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What do Britain’s death-penalty cheerleaders have to say about Christa Pike? | Maya Foa

The leader of Restore Britain, Rupert Lowe, has made a manifesto commitment to holding a legally binding referendum on bringing back capital punishment. The Reform MP Lee Anderson is also in favour of a referendum…

Widdecombe suspect charged with planning terror act against Farage

Counter terror police said Joshua Kerry, 28, was charged on Friday with one count of preparation of terrorist acts. The charge relates to activity which is alleged to have taken place between May 2024 and July 2026.…

Greens can move Labour in the right direction, says Polanski

In his speech to the party's annual conference, the Green leader said that "sustained pressure" from his party had made forced Labour into changing its stance on issues including climate and its stance towards Israel. He…

London Labour council warns it may raise council tax by 150%

Hammersmith and Fulham council's cabinet has concluded in a report due to be published on Monday that such a rise would cost Band D households an additional £29.11 a week in 2027/28. The west London council has said it…

Half of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll finds

The poll by the Messina Group (TMG) found that renegotiating the UK's relationship with the EU could boost Labour's vote share by as much as seven points, if the prime minister offered a fresh referendum in which he…

I’m not buying into the ‘Keminaissance’. If the Tories lowered the bar any further, they’d be Reform UK | Frances Ryan

With her second Conservative party conference as leader looming on Sunday, and her rival Nigel Farage finally losing some ground, the provocateur with a reputation for dodging media rounds and being ill-prepared for…

LabourList Rally 2026 – In Pictures

Our rally is a great opportunity to bring together voices from across the movement to network, relax and celebrate another year in Government. We had a list of excellent speakers, who spoke throughout the afternoon…

Wie Russland die NATO provoziert. Mit Carlo Masala

Russland intensiviert seine hybride Kriegsführung mitten in Europa und testet gezielt die roten Linien der NATO. Doch was passiert, wenn ein solcher Anschlag auf deutschem Boden tatsächlich gelingt und den Bündnisfall…

Latvian PM faces bittersweet victory in election backdropped by Russia

But for the party’s prime ministerial candidate and ex-Finance Minister Arvils Ašeradens, the low polling numbers are simply the “political pendulum which shifts from one way to the other,” he told POLITICO in Riga last…

At Brighton, Polanski raised his arms in triumph. It felt more like a wave goodbye | John Crace

Worse, that you have actively accelerated your demise. Even AI doesn't work at that speed. But that's precisely what it looks as if Zack Polanski has done. Maybe he should just look on the bright side. He's managed eight…