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Two more by-elections for Westminster to digest — and potentially more misery for the beleaguered prime minister, Rishi Sunak. This isn’t the first time Sunak has faced a brace of by-elections on the same day, of course. The PM lost two seats simultaneously twice last year: first in Selby and Ainsty, and Somerton and Frome… Read more »

Is this the week an ancient prophecy came to pass? In 2015, in the throes of a heated general election campaign, then-prime minister David Cameron issued an infamous ultimatum. Vote Conservative, he declared, and enjoy an era of “stability and strong Government”; dare opt for the alternative and “chaos with Ed Miliband” awaits — a… Read more »










