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There were some big and subtle statements throughout the show
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Lord Kinnock appeared at a huge rally days before the general election 32 years ago which he surprisingly lost – with analysts pointing out one key factor.
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Dawn Butler MP exposes the vile, racist abuse she is subjected to on a daily basis, and how she is taking a stance.
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Pro-Palestine protests against Israels entry in Eurovision have only served as a reminder why the song contest and politics dont mix
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The Labour leader gave a speech in Dover announcing his party’s plans to curb Channel crossings.
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Sir Keir Starmer declined to comment on Natalie Elphicke’s past remarks about Charlie Elphicke’s conviction for sexually assaulting two women. Her then-husband, the former MP for Dover, was jailed for two years in 2020. In an interview with The Sun, Ms Elphicke defended him, saying he was attractive, and attracted to, women and that that made him an easy target for dirty politics and false allegations, claiming he was the victim of a terrible miscarriage of justice. When pressed on Ms Elphicke’s remarks on Wednesday, 8 May, the Labour leader declined to comment and said: “I’m delighted to welcome Natalie Elphicke to the Labour party. “She’s got a strong track record on issues such as housing.”
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The GB News guests went head-to-head in a debate over the Union Jack flag after comments by the UK’s Eurovision Song Contest entrant.
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The politician-turned-broadcaster said the Government had made ‘repeated attempts to try and play it down’.
The defence secretary said ‘state involvement’ in the cyber-attack could not be ruled out
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The Defence Secretary gave an update on a large-scale cyber attack on the MoD which has been blamed on China.
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A Tory MP has suggested Labour will win the general election. Paul Scully, who is standing down at the next vote, shared a bleak outlook for Rishi Sunak’s government. “There is a scenario we can get to, if we come up with a vision and sell that vision to the country, rather than just going from crisis to crisis… that you can get to a hung parliament or reduce the losses,” he told BBC Politics on Tuesday 7 May. “My personal view, is that Labour is going to win the election.”
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The Prime Minister said there is ‘no place in our politics’ for the comments made by Mothin Ali, who is also accused ofhelping force a rabbi and his family into hiding after targeting him with a string of slurs.