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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 7h
Where the MPs who backed Robert Jenrick in 2024 now sit in the Conservative hierarchy (and beyond)
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 10h
How Burnham plans to box in the right by styling Badenoch and Farage as defenders of the status quo Piece for @politics.co.uk www.politics.co.uk/2026/10/week...
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Andy Burnham has changed the game - Politics.co.uk
Andy Burnham escaped Labour's defensive crouch and confronted his rivals with a simple choice: get on board or side with the status quo.
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 12h
#Politicle: 04/10/2026 I identified the mystery MP after just the starting clues! 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Can you match my score? politics.co.uk/politicle
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 14h
#OTD 2005. David Cameron’s ‘no notes’ speech transforms Tory leadership race The address, which championed a message of “modern, compassionate conservatism”, propelled Cameron from relative outsider to frontrunner www.politics.co.uk/history/davi...
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David Cameron’s ‘no notes’ conference speech (2005)
In October 2005, David Cameron delivered a game-changing “no notes” speech at Conservative Party conference in Blackpool.
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 15h
🚨 NEW: Kemi Badenoch publishes 95-page booklet setting out Conservative principles Like Thatcher’s Right Approach, published three years before the 1979 general election, The Right Way is billed as the foundation for the party’s next manifesto Story 👇 www.politics.co.uk/2026/10/kemi...
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Kemi Badenoch publishes 95-page booklet setting out Conservative principles - Politics.co.uk
Kemi Badenoch has published The Right Way, a 95-page statement of Conservative principles modelled on the party’s 1976 document The Right Approach. Launched at Conservative conference in Birmingham, t...
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 17h
🚨 Today’s mystery MP has been selected ➡️ Party: Reform UK 📍 Region: South East Unlock more clues by playing #Politicle 👉 www.politics.co.uk/politicle/
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 03/10/2026
#Politicle: 03/10/2026 I identified the mystery MP after 4 clues 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟩⬛ Can you do better? politics.co.uk/politicle
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 03/10/2026
#OTD 2018. Theresa May shimmies on stage to ABBA’s Dancing Queen The self-deprecating and unusually light-hearted shimmy was a reference to her recent visit to South Africa, where footage of May dancing with schoolchildren had gone viral www.politics.co.uk/history/ther...
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Theresa May’s ‘Dancing Queen’ conference entry (2018)
On 3 October 2018, Theresa May boogied onto the Conservative conference stage in Birmingham to the sound of ABBA's Dancing Queen.
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Burnham’s platform is designed to create the conditions in which Labour is best placed to win the next election: a broad progressive coalition facing a divided right New piece for @politics.co.uk www.politics.co.uk/2026/10/week...
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Andy Burnham has changed the game - Politics.co.uk
Andy Burnham escaped Labour's defensive crouch and confronted his rivals with a simple choice: get on board or side with the status quo.
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Andy Burnham has changed the game The PM escaped Starmer’s defensive crouch and confronted his rivals with a choice: get on board or defend the status quo Long-read for @politics.co.uk👇 www.politics.co.uk/2026/10/week...
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Andy Burnham has changed the game - Politics.co.uk
Twelve months ago, Andy Burnham landed in Liverpool possessed by palpable ambition and a plan to place himself at the top of the conference agenda. The unsubtle criticisms he levelled at Keir Starmer ...
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 02/10/2026
#Politicle: 02/10/2026 I identified the mystery MP after 2 clues 🟥🟥🟩⬛⬛⬛ Can you do better? politics.co.uk/politicle
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 02/10/2026
“What Johnson and Starmer did is an absolute ocean-going disaster for Britain” Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell on: - how Burnham can restore 0.7% aid target - “ingenious” ways found to spend 0.6% under Sunak - his “totally horrified” reaction to Starmer aid cut Interview for @politics.co.uk 👇
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Andrew Mitchell on aid, rebellion and not telling the Treasury - Politics.co.uk
Sir Andrew Mitchell’s office, like his politics, is arranged around his long-standing commitment to international development. Barely have I stepped into the expansive room, once occupied by the leader of the opposition, before Mitchell steers me towards a framed list of names on the wall. The mounted “Roll of Honour” catalogues the Conservative MPs who, […]
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 02/10/2026
#Onthisday in 1983: Kinnock and Hattersley win Labour leadership on ‘dream ticket’ Kinnock, 41, vowed to “lift the yoke of Thatcherism” from the country. His sweeping victory was somewhat marred by an unfortunate slip on Brighton beach History Hub👇 www.politics.co.uk/history/kinn...
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1983 Labour leadership election: Neil Kinnock triumphs
On 2 October 1983, Neil Kinnock was elected leader of the Labour Party in a first-round landslide at the party's conference in Brighton.
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 02/10/2026
🚨 Today’s mystery MP has been selected 🟦 Party: Conservatives 📍 Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Unlock more clues by playing #Politicle 👉 www.politics.co.uk/politicle/
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
#Politicle: 01/10/2026 I identified the mystery MP after 4 clues 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟩⬛ Can you do better? politics.co.uk/politicle
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
Vikki Slade is the second Liberal Democrat MP to break ranks over the leadership's position on the triple lock after @tomgordonld.bsky.social's intervention this morning
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
#Onthisday in 1963: Wilson vows to forge Britain in ‘white heat’ of technological revolution Wilson warned there was “no room for Luddites in the socialist party”, casting Labour as the political force best equipped to mould the future Full brief 👇 www.politics.co.uk/history/wils...
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Harold Wilson’s ‘white heat of technology’ speech (1963)
On 1 October 1963, Harold Wilson committed a future Labour government to a programme of radical industrial and social modernisation.
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
#Onthisday in 1985: Kinnock confronts Militant in landmark conference speech Kinnock excoriated Militant for causing “grotesque chaos” in its management of Liverpool City Council. He referred to “tendency tacticians” and “gesture-generals” Full brief 👇 www.politics.co.uk/history/kinn...
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Neil Kinnock confronts Militant in conference speech (1985)
On 1 October 1985, Neil Kinnock launched a blistering attack on the Militant tendency during a landmark speech at Labour's annual conference.
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
Yes. The decision to set up a huge APPG, Sarah Olney’s 10-minute rule bill in December 2024, the consistent op-eds, the focus on calling for a “commission”, the parliamentary debates, the pro-reform amendment to the Representation of the People Bill – all helped make Burnham’s commitment possible
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
Tom Gordon saying publicly what many Lib Dem MPs and activists are no doubt thinking privately The criticism gets to the heart of the party's identity crisis: the tension between a liberal vision on issues like intergenerational inequality...
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
‘For the birds’: Lib Dem MP tells Ed Davey to ‘think again’ on triple lock defence @tomgordonld.bsky.social says the argument that it helps millennials is “at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting” Full quotes 👇 www.politics.co.uk/2026/10/for-...
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‘For the birds’: Lib Dem MP tells Ed Davey to ‘think again’ on triple lock defence - Politics.co.uk
A Liberal Democrat MP has criticised Ed Davey over the party’s position on the pension triple lock, saying the argument that it should be kept to help millennials is “at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting”. In a post on X, Tom Gordon said he had listened to Davey on BBC Radio […]
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
🚨 Today’s mystery MP has been selected 🟧 Party: Liberal Democrats 📍 Region: South West Unlock more clues by playing #Politicle 👉 www.politics.co.uk/politicle/
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
This “email” image is being shared all over X, including by Nadine Dorries It claims to show Labour instructing an “All Labour X Users” mailing list to praise Burnham's speech It takes very little critical thinking to see it's fake - but here we are
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 30/09/2026
Andy Burnham's speech to Labour conference in *2010* “The way older people have to pay for care today is as great an injustice as healthcare before the NHS… “Ending this injustice is a great cause for Labour as any that has gone before” Calls for a “national care service free at the point of use”
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Andy Burnham's speech to Labour Party Conference 2010
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 30/09/2026
#Politicle: 30/09/2026 I identified the mystery MP after 1 clue 🟥🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ Can you do better? politics.co.uk/politicle
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 30/09/2026
“Does he agree that the triple lock is simply not affordable?” - Tom Tugendhat, shadow foreign secretary, in the commons last year. H/T Tali Fraser on X The extent to which Burnham’s triple lock position will unsettle the Conservatives is underappreciated 1/...
Tom Tugendhat 
I am interested to hear the hon. Gentleman using the figure of £70 billion, and I agree with him. He knows that £30 billion of that results from the rise in the triple lock, so does he agree that the triple lock is simply not affordable?
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 30/09/2026
Conservatives and Reform UK reiterate support for pension triple lock In the wake of Burnham's conference speech, both parties have recommitted to the existing policy. Senior Tories have previously questioned the policy's sustainability Full story and quotes👇 www.politics.co.uk/2026/09/cons...
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Conservatives and Reform reiterate support for pensions triple lock
The Conservative Party and Reform UK have both restated their support for the pension triple lock after Burnham's conference speech.
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 30/09/2026
🚨 Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU is an option: ‘We could go all the way’ “There’s no point me denying it. I’ve said I would like to see Britain rejoin in my lifetime. But it’s not necessarily the case that that is now”, the PM told the BBC Story 👇 www.politics.co.uk/2026/09/andy...
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Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU is an option: ‘We could go all the way’ - Politics.co.uk
Andy Burnham has said rejoining the European Union is among the options on the table for Britain’s future relationship with Europe, confirming he would like to see the UK rejoin in his lifetime. Asked...
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 30/09/2026
🚨 Today’s mystery MP has been selected ⬜️ Party: Independent 📍 Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Unlock more clues by playing #Politicle 👉 www.politics.co.uk/politicle/
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 29/09/2026
#Politicle: 29/09/2026 I identified the mystery MP after 4 clues 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟩⬛ Can you do better? politics.co.uk/politicle
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 29/09/2026
This part of Burnham's speech was both politically brutal and highly emotional Probably the speech's best written and delivered passage
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Andy Burnham announces national commission on electoral reform “We will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system, so that everyone’s vote counts and everyone’s voice is heard”, he said. Full story 👇 www.politics.co.uk/2026/09/andy...
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Andy Burnham announces national commission on electoral reform - Politics.co.uk
Andy Burnham has announced a new national commission on electoral reform, and pledge to put a commitment to change the voting system in Labour‘s next manifesto. Speaking to Labour conference, the prim...
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Burnham to change pension triple lock from 2030 to fund National Care Service “So this is the deal”, Burnham said: “A state pension that rises every year, no care charges, and a high-quality national care service to give peace of mind in later life.” Full story 👇
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Burnham to change pension triple lock from 2030 to fund National Care Service - Politics.co.uk
Andy Burnham has confirmed he will keep the pension triple lock unchanged for the rest of this parliament, but will alter it from April 2030, using the savings to help fund a new National Care Service...
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham in his keynote speech at Labour conference: “I am 10 weeks into this job, and not all of my recent predecessors have been able to say that.“
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 29/09/2026
NEW: Labour will ‘stand by’ ECHR unlike Farage and Badenoch, says @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social “They say they’ll bin the European Convention on Human Rights. They’ve clearly never read the Good Friday Agreement. Or maybe they don’t care about it”, Bryant stated www.politics.co.uk/2026/09/chri...
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Chris Bryant: Labour will ‘stand by’ ECHR, unlike Farage and Badenoch - Politics.co.uk
Sir Chris Bryant has vowed that Labour will “stand by” the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the Good Friday Agreement, accusing Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch of having “clearly never re...
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 29/09/2026
#Onthisday in 2014: Liz Truss delivers impassioned speech on cheese and apple imports “At the moment we import two-thirds of our apples. We import nine-tenths of all of our pears. We import two-thirds of our cheese. “That is a DISGRACE!” www.politics.co.uk/history/that...
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‘That is a disgrace!’: Liz Truss pork markets speech (2014)
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 29/09/2026
🚨 Today’s mystery MP has been selected 🟥 Party: Labour 📍 Region: South East Unlock more clues by playing #Politicle 👉 www.politics.co.uk/politicle/
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
“We can't carry on as we are. Politics-as-usual has taken Britain backwards.” Andy Burnham will vow action on social care, youth unemployment and public control of utilities in first conference speech as PM Full primer: www.politics.co.uk/2026/09/burn...
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Burnham vows action on social care, youth unemployment and public control of utilities - Politics.co.uk
Andy Burnham will use his first Labour Party conference speech as prime minister to commit to action on social care and youth unemployment, as well as greater public control of energy, water and housi...
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
NEW: Labour MPs tell Burnham to show ‘high ambition’ and move closer to EU @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social told a @britishfuture.bsky.social event the PM could open “a conversation now about the single market and the customs union, with a view to putting it to the country in a couple of years.”
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Labour MPs tell Burnham to show ‘ambition’ and move closer to EU
Labour MPs Anneliese Dodds and Andrew Lewin have urged Andy Burnham to set out a bolder relationship with the EU. Speaking at a British Future fringe event at Labour conference, the pair were asked wh...
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
NEW: Emily Thornberry warns Labour risk being seen as ‘nasty’ over immigration rules Speaking at a More in Common fringe event, Thornberry said it was “just not fair” to change the rules for people who came to the UK under existing ones www.politics.co.uk/2026/09/emil...
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Emily Thornberry warns Labour risk being seen as ‘nasty’ over immigration rules - Politics.co.uk
Dame Emily Thornberry has warned that Labour must be careful about being seen as “nasty” over proposed changes to immigration settlement rules. Under plans the government is finalising following a con...
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Left must ‘reclaim free speech’, says Labour MP Jonathan Hinder www.politics.co.uk/2026/09/the-...
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Left must ‘reclaim free speech’, says Labour MP Jonathan Hinder - Politics.co.uk
Labour MP Jonathan Hinder has urged the left to “reclaim” free speech. Speaking at a Labour fringe event organised by More in Common and Liberty, Hinder said many working-class voters did not feel abl...
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
#Politicle: 28/09/2026 I identified the mystery MP after 1 clue 🟥🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ Can you do better? politics.co.uk/politicle
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
NEW: Nigel Farage ‘seems to hate foreigners’ but ‘loves their money’, says Lucy Powell @lucympowell.bsky.social described the Reform UK leader as “a modern-day love child of Enoch Powell and Margaret Thatcher” Story 👇 www.politics.co.uk/2026/09/fara...
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Farage ‘seems to hate foreigners’ but ‘loves their money’, says Lucy Powell - Politics.co.uk
Lucy Powell has accused Nigel Farage of hypocrisy over immigration, telling Labour conference that he “seems to hate foreigners so much” but “really does love their money”. In her first conference spe...
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
John Healey to pledge ‘new age of industrialisation’ in Labour conference speech www.politics.co.uk/2026/09/john...
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John Healey to pledge ‘new age of industrialisation’ in Labour conference speech - Politics.co.uk
John Healey will pledge a “new age of industrialisation” for Britain in his speech to Labour conference. The chancellor is expected to confirm that three new floating docks for the Royal Navy’s submar...
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
🚨 Today’s mystery MP has been selected 🟥 Party: Labour 📍 Region: London Unlock more clues by playing #Politicle 👉 www.politics.co.uk/politicle/
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 27/09/2026
‘That ship has sailed’: Wes Streeting bids farewell to leadership ambitions www.politics.co.uk/2026/09/that...
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‘That ship has sailed’: Wes Streeting bids farewell to leadership ambitions - Politics.co.uk
Wes Streeting has appeared to rule out ever standing to become leader of the Labour Party in the future, saying it is “quite a liberating position to be in.” Speaking at a Fabian Society fringe event ...
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 27/09/2026
#Politicle: 27/09/2026 I identified the mystery MP after 2 clues 🟥🟥🟩⬛⬛⬛ Can you do better? politics.co.uk/politicle
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Guess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.uk
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 27/09/2026
#Onthisday in 1981: Healey narrowly defeats Tony Benn after deputy leadership challenge Healey's victory, on just 50.4% to 49.6% in the second round, had profound consequences for the future of the Labour Party Full context and story on @politics.co.uk's History Hub
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1981 Labour deputy leadership election: Healey defeats Tony Benn
The 1981 contest, and Tony Benn's challenge, came at a moment of crisis for the Labour Party under Michael Foot.
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 27/09/2026
🚨 Today’s mystery MP has been selected 🟦 Party: Conservatives 📍 Region: East Midlands Unlock more clues by playing #Politicle 👉 www.politics.co.uk/politicle/
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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 26/09/2026
Burnham has ‘ghosted’ the Labour left, says Clive Lewis www.politics.co.uk/2026/09/burn...
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Burnham has ‘ghosted’ the Labour left, says Clive Lewis - Politics.co.uk
Clive Lewis has accused prime minister Andy Burnham of “ghosting” the Labour Party’s left flank.  Speaking on the Labour Left Podcast ahead of the party’s annual conference, the Norwich South MP did say the culture at the top of the party had improved since Starmer’s departure. “Andy Burnham feels more tolerant”, Lewis said. “But I […]
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