Politics

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Robert Largan: Police review Tory candidate’s election adverts
Conservative Robert Largan has published graphics saying "Labour for Largan" and "Reform for Robert" as he vies to be re-elected in the red wall seat of High Peak.
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Do the royals vote, and what are the rules for them as political parties start campaigning?
The relationship between politics and the palace is a sensitive one - even more so during a general election campaign.
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Who is Dick Schoof? Here are 8 things to know about the new Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Nicknamed ‘Tricky Dick’, the new head of the Netherlands’ far-right-led government is not afraid of bending the rules.
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British ambassador to Mexico sacked after pointing gun at embassy employee
Clip on social media showed Jon Benjamin aiming assault rifle at colleague in region rife with drug gangs
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Sunak heads north after a flurry of Tory policies fail to move the dial in the polls
After week of campaign missteps, ‘reset’ is attempt to firm up base and beat back Reform UK, say observers
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Donald Trump’s felony conviction now bans him from entering several countries, including Canada and the UK
Now that Donald Trump is a convicted felon, his list of countries to visit has gotten much shorter.
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Mafia state pushes Bulgarian democracy to the brink
Former PM Boyko Borissov and sanctioned media mogul Delyan Peevski are in the driving seat ahead of an election on June 9.
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Date announced for first General Election TV debate between Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak
ITV announced the first TV showdown of the General Election between the Labour leader Keir Starmer and the PM Rishi Sunak will be aired from 9pm on Tuesday June 4
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Greece rocked by voter privacy scandal ahead of EU election
Voter data held by the Interior Ministry found its way to a New Democracy MEP running for reelection.
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Diane Abbott regains Labour whip after investigation
Britain’s first black woman MP was suspended from the party last year over comments she made about Jewish people not facing racism, and rumours had been circling she might not be allowed to stand for Labour at the upcoming election.
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Rachel Reeves: What to know about the ex-chess champion aspiring to be the UK’s first female chancellor
The MP for Leeds West has risen up the ranks to be one of Labour’s most influential figures - whose judgement will determine the party’s spending priorities if it forms the next government.
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Georgia set to approve ‘foreign agents’ law amid growing Western backlash
The U.S. has imposed sanctions over the controversial legislation, while Brussels warns it will sink the country’s efforts to join the EU.
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Serbian ruling party’s mystery mega-spend on pre-election promo material
Customs data shows the Serbian Progressive Party spent millions importing promotional material ahead of elections in 2022, far more than the party had previously paid for similar items.
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Lithuania President Nausėda wins landslide re-election in vote shaped by Russia fears
Incumbent, who beat challenge from prime minister Ingrida Šimonytė, says Lithuania’s independence a ‘fragile vessel that we must cherish’
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China accuses UK of false accusations against Chinese citizens
China accused Britain on Saturday of false accusation, "wanton stigmatisation" and arbitrary arrests after the unexplained death of a man charged with illegally assisting Hong Kong’s foreign intelligence service.
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Nigel Farage condemned for ’race baiting’ after claiming Muslims are ’hostile to British values’
Nigel Farage shocked Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips with an attack on British Muslims as he begins campaigning for Reform UK
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Refusing mandatory National Service won’t lead to prison, home secretary says after Tory policy launch
Teenagers would have the option of military service or volunteering for a year under the Conservatives’ first policy pledge of the election campaign.
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Rishi Sunak plots return of National Service as Labour says it’s ’maths until 18 then off to war’
Dud’s Army: Rishi Sunak, who has never served in uniform, thinks forcing teenagers to join the military or volunteer to build flood defences will help bring back the "national spirit" that emerged during the pandemic
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Tories rush to secure nearly 200 election candidates as Gove leads a wave of departures
Rishi Sunak appeared to catch his own party unprepared for the general election as Conservative HQ tries to find scores of prospective MPs willing to stand
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Michael Gove to step down as MP at General Election
Michael Gove has become the latest high-profile Conservative MP to announce he is standing down ahead of the General Election on July 4.
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Putin’s Estonia provocation raises alarm bells in the Baltics
EU demands Russia explain its unilateral demarcation of the Narva River on the Estonian-Russian border.
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’Bionic MP’ Craig Mackinlay who lost hands and feet quits Parliament
Tory MP Craig Mackinlay has said he won’t stand for re-election. He was given a standing ovation after returning this week after having his limbs amputated because of sepsis
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Putin sparks new WW3 fears by angering NATO with plans to change Russia’s borders
Vladimir Putin has sparked a potential flashpoint with NATO as the despot aims to change Russia’s borders by laying claim to waters owned by Finland and Lithuania
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Jeremy Corbyn will stand against Labour in UK election
‘We have to stand up and say we’re not taking this anymore,’ says ex-leader booted out of the party under Keir Starmer.
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Rishi Sunak shelves flagship Rwanda and smoking policies before election
Keir Starmer says Tory plans ‘up in the air or in the bin’, with proposals to end no-fault evictions also likely to be dropped