Gary Gibbon
Conservative and DUP deal: looking weak and wobbly?
Lots has gone wrong in a negotiation which started with the promising omens of two party leaders very well-disposed to the whole idea.
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Gary Gibbon
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Tories have twice blocked Labour legislation to make rented homes – including council houses – safer.
We’ve updated this article since it was originally published on 16 June 2017. We’re grateful for input from Giles Peaker, who is a solicitor specialising in housing law. Housing safety standards have come into sharp focus since last week’s devastating fire in west London that left at least 79 people dead or presumed dead, and…
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Tim Farron resigns as Lib Dem leader
Tim Farron has resigned as leader of the Lib Dems suggesting that it’s not possible to be a committed Christian following the word of the Bible and be a successful political leader of a liberal party at the same time. Mr Farron was repeatedly asked at the beginning of the campaign if he thought gay sex…
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FactCheck: Corbyn wrong on working-class students
Most of the evidence does not support the Labour leader’s claim.
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Tories target seat held by Labour since 1923
I spoke to one senior Tory who’s been inside the CCHQ operation and struggled to think of more than a tiny handful of Tory MPs who he thinks are seriously worried about the prospect of losing their seats. Compare that with the bold list of target seats the Tories are still hoping to take off…
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Gary Gibbon
After today’s U-turn, Theresa May’s ‘Gloriana image’ is a little battered
It’s hard to think of an occasion when a manifesto commitment has been overturned mid-campaign. In a stark formless landscape of rigid sloganeering, this striking policy stood out even more than it would normally and had a big negative impact on older voters who read their newspapers and listen to bulletins.
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FactCheck: what do the local election results mean?
The local elections in England have actually gone a lot worse for Labour than Rallings and Thrasher predicted.
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Gary Gibbon
General Election: Surprise among the Cabinet?
One Cabinet minister told me a rumour of an early election announcement had gone around the reception room just before they filed into Cabinet. Until that moment, the minister said, “not a clue.” The minister said he looked long and hard round the room to check facial expressions as the Prime Minister said more or less…
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FactCheck: Assad’s implausible claims about chemical weapons
President Assad contradicted previous statements on Khan Sheikhun made by his allies in Moscow and members of his own government.
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Gary Gibbon
Scotland may have to wait for Brexit to ‘bed in’ before independence vote
The government has toughened its line on a second Scottish independence referendum: Scotland may have to wait for Brexit to “bed in,” it may even have to wait for a transition period after Brexit before a second referendum can take place.
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Alexander Blackman conviction reduced to manslaughter
A Royal Marine who shot an injured Taliban fighter in Afghanistan has had his murder conviction reduced to manslaughter. Appeal Court judges ruled that Sergeant Alexander Blackman, who’s already served three years in jail, had acted as the result of a mental illness.
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FactCheck: are most asylum seekers really economic migrants?
Mr Farage is wrong to suggest that most people who claim to be refugees are really found to be economic migrants.
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Gary Gibbon
Brexit Bill – Government passes moment of maximum danger
The Government has minimised a Tory rebellion by offering Parliament a final vote on the Brexit deal. But MPs would have to choose between the deal – or no deal. The government has fought off the most dangerous of amendments to the Article 50 Bill by a majority of 33. That number, they hope, will subdue the…
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Simon Israel
Police unlawfully seized phone records of journalists and other police officers
Cleveland Police have been found to have illegally used surveillance powers on police officers and local journalists during a 2012 investigation into the source of various leaks.
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FactCheck Q&A: Trump’s travel ban
The very latest advice from the UK Foreign Office is that people with British passports will not be affected.
