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"If large numbers of the new Tory intake take a hard line on immigration or financial contributions, the Tory Taliban could swell in size."

Election 2017: The no-nonsense guide

*Blog

"Labour can salvage itself: it can get a proper leadership, build policies, recover the more than half of supporters Corbyn has driven away"

Don’t fall into the trap: Labour MPs should vote against a general election

News

"Labour MP John Woodcock has said that he "will not countenance ever voting to make Jeremy Corbyn Britain's Prime Minister"

Labour MP: “I will not countenance ever voting to make Corbyn prime minister”

*Blog

"There is a breed of left winger who reacts to accusations of left-wing anti-Semitism with instinctive defensiveness or scepticism"

Yes, the left has a racism problem

*Blog

"Labour's representation on the council has now been reduced to one out of 81"

Lone Ranger: Surrey’s solitary Labour councillor takes on 81 opponents

*Blog

"The Osborne affair comes on top of many other such unsavoury moments"

Osborne & the City: Either mainstream politics condemns this or the populists will

*Blog

The USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile Friday, April 7, 2017, from the Mediterranean Sea

Trump’s bombing in Syria was illegal – but the UN left no other choice

The UN’s failure has legitimised the action taken by the US

*Blog

"The government's controversial new two-child limit for tax credits is problematic for many reasons - not least because of its gendered impact"

The government’s rape clause is a callous attack on victims

Child tax credit reform isn’t just cruel, it puts women at risk

*Blog

"Children whose parents were unmarried when one died will receive nothing"

Children born out of wedlock are still being punished by the state

News

"It's shocking to now learn that people who have fallen victim to a crime or who are doing their public duty by volunteering as a witness are running the risk of immigration action."

Met police hands victims of crime over to the Home Office for immigration enforcement

*Blog

"The act has succeeded in hiding the problem, but arguably exacerbated it by pushing production and sales of the most dangerous substances underground"

Psychoactive substances: Tough new law drives drug trade underground

*Blog

"No matter how much the Brexiters try to pretend they are in control of this situation, the European Parliament has the final say on the EU's Brexit offering"

Britain has spent years mocking the European parliament – but now it’s in control

*Blog

"The prime minister may have avoided giving any real answers on schools this week but she will ultimately have to face up to the questions"

If Theresa May wants to avoid a schools crisis she’s going to have to start listening

*Blog

"James Brokenshire, the Northern Irish secretary, is now trying to find more time for Sinn Fein and the DUP to reach a solution"

James Brokenshire needs to get tough if he wants to save Northern Ireland power-sharing

*Blog

"Attempts to break encryption on WhatsApp are dealing with the symptom, not the cause"

Going after the likes of WhatsApp will not stop terrorism

*Blog

"The government has done much to champion the rights of those raped in war, and it should not falter now"

UK must keep up pressure on Burma over rapes of women and girls

*Comment & Analysis

"What happened on the streets of Westminster yesterday afternoon sickened us all"

May terror statement in full

*Blog

"For outsiders to see Scotland as their pain-free lab for radical economic experiments is no less contemptuous than the braying barons of Westminster"

The English left should stay out of the Scottish independence debate

*Blog

"An incalculable loss to Northern Irish politics"

Martin McGuinness: A life of two halves

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