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Will the Scottish Conservatives break away from the UK party under Boris Johnson?
How will Boris Johnson’s pledge to take Britain out of the EU by October 31st ‘come hell or high water’ go down in Scotland where the majority backed Remain?
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Brexit Party comes out on top in EU elections – ahead of Labour and Conservatives
It was one of the most remarkable elections this country has ever seen, with both Labour and Tories having historically abysmal results.
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Baroness Warsi: Conservatives ‘not the best arbiters of finding a definition of Islamophobia’
A row has broken out over a proposed definition of Islamophobia.
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Conservatives appeal for unity after worst local election loss since 1995
On the one hand – an appeal for Tory unity – and senior ministers calling for a compromise with Labour to make sure Brexit is delivered. But at the same time – former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith is telling Theresa May it’s time to go. All this after the Tories’ worst local election result since 1995 with the loss of more than 1300 council seats.
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Conservatives lose more than 1,200 seats in local elections
They may not yet agree on a Brexit deal, but Theresa May has concurred with Jeremy Corbyn that the failure to deliver Brexit lies behind their English local election losses.
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Steven Woolfe MEP on Euro elections: ‘Public will make mincemeat of Conservatives’
Sajjad Karim is a Conservative Remainer. Steven Woolfe used to be in UKIP, is currently sitting as an Independent and intends to join the new Brexit Party.
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Labour’s Richard Burgon: ‘Conservatives need to ditch their red lines and go for soft Brexit’
Shadow Justice secretary Richard Burgon said earlier that Labour would never support a “blindfold Tory Brexit”.
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Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon: ‘Splits make Conservatives staying in power more likely’
Labour frontbencher Richard Burgon responds to the resignations of seven MPs.
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FactCheck: Conservatives cherry-pick home ownership stats
Home ownership rates have increased in recent years, but are still well below where they were 20 years ago.
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FactCheck: Corbyn’s misleading claims on crime and the Conservatives
Jeremy Corbyn is in Wakefield to deliver his first major speech on Brexit of 2019. But he’s made some misleading claims along the way.
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FactCheck: have the Conservatives “nurtured” the NHS?
Labour governments have tended to spend more on the health service than the Conservatives since 1979.
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FactCheck: Conservatives double down on dodgy education claim
Schools rated “outstanding” are not routinely re-inspected, which means that some schools have gone for many years without having their status challenged.
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FactCheck: Theresa May’s claims about Labour and the Conservatives
“The deficit is down by four-fifths” This is similar to a claim Theresa May made in 2017, when she said that since the Conservatives took office in 2010, “the deficit [had] fallen by three quarters as a share of GDP.” In her speech this week, the Prime Minister wasn’t quite so specific, but we’ll assume…
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FactCheck: Conservatives not telling the whole story on workers’ pay
The Conservatives tweeted about “better pay”. But they didn’t mention that real wages are lower now than in 2010.
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FactCheck: has Jeremy Corbyn ever voted with the Conservatives in Parliament?
We’ve found seven examples of Mr Corbyn voting with the majority of Conservatives and against the majority of Labour MPs.