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Labour closes gap with Reform in first poll after Andy Burnham becomes prime minister
The survey put Labour up 8 points, and level with Nigel Farage's party
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Andy Burnham can’t transform the country while sticking to the current fiscal rules
Sticking to the 2024 election manifesto and fiscal rules will make it harder for him to deliver the headline promises and the change that he has paraded.
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How masculism is taking over the world’s culture
'To respond effectively, turning off its financial taps won’t be sufficient. We must also tackle the emotional drivers that make it so compelling and so lethal.'
Opinion
Can Andy Burnham turn the government around?
Burnham has to manage public perception through constant public delivery whilst at the same time looking out for icebergs dead ahead
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Starmer’s Lords legacy is his leadership in microcosm
Bold promises of radical change lacked coherence, yielding disjointed and contradictory results Tom Brake is the Chief Executive of Unlock […]
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Immigration detention is failing women – and the prison watchdog’s report leaves no room for denial
The HM Chief Inspector of Prisons' latest report confirms what women have been saying for years: immigration detention causes profound harm
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Woke-Bashing of the Week: Culture vultures sweep on Little House on the Prairie, not realising the original was as ‘woke’ as they come
The American frontier was never as uniformly white as popular culture suggested. Acknowledging that fact is not "wokeifying" history. It’s recognising that history was always more complicated than the myths Americans, and television, liked to tell.
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Right-wing media watch: Telegraph’s latest benefits shock story is all hot air
The WaterSure scheme is hardly a mass giveaway, nor is it a loophole allowing people to water their lawns and fill their swimming pools while rubbing their hands in glee that they’re cheating the system.
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What happens if Farage quits?
If Nigel Farage walks away, Reform's biggest problem begins.
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Woke-Bashing of the Week: DeSantis ‘Stop WOKE’ law suffers major defeat – again!
The Nigel Farage debacle wasn’t the only bit of good news for progressives this week.