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Nigel Farage has been elected as an MP for the first time during a breakthrough night for Reform UK
Reform were projected to win 13 seats in the exit poll.
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Labour wins UK general election as Keir Starmer says: ‘We did it! Change begins now’
Sir Keir Starmer will enter Downing Street as Labour’s first prime minister in 14 years after a landslide victory at the general election.
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101 reasons to vote the Tories out on election day: Partygate scandal, sewage issues, and Liz Truss
From Rishi Sunak’s helicopter usage, fury over the Tories partying while the nation was locked down under strict Covid rules and a burgeoning mental health crisis, to Liz Truss’ disastrous stint as PM and spiralling energy costs... there are more than enough reasons to give the Tories a kicking in the ballot box on July 4
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Chameleon complex: Europe’s far right is mimicking the fight for stability and justice — and it’s working
Last week in France, the far-right National Rally won the first round of parliamentary elections, taking 33% of the vote.
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Who is Count Binface and what is his manifesto for the General Election?
The General Election’s most unusual candidate is space warrior Count Binface – a staple of elections at this point.
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Keir Starmer hails a ‘new age of hope’ as Rishi Sunak fears losing his seat
Final polls predict unprecedented Labour victory, with Starmer declaring Britain a ‘great nation, with boundless potential’
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Starmer says Britain will not rejoin the EU in his lifetime
Labour leader also says he cannot foresee circumstances where UK would re-enter single market or customs union
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Rishi Sunak fearful of losing his seat, - The Guardian
PM would become first sitting British leader to be voted out of his constituency if his fears are realised
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A Tory Minister has suggested that he may not vote for his party after Boris Johnson was brought out
Just moments after Rishi Sunak hailed a ’united’ Conservative family, Tory Minister Huw Merriman hit out at the surprise appearance of disgraced ex-PM Boris Johnson
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Trump’s plan for NATO is emerging
Trump advisers envision a ‘radical reorientation’ in which Washington takes a back seat to Europe — and cuts a deal with Putin over Ukraine.
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A prominent Conservative figure has suggested ’building a wall’ in the English Channel to address the migrant issue
Uber-Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg takes page from Donald Trump’s playbook.
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Keir Starmer dismisses fake Tory claims about his work ethic as "laughably ridiculous"
Keir Starmer has branded fake Tory claims about his work ethic as "laughably ridiculous".
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A Tory MP who used Nigel Farage on a campaign leaflet has had a spectacular falling out with the Reform party
Reform candidate tells Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns that his party’s leadership are ‘a***holes’ as she falls out spectacularly with the right wing party
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Labour energy chief Ed Miliband is facing backlash over local solar projects
If the polls are correct, Ed Miliband will be U.K. energy secretary by Friday, overseeing Labour’s ambitious push to back clean energy projects like solar and wind farms all over the country.
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Farage denies ’stoking prejudice’ amid Reform scandal
Reform UK leader echoes Donald Trump in response to claim hostile state actors are backing his party
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Rishi Sunak claims the UK is a better place to live after 14 years of Conservative rule
Britain is “a better place to live” than when the Conservatives came to power in 2010, Rishi Sunak has insisted at the start of the final campaign weekend before the UK general election on Thursday.
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France heads to the polls for a high-stakes snap parliamentary election
Ballot could see Marine Le Pen’s National Rally form government as polls suggest support for far-right party has strengthened.
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The EU finalizes up to €1 billion in aid to Egypt as part of a migration agreement
The EU on Saturday finalized a deal for the disbursement of up to €1 billion in macro-financial assistance to Egypt, within their partnership geared at curbing irregular migration and boosting the North African country’s economy.
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The UK’s involvement might cause a delay in the International Criminal Court’s decision on issuing an arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Britain to make legal arguments over jurisdiction in case of alleged war crimes by the Israeli PM
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Britain’s most costly chancellors who left the worst legacy
From Gordon Brown to Kwasi Kwarteng, Telegraph Money finds out who hit the nation’s finances the hardest
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Keir Starmer pledges to ban zombie knives within six months of Labour government
The Labour leader, meeting families bereaved by knife crime, has urged them to write to him within three to six months of a Labour government to ‘hold him to account’.
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Brave new summit: The West has finally realized it can help Ukraine win without getting Russia’s permission
Two and a half years into Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the West has finally given up on the prospect of reaching a just peace through negotiations, journalist and Ukrainian serviceman Yuriy Matsarsky argues.
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The Tories’ biggest legacy went unnoticed by many
Five years ago this week, in the teeth of the Brexit wars, an outgoing Tory prime minister was looking for a legacy. Theresa May settled on net zero —and now it’s on Labour to keep that target alive.
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Election betting: Fifth Tory investigated in expanding scandal
Welsh politician Russell George told by Gambling Commission he is part of inquiry as Tories drop Craig Williams and Laura Saunders
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UK Labour candidate suspended after betting he would lose
‘Stupid’ Labour hopeful Kevin Craig is dropped by the party over a pre-election bet — just hours after the Tories had to yank support for two of their own.