7 h. ago Awkward moment on University Challenge as politician wrongly places Minsk in Russia

Former Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer has been mocked for a geography faux par on University Challenge.

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10 h. ago ‘We were missing in the conversation’: how Zack Polanski hit on plan to beat Reform at their own game

This time last year Polanski was barely known outside the party. Now he’s hoping for success at May’s local elections - by taking a page from Nigel Farage’s playbookZack Polanski finally decided to stand as the Greens’ leader, he says, after witnessing the party being eclipsed by Reform in last May’s local elections across England, and realising that British politics had changed for good.While the Greens made yet more steady gains, Reform won nearly 700 councillors from a standing start. As deputy leader, it was Polanski’s job to speak to losing candidates to both offer consolation and ask what lessons could be learned. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Calls for snap UK General Election as questions over Starmer's future grows

The PM led his party to a 174-seat majority just 18 months ago, but there have been growing calls for him to step down and now a petition has called for him to call an election

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30 h. ago Your Party to elect new leader after Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana barred from standing

Members voted in favour of the ‘collective leadership’ option, with a ‘lay’ chair – who cannot be an MP

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37 h. ago Inside the impoverished Welsh communities abandoning Labour and turning to Farage’s Reform

Reform UK and Plaid Cymru are ramping up their campaigns ahead of May’s Senedd elections, as polls already predict Starmer’s party could face a catastrophic defeat, writes Holly Evans

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49 h. ago 'Things will get better' in 2026, promises Starmer as he fights to stay PM with Labour facing election blows

The Government saw its popularity fall further in 2025 as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK surged

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50 h. ago Gary Lineker opens up about BBC and claims it can 'never be impartial'

In a new interview with Green Party leader Zack Polanski, the footballing legend claimed the Beeb couldn’t always stay neutral on everything, saying 'it's impossible'

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59 h. ago Zack Polanski: I would be open to working with Labour if Andy Burnham was leader

Green party leader rules out co-operation with Keir Starmer

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60 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Is Reform UK 'genuinely the last chance for Britain', as Nigel Farage claims?

In a New Year address to voters shared with the Daily Mail, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said his party had led for over 175 opinion polls in a row with an average lead of 10 per cent.

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60 h. ago 'Coward' Keir Starmer warned his 'party before people' move to axe local elections will block investment worth 'billions' to struggling economy

Labour has pushed back votes to 2027 in four areas that were due to gain a directly-elected mayor in 2026 in what critics said was a 'dictatorial' move.

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3 d. ago Gary Lineker says BBC needs to look at how people are brought in at the top

Lineker is appearing on Green Party leader Zack Polanski’s podcast on New Year’s Eve where he said he would ‘never’ go into politics himself.

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3 d. ago Ed Miliband 'to spend billions on solar power' in scramble to meet Labour's pledge to cut energy bills

The Energy Secretary is expected to set out proposals next month to allocate up to £13billion over the next four years as part of the Government's warm homes plan.

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4 d. ago Nigel Farage targeting six London council wins for Reform in elections as he says capital 'in big trouble'

Reform UK leader says his party has ‘very real chance’ of winning in London in May elections

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5 d. ago Lucy Powell delivers message to Keir Starmer Labour leadership critics

In an interview with The Mirror, the party's deputy leader Lucy Powell said she believed the polls will tighten - but the party must be up for the fight in 2026

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7 d. ago The key moments that could ‘decide fate of Keir Starmer’ next year

Lord Robert Hayward has warned of a number of heavy Labour defeats in 2026

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7 d. ago Ditch Starmer to boost hopes of winning next election, say Labour voters in new poll

Findings of a survey commissioned by The Independent reveals Andy Burnham as favourite to take over from the prime minister

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7 d. ago Reform should have seats in the House of Lords, top Tory says after Nigel Farage called on Starmer to give his party life peerages

In August, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage wrote to Sir Keir, calling for his party to be granted lifetime peerages.

Society

8 d. ago ‘Not for the people’: Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power

Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward democracyMyanmar is preparing to go to the polls for the first time since its military seized power in a coup in 2021, but with its former leader behind bars, its most successful political party disbanded and roughly a third of the country either disputed or in rebel hands, few believe claims by its military rulers that its 28 December election will be “free and fair”.“This is not for the people, this is for themselves,” says Pai, 25, who fled Myanmar after the military seized power. “They [the ruling junta] are looking for a way out of the trap they are [in].” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Don't deprive voters in London commuter belt from taking part in local elections, Starmer warned by watchdog

Elections in nine areas, including Essex, Surrey, Hampshire and East and West Sussex, have already been delayed by 12 months until next year

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1 week ago Green Party leader accuses Sir Sadiq Khan of ‘standing with Keir Starmer over Londoners’

Green Party leader accuses Sir Sadiq Khan of ‘standing with Keir Starmer over Londoners’  Southwark News

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