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As the Calais crisis unfolds, social media is becoming an echo chamber for the preferences of the UK’s powerful right wing.
Gotcha: The Sun carries on the tradition of great British scandals.
The Sun
In a scoop worthy of its deceased predecessor, the News of the World, the Sun on Sunday ran a five-page exclusive at the weekend alleging that Lord Sewel, deputy speaker of the House of Lords, had been…
On the threshold of a new era?
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If you ignore the spoiling campaign being run by the press, the left-winger’s campaign platform begins to appear eminently sensible.
Is Corbyn too left?
Jasn
Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of being unelectable as a Labour leader. Could this be true?
Jeremy getting in touch with his pre-Thatcher side.
Garry Knight
The frontrunner for the Labour leadership has some good ideas that were rejected by voters when they elected Margaret Thatcher.
The left-wing candidate is drawing support from untapped quarters.
Jasn
Labour has made it really easy to vote in this contest, and Jeremy Corbyn is reaping the benefit.
Man of the moment.
PA/Stefan Rousseau
All four leadership hopefuls have a political position — but only one is actually saying what it is.
Jeremy Corbyn: the future PM?
Haydn
Upstarts on the left and right are proving that people of all political leanings want change.
Expenses scandals like Bronwyn Bishop’s can have a devastating effect on parliament and on trust in the political system.
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During the UK’s parliamentary expenses scandal, many questioned the system as – just like Bronwyn Bishop in Australia now – they felt that they had acted within the rules that existed at the time.
The Stockwell memorial to Jean Charles de Menezes.
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It has been 10 years since British police shot and killed an innocent man in Stockwell station.
Joining the US Navy airstrikes, are we doing enough?
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British pilots have been involved in airstrikes against Islamic State, despite a parliamentary veto.
Watch what you say in there.
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David Cameron has attacked universities for allowing radical Islam to be spread on their campuses. But who draws the line when it comes to freedom of speech?
The speakership has become so politicised in Australia that we’ve been blinded to the possibilities that having a truly independent Speaker might open up.
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By making the speakership a political gift of the party in power, Australia is missing a major opportunity for democratic renewal of its parliament.
Trouble on the way.
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By limiting financial support to smaller families, the government is doing its best to stop undesirables from reproducing.
Farron away their best option.
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Former party president beats Norman Lamb in bid to replace Nick Clegg
Face of Britain’s young people?
Hannah McKay
Her maiden speech has gone viral, but what Black does next for young people is what matters.
‘Men have forgotten this truth,’ said the fox. ‘But you must not forget it.’
PA/ Kirsty Wigglesworth
In threatening to derail a vote on fox hunting in England, the SNP has undermined its credibility as a voice for Scotland.
Fly the unfriendly skies.
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PM wants more unmanned intervention but he should be wary of putting all his eggs in one basket.
All my own work!
PA/Stefan Rousseau
Summer has never truly arrived in Britain until we can enjoy those great traditional events of the season: Wimbledon, a major cricket test series, and an emergency post-election budget from George Osborne…
No wonder the Tories can’t look poor people in the eye.
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After months of speculation, we now know how the Chancellor plans to save £12bn from the welfare budget.