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Britain is about to get its second female prime minister. Thursday’s ballot of Conservative MPs eliminated Michael Gove...
July 6, 2016
Tony Blair committed to an invasion of Iraq almost eight months before receiving parliamentary and legal backing, and...
July 6, 2016
It was billed as the moment that Tony Blair would be eviscerated by his successor Jeremy Corbyn in an electrifying...
July 6, 2016
This Live Blog session closed at 18:18 on 6 Jul 2016.Sir John Chilcot has released his long-awaited report on the UK...
July 6, 2016
“I will be with you, whatever”. Out of the 2.6m words in Sir John Chilcot’s report on the Iraq war, these six — from a...
July 6, 2016
Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has taken his long-awaited opportunity to respond to the Chilcot Inquiry into Iraq,...
July 5, 2016
At the start of the week Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union, declared that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn...
July 5, 2016
Ideological purity has become the most important asset in leftwing British politics. Ever since Jeremy Corbyn ascended...
July 4, 2016
Tom Watson told despairing Labour MPs during a fiery meeting at Westminster that he would have “one last throw of the...
July 4, 2016
Limehouse: so much to answer for. When sensible people in Britain’s Labour party wonder what to do about Jeremy Corbyn,...
July 4, 2016
Nigel Farage is stepping down as leader of UKIP, claiming he has “never been and never wanted to be a career...
July 3, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of a “bunker mentality”, after colleagues complained that he had refused meetings to...
July 2, 2016
As the result of Britain’s EU referendum started to sink in on the morning after the vote, there was a range of...
July 1, 2016
The race to be the next prime minister is now in full swing. Michael Gove has launched his campaign to become the next...
July 1, 2016
The Fast Show, a television comedy that tickled Britain in the 1990s, featured an office prankster called (and the name...
June 30, 2016
This Live Blog session closed at 18:34 on 30 Jun 2016. Boris Johnson will not be running to replace David Cameron,...
June 30, 2016
Britain’s politics are going the way of Greece. The economic risks of Brexit were well rehearsed. The political perils...
June 29, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn said he would fight to the bitter end as his advisers disclosed they have formal advice that he will...
June 29, 2016
European leaders met today to discuss the UK’s fate after it voted to leave the EU. The British prime minister,...
June 29, 2016
David Cameron has made a strident call for Jeremy Corbyn to quit as leader of the opposition Labour party in the wake...
June 29, 2016
Several high-profile economic advisers to Jeremy Corbyn’s team have walked away, further undermining the credibility of...
June 29, 2016
Things are heating up at Prime Minister’s Questions. Outgoing UK prime minister David Cameron told Jeremy Corbyn that...
June 29, 2016
Outgoing UK prime minister David Cameron has warned there are “choppy waters ahead” following the result of the EU...
June 29, 2016
Markets took a quick breather on Tuesday, with a (very) modest rally for the pound, but UK politics remained in...
June 28, 2016
David Cameron is at his final EU summit in Brussels today, where he vowed that the UK would not turn its back on its...
June 28, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn refused to step down as leader of the Labour party even after an overwhelming vote of no-confidence — by...
June 28, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn is still refusing to step down as leader of the opposition even as he saw an overwhelming vote of no...
June 28, 2016
In February 1974, Edward Heath called a general election to settle the question “who governs Britain?” The British...
June 28, 2016
Britain’s post-Brexit referendum rollercoaster continued full pelt on Monday, as the pound hit a new 30-year low, bank...
June 28, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to dig in as Labour leader despite the resignations of 47 members of his front bench and an...
June 28, 2016
David Cameron will urge European leaders on Tuesday to learn the lessons of Britain’s vote to leave the EU as he makes...
June 27, 2016
Just as Labour MPs were trying to topple Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the opposition on Monday evening, several thousand...
June 27, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn must go. One year after becoming leader of Britain’s opposition Labour party, his position is no longer...
June 27, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn’s deputy may have asked him to consider his position following criticism of his handling of the EU...
June 27, 2016
This Live Blog session closed at 18:56 on 27 Jun 2016.Getty After a weekend of political ructions in both main parties,...
June 27, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn’s deputy has asked him to consider his position as Britain’s opposition leader after a co-ordinated...
June 27, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn’s deputy has asked him to step down as a co-ordinated coup against Britain’s opposition leader reaches a...
June 27, 2016
Out with the old, in with the new. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed a new shadow Cabinet following a string of...
June 27, 2016
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has backed his party leader Jeremy Corbyn, insisting he should not step down, despite...
June 26, 2016
Sunday will be remembered as the day when the cold war between Jeremy Corbyn and his own MPs finally ended and...
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