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DUP could demand Team GB is renamed ‘TEAM UK’ in exchange for coalition deal
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The Democratic Unionist Party could insist Team GB is renamed as Team UK as part of its demands in exchange for a deal to help prop up a minority Tory government The Northern Ireland party was approached by Theresa May to form an alliance to support the Conservatives after her gamble to increase he [...]
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UK police numbers have been cut, admits Tory Culture Secretary
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Culture Secretary Karen Bradley admitted that UK police numbers have been cut in recent years But Ms Bradley repeatedly avoided answering the question when asked by Piers Morgan in an interview on Good Morning Britain. It comes after the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn – speaking less than 24 hour [...]
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Corbyn and May face another tough grilling
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Question Time: Corbyn and May face another tough grilling Labour's Jeremy Corbyn and Tory leader Theresa May had a tough interrogation from the BBC's Question Time audience members in an election special. It might not have been the head-to-head many people wanted - which Mr Corbyn said was a " [...]
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Lib Dem estate agent election stunt backfires
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A Liberal Democrat election stunt has backfired after the party upset a near century-old business. As part of their campaign against Conservative social care plans - dubbed a "dementia tax" by opponents - the Liberal Democrats created a spoof "May & Co" estate agents. But the party's bid to [...]
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Up against the Maybot, Corbyn struggles not to be a personality – but does he need to?
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The Labour leader has always claimed his political career is not about him, but as the Maybot crashes, it’s time for the Jeremy show Call it the quantity theory of personality. The less warmth and spontaneity the Supreme Leader reveals she has, the more engaging Jeremy Corbyn becomes. There [...]
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Tim Farron in Tetchy Interview with BBC Says he will campaign to stay in EU – video
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Tim Farron in Tetchy Interview with BBC Says he will campaign to stay in the EU in any second referendum Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has said he would support the UK remaining in EU if a second referendum was held. In an often tetchy interview with BBC’s Andrew Neil, Farron said he would a [...]
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Come clean about real cost of the NHS!
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None of the manifestos promise enough to make sure that patients get the good standard of care It has become a cliche of general election campaigns to claim the NHS is in danger – such a cliche that, so far, no party has yet made it in 2017. Yet it might be truer than it has ever been. The heal [...]
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