The local election results in England and national government elections in Wales and Scotland may prove to be among the most historically significant political events
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Does today mark the end of two-party politics?
Britain may be witnessing the end of two-party politics. Today’s local and devolved elections could mark a turning point in the political history of the
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Is the UK past its sell by date?
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a Prime Minister in office beyond their use-by date fails to recognise that fact, and has to be
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Labour’s contempt for Scotland
In an extraordinary interview yesterday, Wes Streeting MP, the UK health secretary in the Labour government, told Lewis Goodall on LBC that there was absolutely
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How would I vote?
I was challenged yesterday to explain how I would vote in forthcoming elections in Scotland for the Holyrood Parliament, in Wales for the Senedd, and
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Paying attention to Scotland
Scotland, as I notice every time I go there, is very decidedly another country, and one to which most people in England have rarely visited
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Scotland in a time of chaos
I have an article in The National this morning that I open by saying: IT is my wife’s belief that, as a man of a
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Farage is going nowhere
As the FT has noted in an article this morning, referring to a rally that Nigel Farage held in Swindon on Thursday: Farage told the
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Might Labour come fourth in Scotland?
Labour swept many parliamentary seats in Scotland in 2024, representing a massive improvement in its fortunes in the country. Now, as The National is reporting:
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