Move over Westminster – political watchers may need to keep an eye on the Irwell rather than the Thames.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn claims they do. Two academics assessed the facts.
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A crushing defeat in June could paradoxically make it easier to elect another leader from the far left.
Tim Farron seeks distance from Labour in a key London constituency.
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The particularities of the British electoral system make working together unrealistic.
The only way to break the emerging rightist hegemony.
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It will take bravery and vision, but a deal between opposition parties is the only sensible way to respond to a changed political landscape.
Sorry Jeremy, weren’t you ready?
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By calling a national vote now, the prime minister can strengthen her own position at home and at the Brexit negotiating table.
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He came to power promising a new kind of politics but has spent his tenure plumbing new electoral depths.
The hunt for a defining philosophy continues.
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We know where Jeremy Corbyn stands on certain issues, but where is the vision? What are the ideas?
The government’s Article 50 bill has passed without amendment.
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Despite pages and pages of proposed amendments, not a single one was passed.
Did Diane Abbott get lost in the fog on the way to Westminster?
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After all the build up, you'd have been forgiven for expecting something a bit more impressive from parliament's debate on triggering Article 50.
Not just bias but outright vilification according to research.
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Repeated surveys show that most people think the media is biased against the Labour leader. And that's a problem for democracy.
Corbyn’s first big speech of the year was full of contradictions.
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It's not going to be easy to square this circle, but the Labour leader isn't presenting a meaningful post-Brexit vision.
New hat, new plan.
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The plan is to start again in 2017, but the Labour leader's key messages are still too vague.
Peer Lawther
Copeland has been Labour for more than 30 years, but these are not normal times and this is no ordinary by-election.
We’re in with the out-crowd Donald.
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A year of political upheavals introduced us to the new insurgent tribes.
Caroline Johnson, the new Conservative MP for Sleaford and North North Hykeham was quickly ushered away after her victory.
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Caroline Johnson won with a large majority in the by-election in Lincolnshire.
Could I just squeeze in the middle?
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The rules have changed but the former PM still knows how to play the game.
Could Clinton follow in May’s footsteps?
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Will it be possible to put America's political life back together after the election? Britain after 'Brexit' offers a case study.
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Loach's latest film tells the story of a man who finds himself caught in a harsh world of uncaring bureaucrats, food banks and benefits cuts.
Addressing conference.
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Scottish first minister tries to keep party faithful happy while starting long courtship of the no voters.