Centre-left secures key victories in Italy’s local election runoffs
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Italy’s centre-left has secured a series of key wins in local election runoffs, including the traditionally conservative city of Verona, where a former international footballer has been elected mayor. The ballot was t...
Infamy! Infamy! Carry on Boris – cartoon
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The prime minister channels his inner Julius Caesar. But the knives are out…
A harsh lesson for the Tories: you can’t outrun tactical voting
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Dramatic byelections tend to produce two opposite reactions. Winners call them earthquakes, while losers detect nothing more than a routine murmur. The dramatic results in Wakefield, and Tiverton and Honiton, certainl...
Martin Rowson on Oliver Dowden’s resignation as Conservative party chair – cartoon
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Lib Dem byelection win was spectacular – but Labour’s may hurt Tories most
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The Liberal Democrats’ victory in the Tiverton and Honiton byelection was spectacular. The Conservatives’ majority in the seat was the largest, in terms of raw numbers if not percentages, ever to be overturned in a by...
Martin Lewis says House of Lords rejected his peerage application
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The consumer champion Martin Lewis has revealed an application he made to become a member of the House of Lords has been turned down. Lewis, who is regarded as the one of most trusted people in Britain, said he believ...