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Team Kemistry: are the Tories making a comeback?Today's Big Question Conservative leader’s favourability rating surges but analysts say it’s ‘too early to talk about a Kemi-naissance’
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Hung parliament: who could form a coalition after the next general election?The Explainer A ‘mega poll’ from YouGov suggests parties could be scrambling to forge an alliance
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Is big money a threat to UK democracy?Today's Big Question The £72m donations to Reform could be ‘key moment when politics in this country changed’
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Islamophobia: A spreading hate on the RightFeature Conservatives in Texas are railing against a proposed mosque near Dallas
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Kemi Badenoch: backing a former neo-NaziTalking Point The Tory leader’s supporters have commended her for her approach to ‘second chances’, though, but critics are concerned her strategy is inching further rightwards
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Ann Widdecombe: the redoubtable Tory politician turned TV personalityIn the Spotlight Known for her uncompromising ‘carapace’, Widdecombe enjoyed a second lease of life as a TV personality later in her career
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Will Andy Burnham call an early election?Today's Big Question The ‘strategic logic’ behind a snap vote ‘seems unassailable if the polls continue to trend up’
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Who will replace Andy Burnham as Manchester mayor?The Explainer Despite early predictions of a close battle with Reform, Labour on course to win first electoral test for new PM
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The rise of the political mega-donorThe Explainer Limits on public funding open the door to influx of private wealth, with cryptocurrency adding a new complication to transparency
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Is Britain becoming ungovernable?Today's Big Question Difficult trade-offs ahead require a leader who can ‘switch off all the noise and fixate on the real problems’
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Will Thursday mark the end of the two-party system?Today's Big Question Fracturing of electorate ‘brings governability into question’ and ‘creates particular problems of democratic legitimacy’
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The 6 most sci-fi things Trump-era Republicans have claimedIn the spotlight Some notable conservatives are pushing the boundaries of both politics and science
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The Week Unwrapped: Why is China clearing out its generals?Podcast Plus, can the Conservatives win back the centre? And what’s gone wrong with Britain’s hearing aids?
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The MAGA civil war takes center stage at the Turning Point USA conferenceIN THE SPOTLIGHT ‘Americafest 2025’ was a who’s who of right-wing heavyweights eager to settle scores and lay claim to the future of MAGA
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