I’ve got the mandate right here and it’s very, very clear.
cogito ergo imago
Just like ‘the deficit’ before it, this potent term can be used to justify all kinds of changes no one voted for.
Seems rather extravagant, no?
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The Tories aren’t always in the mood to do business’s bidding.
Not your average politician.
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It’s difficult to ignore the proto-religious fervour that has accompanied Corbyn on his whirlwind tour of top-level politics.
It’s this big.
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The new prime minister has made social justice her brand. But the evidence shows just how big a job her predecessors left for her.
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The new battle lines on how to leave the EU have been drawn.
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Her closing conference speech promised a plan to regain the centre and look after those in need, but the prime minister never quite got round to delivering it.
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A look back at the polls shows just how popular Theresa May’s predecessor was.
The Conservative Party shop opens for business in Birmingham.
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Half the party banged on about Europe so much they got a referendum. Now the Conservatives are divided about what happens now.
Doing his best?
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Labour once claimed racial equality as its turf, but the Tories are fighting back to woo this key demographic.
Waving in a new kind of sovereignty?
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Theresa May gave the green light to leave the European union and turned it into a mandate to make all the decisions herself.
One more thing before you fall asleep.
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The truth is, George Osborne’s ideology still rules, even after deficit chasing is abandoned.
Sunday matinee.
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The foreign secretary still knows how to please a crowd, but he’s added a dash of gravitas to his offering.
Writer’s block.
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The right has succeeded in making this a toxic issue. Perhaps the moral option is to take a large step back.
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Lots of ground was covered but bridges were not built in Liverpool.
Young people are joining Labour in droves so Paula Keaveney asked her team of students what they really thought of the annual party conference.
The Labour elite doesn’t think Jeremy Corbyn has what it takes to make it in Westminster.
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Labour reformers toyed with the image of democratic participation without realising what it would actually lead to – a democratic debate. But the next step is not to backpedal against democracy.
Labour MPs gather ahead of their women’s conference.
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Are quotas the best way to challenge sexism and discrimination in politics and workplaces?
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When you educate people and then take their opportunities away, they do have a bit of a tendency to revolt.
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Accepting re-election as party leader, Jeremy Corbyn appealed for a fresh start. But he hasn’t yet shown what that means in practice.
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In the 1960s, Britain shut the door on Commonwealth migration, before turing to Europe when it needed more workers.