94 m. ago Three councillors and top Scottish Green candidate defect to Your Party

The defectors hit out at the Scottish Greens leadership.

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4 h. ago Humiliation for Starmer as Welsh nationalists take key seat amid Reform surge

Labour come third with just 11% of vote in a seat that has long been one of its strongholds

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7 h. ago Keir Starmer humiliated as Reform surge hands key seat to Welsh nationalists

Labour come third with just 11% of vote in a seat that has long been one of its strongholds

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8 h. ago Caerphilly byelection result live: Plaid Cyrmu beats challenge from Reform UK to win pivotal Welsh parliament vote

Outcome of byelection in historically Labour stronghold could mark historic shift in Welsh politicsReform UK candidate Llŷr Powell denied the campaign had been all about immigration.He said: “My campaign has been about government policies and where best to put money into Caerphilly.”When you look at where we started, we had a blank slate. We had to go out there and find a lot of voters. We found a lot of support. It’s been a great campaign. The collapse of the Labour vote is there for everyone to see. It’s been a betrayal what Labour has done around here.Going into next year we’re in a really good place. A big part of what we were trying to do here is to master our campaigning. We’ve trained so many people up on our systems. We’re now a grassroots campaigning party. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Caerphilly byelection result live: Labour, Plaid Cyrmu and Reform UK braced for results of pivotal Welsh parliament vote

Outcome of byelection in historically Labour stronghold could mark historic shift in Welsh politicsLabour has long held the Caerphilly Senedd and Westminster constituencies but, unless opinion polling is wide of the mark, the party is likely to be beaten into third this week with either Plaid or Reform UK seizing the Welsh parliament seat.As Steven Morris has reported, Plaid appears to be picking up Labour votes disenchanted with the party’s performance both in Cardiff and Westminster while Reform hoovers up traditional Conservative voters and those impressed by its promises to end what it calls the other two parties’ “mass immigration agenda”. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Lettuce Liz Truss has backed the Greens as the next official opposition party

The former Tory leader said: “I think there’s a certain kind of honesty about the Green Party that you don’t see in the Labour Party”

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24 h. ago Business guru Deborah Meaden says 'it's not all about Reform v Labour' as Green Party membership surges

Meaden, who has been a vocal advocate of the environment, told This Is Money the rising popularity of the Green Party is 'extremely hopeful'.

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25 h. ago Reform could make massive Welsh breakthrough TODAY as Labour faces collapse in Caerphilly Senedd by

Nigel Farage's party is leading the race for the Senedd seat of Caerphilly amid signs that Labour's hold over the former industrial heartlands of the South Wales valleys is weakening.

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51 h. ago The politics of despair have engulfed Britain. But Zack Polanski is offering a way out | Owen Jones

The leader of the Greens wants to focus on battles that unite – such as taxing wealth – without yielding an inch on minority rightsHas the grisly race to the bottom in British politics finally been halted by a Green surge? Since Zack Polanski secured the Green party leadership with an emphatic 85% vote share on an unashamedly leftwing platform, the political consensus has faced its biggest challenge since the defeat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour.When Polanksi launched his bid in May, the Greens counted 60,000 members. They’ve now hurtled past 130,000, eclipsing the number of Conservative members. One poll already puts them on 15%, more than double last year’s 6.2% and neck-and-neck with Labour. To call that a political phenomenon is not hyperbole.Owen Jones is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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65 h. ago ‘I don’t know anyone who is voting Labour’: How Reform is turning a red heartland light blue

This south Wales constituency has been deemed a safe Labour seat for over a century, but voters on streets of Caerphilly tell Holly Evans they are fed up – and think Nigel Farage’s Reform might be the answer

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65 h. ago Robert Jenrick accused of fomenting division by backing burka ban

The Tory shadow justice secretary said there was ‘a strong argument’ for a ban on the face coverings.

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69 h. ago Labour MPs call for Reform council leader to resign over ‘chaos’ and suspensions

Seven MPs have written to Nigel Farage after a video leaked to The Guardian showed Kent County Council leader ‘berating’ Reform councillors.

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3 d. ago Ministers to respond to Commons urgent questions on China spy case and Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban – UK politics live

Home Office minister to respond to UQ from Chris Philp about the China spy case before question on Maccabi Tel Aviv fansThere will be two urgent questions in the Commons this afternoon, followed by a statement. Here is the running order.3.30pm: A Home Office minister will respond to a UQ from Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, about the China spy case.The family of Virginia Giuffre, whose life was destroyed, are angry and aghast. The public across these isles are angry and aghast and they both deserve to know that some MPs share their outrage.So I won’t sit silent. If an act of parliament is required to strip the likes of Peter Mandelson and Prince Andrew of their titles then there can be no justification from this Labour government as to why that is not immediately happening.Public funds, police protection and royal privilege have long buffered Prince Andrew from the consequences of his actions. And we’ve paid for all this.I will support any efforts to hold royals to the same ...

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4 d. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Is Labour donor shopping around for new leader?

Labour are facing difficult elections next May, with Reform UK expected to make huge gains, writes ANDREW PIERCE.

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5 d. ago Green MSPs banned from backing budget until action seen on bus public ownership

A motion has been passed by Scottish Green Party members ahead of talks at Holyrood over the budget for next year.

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5 d. ago Developing Rosebank oil field ‘pure climate vandalism’, Scottish Green insists

Co-leader Gillian Mackay used her speech to the Scottish Green Party conference to hit out at plans to develop the oil field.

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5 d. ago Zack Polanski demands Government block plans for Rosebank oil field at London protest

The Green Party leader spoke outside the Department of Energy where days of protest are planned

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6 d. ago The byelection that could reveal Reform and Labour’s political future

When voters in Caerphilly go to the polls later this month, it will be about far more than one seat in the Senedd

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7 d. ago Zack Polanski makes thinly veiled dig at Reform UK's Zia Yusuf on Jeremy Vine Show

Zack Polanski, the Green Party Leader, had called Zia Yusuf, of Reform UK, "a fascist" on Question Time on the BBC last week, and he was asked about this on The Jeremy Vine Show

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7 d. ago Greens leader Zack Polanski says he is talking to Labour MPs about defecting

The self-described ‘eco-populist’ took the reins of the party last month.

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