Politics explained
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SNP leadership race: how will it work and who is favourite to replace Sturgeon?
Three official candidates will compete for the leadership of the Scottish National Party and to be the next first minister…
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Will Rishi Sunak rely on Labour to pass protocol deal?
Rishi Sunak will be feeling cautiously confident that he can get through the latest Brexit turmoil with his authority intact,…
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Will Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal revive his poll ratings?
Rishi Sunak’s surprise deal with the EU has attracted much praise, even from the most Eurosceptic of quarters. His supporters…
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Will Tory MPs rebel over small boats bill?
Nothing unites the Conservative Party quite like Gary Lineker’s tweets. Tory MPs have been universal in their outrage about the…
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Who is winning the Scottish leadership race? Not the SNP
It seems much longer than five weeks since Nicola Sturgeon announced her intention to resign as first minister of Scotland…
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No Jeremy Corbyn: What’s next for Labour’s left?
Jeremy Corbyn won’t be a Labour candidate at the next general election, Sir Keir Starmer has said, also warning that…
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Is it too late for the Tories to win back business votes?
A former CBI president, Paul Drechsler, tells The Independent that Labour is “winning the argument” over business, while Iain Anderson,…
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Could a new Brexit deal really end the Northern Ireland protocol saga?
Talks between Britain and the EU over the Northern Ireland protocol are in the crucial final phase, with a deal…
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The ever-moving goalposts around sending military jets to Ukraine
After the surprise visit by Ukraine’s president to London, Rishi Sunak, under pressure from Volodymyr Zelensky, Boris Johnson, MPs and…
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What does the Chinese spy balloon mean for US-China relations?
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has postponed his trip to China this weekend, with a high-altitude Chinese spy…
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