Comparing Keir Starmer’s 2024 election manifesto with Tony Blair’s 1997 document is a helpful way to understand why the vision is grander than is being portrayed.
The Tories have 346 seats and could lose more than half of those. Labour is aiming for huge gains, the SNP is fighting for relevance – and the Lib Dems are hoping to become the third party again.
Long, drawn-out campaigns just aren’t Rishi Sunak’s cup of tea.
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Frank Hester’s words are only the latest extreme example of the constant discrimination black and ethnic minority women face when they enter public life.
When parliament blocked a radical MP from taking his seat in parliament, Burke warned that ignoring the people’s democratic will could have disastrous consequences.
Many believe Australia became it’s own country at federation in 1901, but that’s not strictly true. Instead, it happened more than 80 years later. Why don’t we celebrate it?
The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales was set up in 2021 and has been gathering evidence since then.
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There are reasons to hold off until the autumn – but there are other clues that still point towards May.
Martin Howard, left, and Stephen Hopkins came to opposing conclusions about their colonial British identities.
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What might appear to be common values about shared political and cultural identities can at times serve not as a bridge joining people together but a wedge driving them apart.