7 h. ago The Tories are finally listening to young people like me again so I've quit Reform: SOPHIE CORCORAN

Last December, after months of soul-searching, I joined Reform UK. Like thousands of other young people, I was seduced by Nigel Farage's confident message of change.

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29 h. ago ANDREW ROBERTS: The GOOD news for the Tories is that if you keep telling voters the truth, they'll reward you when you're finally proved right

Labelled 'shrill' and 'strident' - insults rarely applied to male politicians - the leader of the Conservatives faced palpable 'rudeness' and hostility, even from within her own party.

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69 h. ago 'I'm a comms expert and one phrase gets people to listen every time'

Richard Perry said the phrase was the most effective way to make people stop scrolling and actually listen

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69 h. ago Communications expert says one phrase 'gets people to listen to you'

Richard Perry said six words were key

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5 d. ago Instagram head dispels rumours the app is listening to you and how you can check

Many people have claimed for years that their phones are listening to them when they see ads about specific things they have been speaking about - and now the head of Instagram has explained how it works

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9 d. ago Lucy Letby is 'no longer a broken woman' and 'hopeful people will listen to her', her barrister says

Lucy Letby has been convicted of murdering a number of babies

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1 week ago Norway's king and queen faced a serious accusation on Netflix – here's why Norwegians rushed to defend them | Shazia Majid

Their son-in-law said they were ‘ignorant of racism’, but immigrant families like mine know how baseless that charge isWhen Netflix released the documentary Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story last week, the world got another glimpse of the unconventional romance between Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and her American husband, Durek Verrett – a self-styled shaman and spiritual healer to Hollywood celebrities. The pairing has been controversial in Norway: Märtha Louise stepped down from her official duties before marrying Verrett, the couple have a history of promoting pseudoscientific beliefs, and Verrett – who is black – has long been the target of racist abuse. It is on this last point that Verrett used the programme to deliver a stinging critique of his in-laws, King Harald and Queen Sonja.“Most people who are white are trained to listen to white people and not to people of colour,” he says in the film. “Her father, her mom, her brother they didn’t even know what racism was. T...

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer 'sleepwalking to Reform government' slam Stockport councillors as they quit Labour

Stockport Labour group are in the process of choosing a new deputy leader.

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2 w. ago Martin Lewis issues warning to any couples who are not married

Martin Lewis told listeners to his BBC podcast that people could be missing out on major 'benefits' for both their partners and their children

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3 w. ago Fears grow that other senior Tory MPs will join Reform as defector Danny Kruger declares the Conservatives are over

Fears of a Conservative exodus are growing within the party after one of its key thinkers quit to join Reform UK.

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3 w. ago It’s not too late: the House of Lords can still protect disabled people from this dangerous assisted dying bill | Lucy Webster

MPs passed it without sufficient safeguarding. If there is any point to the upper chamber, it is to give the legislation the open debate we needSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreThe House of Lords has a rare opportunity to prove its worth to the country today, as it begins to debate the assisted dying bill. Personally, I would be in favour of peers throwing out the whole idea, which is what this dangerous and badly written bill surely deserves. But it is unlikely that they will want to go so directly against the Commons, especially on such a controversial issue. So instead I must hope that they listen to disabled people’s groups, as well as legal and medical experts, and at least undo some of the lower house’s most egregious errors.Whether you are for or against the principle of assisted dying (I am pro), we should be able to agree that the passage of ...

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