On the campaign trail: Labour candidate Kim Leadbeater and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves in Batley, June 24.
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Labour needs to reconnect with its traditional base and try to prevent George Galloway from splitting the Muslim vote.
Walls come tumbling down: Lib Dem leader Ed Davey celebrates his party’s victory in the Chesham and Amersham by-election, June 2021.
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Grime artist is among many who don’t seem to see anti-Jewish views as racism.
Winston Churchill giving his final address, during the 1945 election campaign, at Walthamstow Stadium, East London.
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Klaus W. Larres, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Even a highly popular and respected leader can lose an election, writes a historian – especially if they don’t have a plan for the future. Churchill was one of them.
From Brexit to coroanvirus, Britain keeps looking to the second world war and its spirit as a way to get through. However, the ideas of the period are not so close to the truth.