The Hamilton by-election and the crack-up of Scottish politics
Everything is to play for – but this victory does indicate new opportunities for Labour.
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All eyes on Scotland – and Nigel Farage’s new insurgency
The Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election is a microcosm for Britain’s swirling political crises.
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Does Farage own the future?
Keir Starmer must prove he understands the fury of many voters with his government.
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How winter fuel cost Labour these elections
Cutting the benefit was seen as an attack on the vulnerable. The decision has hobbled this government for nine months.
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Reform’s Runcorn victory is a warning to Labour
Nigel Farage’s triumph will intensify divisions within the government over policy and strategy.
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Labour has nothing to be happy about in Runcorn and Helsby
What the Britain Predicts forecast says with a few days to go.
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Reform’s bellwether election
The defector Andrea Jenkyns is running for mayor of Greater Lincolnshire – and dispirited Tories are watching closely.
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Has Labour bungled welfare reform?
This was a masterclass in bad comms.
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A Reform Labour showdown looms in the Runcorn by-election
The polls are fractured, but Farage’s party fancies its chances.
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Will George Galloway win the Rochdale by-election?
The former Labour and Respect MP has good reason to fancy his chances.
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Tireless Tory chair swaps hustings for hostelries
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Rochdale’s by-election brings the Gaza war to Britain
A neglected former mill town is a microcosm of a fractured nation.
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Reform UK isn’t the Tories’ big problem
A strategy based on appealing to disillusioned right-wing voters is destined to fail.
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The Tories are still facing electoral apocalypse
Labour’s by-election triumphs in Wellingborough and Kingswood offer the Tories no cause for consolation.
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Can “yimby” Labour win the Kingswood by-election?
Inside the party’s fight to gain a suburban Conservative constituency on the green belt of Bristol.
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How indecision turned toxic for Labour in Rochdale
Dithering over Azhar Ali’s by-election campaign has reignited the anti-Semitism row and damaged Keir Starmer’s public image.
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Labour’s withdrawal of support for Azhar Ali has come too late
Keir Starmer’s reputation for purging anti-Semitism from the party has been diminished.
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Why the Azhar Ali affair is so damaging for Labour
The party’s delayed suspension of its Rochdale candidate for anti-Semitism has undermined its political and moral credibility.
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Keir Starmer’s Rochdale problem won’t go away
Having stuck by Azhar Ali following his anti-Semitic comments, the question now is what the party does if he wins.
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Wellingborough by-election: is Labour on course for another Tory turnover?
The Conservatives are struggling in yet another former stronghold – and the threat of Reform may prove most worrying.
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