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Division among the opposition parties continues to play into Boris Johnson’s hands.
Boris Johnson calls on Jeremy Corbyn to take him on in an election.
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If he can sell this plan to Brussels, it’s game changing – but that’s a big ‘if’.
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Behind the showman, there is a very real strategy.
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Inequality has reached untenable levels – public spending and wealth taxes are needed.
Johnson, now angling hard for the feline vote.
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The Conservative Party has long positioned itself as the voice of law and order – now that’s been shot to bits.
Jeremy Corbyn presides over a conference debate in Brighton.
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In trying to please everyone, Labour could lose votes on both sides of the Brexit divide.
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Based on current trends, the UK could be heading for a hung parliament.
Some of the rebels gather in parliament before the vote.
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Removing the whip to a group who voted against the government
Johnson has kicked 21 MPs out of the party, including Ken Clarke, the father of the House.
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For much of the 20th Century, UK Conservatives sought to appeal to a broad voter base. The new admiistration is already undermining that ethos.
Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, seems set on a course for a general election.
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Findings over the past few months show the two main parties are in terrible shape ahead of this snap vote.
Johnson arrives at the Conservative Party headquarters.
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Just what is Boris Johnson, the UK’s new prime minister: a liberal or conservative? A historian writing a book about Brexit, the focus of much of Johnson’s career, says the man is hard to pin down.
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It’s not actually unusual for a British prime minister to enter power like this. But does Johnson need a mandate more than most?
Pork barrel politics?
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Parliamentarians and party members have held their noses and voted in a man deeply unsuited to lead. Now the British public must live with their choice.
Two different directions.
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Two leadership experts weigh up the characteristics of the Conservative Party leadership hopefuls.
Jeremy Hunt (left) and Boris Johnson (right) are battling it out to be the next leader of the Tory party, and ultimately the next leader of the UK.
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In keeping with the permanent state of political misery induced by Brexit, any outcome of the leadership contest and the subsequent UK-EU politics will make almost everyone unhappy.
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The favourite to become the next prime minister has never felt the need to apologise for his offensive remarks about Muslim women.
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Conservative members will now vote on which of the two candidates will become their party leader – and the prime minister.
Stewart denies he was a spook – but then he would, wouldn’t he?
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If the Conservative MP was really a spook, he wouldn’t be the first to make the leap into parliament.
Am I PM yet?
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At the start of this election, party members said they wanted to avoid another ‘coronation’, so why is the lead candidate being allowed to avoid scrutiny?
Johnson: not a hit with the ladies after all.
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Johnson is the least popular among women MPs and Jeremy Hunt managed to get a vote from the European Research Group.