When honesty is the blast policy
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When honesty is the blast policy

And baseball is a series of parochial events.

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Tories install Kemi Badenoch as first black leader of Conservatives

Tories install Kemi Badenoch as first black leader of Conservatives

Kemi Badenoch will become the new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party,vowing to return the once dominant party to its founding principles to win back voters who handed the Conservatives their worst election defeat in July.

  • byElizabeth Piper andAndrew MacAskill
British MPs vote to abolish ‘indefensible’ hereditary rights in the House of Lords

British MPs vote to abolish ‘indefensible’ hereditary rights in the House of Lords

The Labour Party government says the decision will complete a long-stalled reform of parliament’s upper chamber and remove an “outdated and indefensible” relic.

  • byJill Lawless
Tony Abbott and Liz Truss team up to fight ‘net zero mind virus’

Tony Abbott and Liz Truss team up to fight ‘net zero mind virus’

The two former prime ministers,both drummed out of office by their peers,found they had much to agree on – including their relatively short tenures in the top job.

  • byMichael Koziol
‘Freebies’ scandal forces UK PM Starmer to scrap Australia visit
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‘Freebies’ scandal forces UK PM Starmer to scrap Australia visit

Work was under way in Canberra to host newly elected UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer following the Commonwealth Heads of Government in Samoa in two weeks’ time.

  • byRob Harris
Without dumping its cult of has-been leaders,Victoria’s Liberals don’t stand a chance

Without dumping its cult of has-been leaders,Victoria’s Liberals don’t stand a chance

After barely four years in government this century,something needs to change within the Victorian Liberal Party,starting with the way its leadership is decided.

  • byTim Smith
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Starmer sacks top aide in messy reset less than 100 days in as British PM

Starmer sacks top aide in messy reset less than 100 days in as British PM

Infighting,a cash-for-influence scandal and three tax-raising plans under review,demand some action from new Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

  • byAlex Wickham andAilbhe Rea
British PM's sausage flub
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British PM's sausage flub

During an address at a Labour Party conference,British Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls hostages'sausages'when speaking about the conflict in Gaza.

Keir Starmer calls Gaza hostages ‘sausages’ in key Labour speech

Keir Starmer calls Gaza hostages ‘sausages’ in key Labour speech

The British PM appealed to voters exhausted by years of political and economic turmoil with the message that better times are on the way.

  • byJill Lawless
‘Frockgate’:Keir Starmer’s love for freebies ends his short-lived honeymoon
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‘Frockgate’:Keir Starmer’s love for freebies ends his short-lived honeymoon

The PM had hoped for a quiet summer after his election triumph. The calm is being disturbed by the controversy about him accepting gifts worth tens of thousands of pounds.

  • byRob Harris
‘It will be painful’:In major speech,British PM paints gloomy picture

‘It will be painful’:In major speech,British PM paints gloomy picture

Keir Starmer tells Britons their country is in a societal and economic “black hole”,and warns of rising taxes and spending cuts.

  • byWilliam Booth