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‘He’s a force’: Obama answers call to boost Democrats – and rattle Trump
Former president has given series of blistering speeches to help candidates in key races – and deployment has proved a hit with party’s progressive wing
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Tommy Robinson conviction leaves far right with leadership void
With heir apparent Danny Tommo also in custody, Robinson’s conviction for harassing journalists is blow to anti-migrant movement
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Reeves says UK's future should be inside the EU
In her first major intervention since leaving the Treasury, Rachel Reeves says Brexit has made the UK "poorer, weaker and less secure".
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Rachel Reeves says UK’s future is in EU as she backs Andy Burnham on Brexit
Former chancellor says leaving European Union has made Britain ‘poorer, weaker and less secure’
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Why Scottish nationalists should see Burnham as a real threat – and an opportunity | Rory Scothorne
The PM’s goals may spell bad news for the SNP. But his EU bridge-building could also resurrect its dreams of independence Fifty years ago this month, a group of leftwing Scots gathered in the Golden Lion hotel in Stirling for the inaugural conference of a new political party. The “Scottish Labour party” had formally split from Labour at the beginning of 1976, driven by disillusionment over the party’s timid proposals for a new Scottish assembly. They were led by the firebrand MP for South Ayrshire, Jim Sillars, who promised to take Scotland’s Labour tradition back to its roots in both socialis
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Asylum seekers still being sent to France under ‘one in one out’ weeks after scheme ended
Guardian understands Home Office continues to detain dozens of people, with one group forcibly removed this week
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Why politicians chasing economic growth is a lie | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast
On the latest Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty, the rebel economists Karel Williams and Sukhdev Johal explain why they believe praying for growth is a fool’s dream – and why it won’t improve your life
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English children’s homes are in crisis. Does Denmark hold the answers?
UK children’s minister Josh MacAlister has travelled to Copenhagen to see what can be learned from Danish system
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‘We’re making it worse’: Jacinda Ardern’s warning for Australian politicians
In her Sydney Opera House talk, the former New Zealand PM advised politicians to ‘rebuild trust by building financial security’
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Indian opposition parties stage mega rally seeking election chief’s resignation
Tens of thousands of demonstrators on Sunday joined a protest in New Delhi called by Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and backed by the youth “Cockroach” movement amid tight security. Protesters…
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Democrats are used to heartbreak in Texas - could Talarico turn the tide?
The state's $500m Senate race may be the most closely watched in the US midterms, and is about far more than control of Congress.
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Bulgaria's incumbent Iotova wins presidential runoff vote
Bulgarians on Sunday elected incumbent Preisent Iliana Iotova, a proponent of dialogue with Moscow, in a runoff race pitting her against Andrey Gyurov, a former caretaker prime minister backed by the…
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