflation, the SNP manifesto launch, and how Labourโ€™s transition planning is going. ๐Ÿ‘‰ย Tap here to follow Politics at Jack and Samโ€™s wherever you get your [โ€ฆ]

Putin, Farage and pesky teens: 5 people the Tories blame for a Labour โ€˜supermajorityโ€™

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Keir Starmer’s Britain will mean prisoners, teenagers and Vladimir Putin stealing from your grandma for decades. Maybe.

Nigel Farage blames admin error for candidates praising Hitler

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Reform UK leader blames botched vetting contract for slew of controversial candidates.

UK Conservative Party braces for brutal civil war

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A fight for the soul of the Tories is about to break out between centrists and those on the right.

UK election: Starmer and Sunak head for Scotland and Wales โ€” latest updates

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Key moments and snap POLITICO analysis as Britain heads for a July 4 election.

Scotlandโ€™s independence warriors could be the UK electionโ€™s biggest losers

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Model suggests the once-dominant Scottish National Party could lose 64.6 percent of the total seats it won in 2019 โ€” an even higher share than the dire night projected for the Conservatives.

How Nigel Farage blew up the UK election

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Britain’s top Brexiteer has made it his life’s work to torment the Conservative Party. This time he could reduce it to rubble.ย 

UK Green Party snaps at Labour heels from the left

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The Greens’ election manifesto is packed with policies designed to appeal to left-leaning voters disaffected with the Labour Party.

Contempt for Britainโ€™s politicians ruled the Sky leadersโ€™ debate

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Keir Starmer may have trounced Rishi Sunak in the snap post-debate poll โ€” but real voter anger was the star of the show.

This Tory election campaign is all about the vibes

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Rishi Sunak’s policy platform is unlikely to keep many Tories happy.

Nigel Farage has cup thrown at him on UK election trail

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Police arrest man on suspicion of public order offenses after the incident.

UK Labourโ€™s Keir Starmer arrives on the world stage

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A D-Day furore for his rival lets the Labour leader play PM in waiting. But questions remain over his party’s defense plans.

Rishi Sunakโ€™s D-Day snub shows heโ€™s horrible at politics

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The prime minister has apologized after leaving Normandy early to return to the election trail

Labour hates King Charles III (say Tory election attack ads)

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The Conservatives are pushing dubious claims on social media that Labour leader Keir Starmer wants to scrap the monarchy as a July 4 election looms.

Starmer will try to prove Britain can be a reliable EU friend โ€” and Germany will be key

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After the U.K. election, cooperation will be deliberately methodical, testing the waters along the way.

Sunak and Starmerโ€™s first UK election debate was a battle of the nerds

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They’re both robotic technocrats โ€” but real differences were exposed in the first TV debate of the 2024 general election campaign.

Sunak and Starmerโ€™s first UK election debate was a battle of the nerds

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They’re both robotic technocrats โ€” but real differences were exposed in the first TV debate of the 2024 general election campaign.

Labour election manifesto slated for June 13

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Dates and details could still move due to the frenetic nature of an election campaign.

Nigel Farage says UK comeback will make it hard to help Trump

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Brexiteer says reality of life in UK parliament means it’ll be ‘difficult but not impossible’ to help Trump’s campaign.

Tories put trans rights row at heart of UK election campaign

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Britain’s ailing Conservatives want to tweak the rules on single-sex spaces.

Inside UK Labourโ€™s push for a special relationship โ€” even with Trump

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Keir Starmer could finally get his handshake with Joe Biden if he becomes prime minister, five days after taking the job.

Britainโ€™s Greens want to make life hard for Labour over Gaza

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The Greens have pivoted to talking about the Middle East conflict as they try to peel off Labour votes on the left.

Rishi Sunakโ€™s snap election sparks chaos and anger

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Rage mounts against PM as blindsided Conservative MPs and activists fear Sunak has scored an own goal.

Tony Blairโ€™s reinvented Labour Party pursues a risky ideological โ€˜purgeโ€™

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On the center-left of British politics, current leader Keir Starmer wants to show voters Labour is ready for office again. Not everyoneโ€™s on board with his methods.

Labourโ€™s election policy positions, tracked

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Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.

UK election: Tory campaign policy positions, tracked

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POLITICO keeps the receipts on what the Conservatives have said about policy in the general election campaign, from national service to the ‘triple lock plus.’

UK election: The great battle for Labour Party jobs

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Too many ministers: Keir Starmer faces having to disappoint some of his top team if he makes it into government.

Richer than the king: Is Rishi Sunak too wealthy to win?

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The UK general election may see some subtle digs at the prime minister’s vast riches.

Michael Gove quits as Tory election exodus continues

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The housing minister is just the latest Conservative MP to throw in the towel.

Nigel Farage wonโ€™t stand in UK election because Trump is higher priority

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Brexiteer says he wants to help with the grassroots campaign’ in the forthcoming American election, UK vote be damned.

UK election: Why Rishi Sunak pulled the trigger

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The prime ministerโ€™s announcement of a July general election has stunned the country โ€” but what were his reasons for going to the polls now?

PMQs scorecard: Westminster goes nuts as Sunak grins about election date

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Prime minister refuses to rule out snap poll โ€” as Tory MP Craig Mackinlay is applauded for remarkable Commons return.

PMQs scorecard: No Tory defection โ€” but Labour MPs are living their best life

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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clashed over prisons and defense โ€” but no MP crossed the Commons floor.

Scotlandโ€™s reluctant new leader didnโ€™t really want the job

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John Swinney thought he’d done his bit, but was convinced to return to save his beloved Scottish National Party.

Tory Natalie Elphickeโ€™s defection sparks backlash from Labour women

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Female Labour MPs said they were uncomfortable with Dover MP’s switch after controversy over sex offenses trial of her ex-husband.

John Swinney: 5 things you need to know about Scotlandโ€™s new leader

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Swinney takes office amid bitter divisions within the SNP on everything from Scottish independence to gender.

The weekโ€ฆ that Rishi Sunak looks on the bright side

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Two of Westminsterโ€™s best-connected journalists, Sky Newsโ€™s Sam Coates and Politicoโ€™s Jack Blanchard, guide you through their top predictions for the next seven days in British politics. Following the local and mayoral elections, Jack and Sam discuss how Rishi Sunak will try to get back onto the front foot and whether the Conservative rebels will [โ€ฆ]

Sadiq Khan bags record third term as London mayor

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Labour’s man gets re-elected to City Hall amid tensions over environmental measures and crime.

Britain offloads its refugee crisis to Ireland. Dublin is aghast.

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To Irish eyes, post-Brexit Britain’s toughening message to asylum seekers looks like “To Rwanda โ€” or to Ireland.”

John Swinney wants to run Scotland. So who the hell is he?

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The Scottish National Party veteran โ€” and former leader โ€” is going for the top job again.

UK will be worst-performing G7 economy in 2025, OECD forecasts

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The outlook is a blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

Sssh, donโ€™t mention youโ€™re a Tory! Candidates hide their stripes in UK local elections

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As voters head to the polls, flailing Conservatives are trying to distance themselves from the party’s toxic brand.

UK Conservatives try to win City of Londonโ€™s heart with swipe at finance watchdog

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Labour wants to ‘champion’ Britain’s financial sector โ€” but doesn’t want to be seen as undermining independent regulators.

Is the dream of Scottish independence over?

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How the seemingly inexorable journey to an independent Scotland ground to a halt.

UK politics: Labourโ€™s Khan has 22-point lead over Tory rival in London mayoral race, poll suggests โ€“ as it happened

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The London mayor, running for his third term in office, had been warning of a โ€˜two-horse raceโ€™When Hilary Cass published her review of gender identity services for children, saying medical evidence did not generally justify giving puberty blockers and …

Timeline: How Humza Yousaf blew up his leadership in 5 days

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Chaos in Scotland: the story of a tumultuous week in Holyrood.

How Humza Yousafโ€™s short Scotland stint compares to Liz โ€˜Lettuceโ€™ Truss

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Yousaf managed 8.1 Liz Trusses in the job.

Humza Yousaf just quit. Hereโ€™s who could replace him as Scotlandโ€™s leader.

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POLITICO lists the runners and riders as the divided SNP faces its second leadership contest in two years.

Scotlandโ€™s leader Humza Yousaf quits

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Under-fire first minister resigns after collapse of power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens.

Britain moves to a war footing โ€” but where should the extra money go?

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Updating our defense posture isnโ€™t just about increasing conventional combat mass. The full spectrum of warfare โ€” including cyber, space, gray zone, training and the ability to rapidly replenish stockpiles โ€” must all be factored in.

The Week โ€ฆ the local elections might throw up a surprise

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Two of Westminsterโ€™s best-connected journalists, Sky Newsโ€™s Sam Coates and Politicoโ€™s Jack Blanchard, guide you through their top predictions for the next seven days in British politics.ย  The local and mayoral elections are trundling towards us, with Westminster set for the fallout. But donโ€™t expect Rishi Sunak to name the date of the general election [โ€ฆ]

How a climate U-turn broke the Scottish government

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Scotland’s governing coalition has fallen apart โ€” and a stalled drive to cut carbon emissions played a major role.

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