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What the election date betting scandal really tells us about the state of British politics
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 weeks agoMany stories of political wrongdoing involve an element of plain stupidity – at least the ones we find out about. In fact, many of the most famous scandals in modern history have involved moments ...
How Rishi Sunak tried to weaponise information only to shoot himself in the foot
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 4 weeks agoCould it be that British politics is slipping into some post-satire phase of confusion and condemnation? The second full week of the 2024 election campaign was definitely beyond satire – and ...
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer’s first election debate: the facts behind the claims
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 4 weeks agoPrime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer have gone head-to-head in their first TV...
Rishi Sunak fires election starting gun with a damp whimper – but Labour will want to play down talk...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 1 month ago“It’s the optics that matter” is a modern cliche of political life. It doesn’t matter what you say so much as how you say it – and where you say it. If this is true, then the early election ...
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoTo say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position ...
Boris Johnson at the COVID inquiry: sullen, evasive and a danger to democracy
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoThe former prime minister and his allies have dodged questions and passed the buck in an inquiry that is meant to give the public confidence that lessons will be learned for the future.
Dominic Cummings has exposed a hole at the heart of the British government – and a glaring problem...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 8 months agoGiving evidence to the COVID inquiry, Boris Johnson’s former adviser exposed the dysfunction of an administration lacking in the expertise needed to manage a crisis.
Boris Johnson: freed from the constraints of office, the former prime minister could be even more...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoThe House of Commons committee of privileges has called for the former prime minister to be barred from having a former member’s pass, and with good reason.
'Cracking down’ on antisocial behaviour is a classic pre-election strategy – but this government...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoFor a government that is committed to “levelling up”, Rishi Sunak’s administration seems to have taken a major shift towards “cracking down”. A new action plan on antisocial behaviour has certainly ...
Why 2023 is a make-or-break year for Keir Starmer's Labour party
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoLabour has understandably begun 2023 in an upbeat mood. Polls give the party around 45% of the vote and with the Conservatives on just 19%, power once again feels within reach. But the Labour ...