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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...
Liz Truss: what I told European colleagues when they asked me what on Earth is going on in British...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoThe Casino de Montbenon in Lausanne, Switzerland would make a perfect setting for a James Bond film....
Are Fitness Influencers a Force for Good?
Men's Health UK via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhether or not you ‘like’ the idea, influencers are now the UK’s main source of health and fitness info. But how did we get here? And does everyone...
What the election date betting scandal really tells us about the state of British politics
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 1 week 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· 3 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 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 ...
Liz Truss resigns as prime minister: the five causes of her downfall explained
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoAs Liz Truss stepped away from the lectern outside No.10 Downing Street after resigning as leader of her party, it probably occurred to her that her time as prime minister will have been only ...
Boris Johnson: a terminal case of hubris syndrome
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoAs Boris Johnson barricades himself in Number 10, apparently unwilling or unable to listen to the advice of close party colleagues who are calling on him to resign, how can we understand this ...
'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 ...