Nadine Dorries quits as MP with immediate effect and triggers by-election

Alok Sharma to stand down as MP at election

The former Cop26 president Sir Alok Sharma has announced he will not stand at the next general election. The Tory MP for Reading West since 2010 wrote on...

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2023-09-26 18:51:19 • 1 min

First Minister's Questions - BBC News

Posted at 12:0412:04 Hello and welcome to our live coverage of First Minister's Questions. The meeting is held in a hybrid format, with some members in the...

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2023-09-26 12:30:56 • 1 min

Andrea Jenkyns MP: Conservative MP 'deeply honoured' to be made dame

By Kevin Shoesmith and Jamel Smith, PA Media BBC News Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns has said being made a dame is "an honour and a privilege". The MP for...

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2023-09-26 12:25:49 • 1 min

Cop26 chief Alok Sharma becomes latest MP planning to step down at next election

Former cabinet member and Cop26 president Sir Alok Sharma has announced that he will stand down at the next general election. Sir Alok, who led the United...

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The Independent

2023-09-26 19:26:32 • 1 min

Tories and Labour neck and neck in battle for Nadine Dorries seat, poll shows

Labour and the Conservatives are neck and neck in the byelection battle for Nadine Dorries old constituency of Mid Bedfordshire, new polling has revealed....

#nadine #split #election

The Independent

2023-09-16 15:23:09 • 1 min

Not-so-cuddly Lib Dems laser focused on target list of seats

Asked to sum up voters general impression of the Liberal Democrats, one pollster at their conference ventured cuddly. Well, yes and no. For all their...

#targetlist #forecast #president

2023-09-26 13:30:30 • 1 min

Lib Dem conference: Ed Davey pounds Tories in election warm-up speech

Media caption, Watch: Sir Ed Davey on the "corruption" of Johnson, "chaos" of Truss and the "carelessness" of Sunak By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC...

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2023-09-26 14:33:47 • 1 min

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey to address party conference - BBC News

He's expected to direct much of his fire at the Tories whose MPs his party are desperate to unseat in the forthcoming general election.

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2023-09-26 12:06:48 • 1 min

The Tories have warped an already crooked electoral system, pushing millions of voters off the roll

Rishi Sunak has brandished the starting gun for the election, but cutting the green crap has misfired badly. The national mood is unlikely to improve in such...

#electoralsystem #finance #brexit

COP26 President Alok Sharma to stand down as MP at next election

2023-09-26 07:00:28 • 2 mins

Science

COP26 President Sir Alok Sharma has announced he will not stand at the next general election. The Conservative MP for Reading West said he had informed the...

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2023-09-26 19:30:01 • 1 min

Davey on Tory 'shambles': They all have to go

Ed Davey on Tory 'shambles': They all have to go Ed Davey on Tory 'shambles': They all have to goClose The Liberal Democrat leader has told his party...

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2023-09-26 14:31:04 • 1 min

The Guardian view on the Liberal Democrats: a strategy to help oust the Tories

Sir Ed Davey did not pull his punches on Tuesday as he wrapped up the Liberal Democrats conference. The party leader made it clear that the Tories would be...

#policy #tory #demleader

2023-09-26 18:06:37 • 2 mins

20mph row is personal and unpleasant, says Lee Waters

By Gareth Lewis BBC Wales political editor The Labour minister who has become the driving force behind Wales' new 20mph law says the row over the reduced...

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SAS Who Dares Wins: Hancock 'quite annoying' says instructor

2023-09-26 21:55:11 • 1 min

Entertainment

Ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock became "quite annoying" while appearing on SAS: Who Dares Wins, the Channel 4 show's chief instructor said. The West Suffolk...

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2023-09-26 15:58:07 • 1 min

Liberal Democrats: Who is leader Sir Ed Davey?

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey will address activists at his party conference in Bournemouth later today. He was elected to the role in August 2020 -...

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Canada's Speaker Anthony Rota resigns after Nazi in parliament row

2023-09-26 09:32:50 • 1 min

World

The Speaker of Canada's House of Commons has resigned after praising a Ukrainian man who fought for a Nazi unit and inviting him to parliament. After first...

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2023-09-26 18:14:22 • 1 min

Smirking Suella trashes 70 years of human rights in 30 minutes

Call the US jaunt a win-win for Suella Braverman. Trying to get the rest of the world to ditch its obligations to the 1951 UN refugee convention was always a...

#trash #bill #millionmigrants

2023-09-26 18:27:30 • 1 min

Why Democrats Keep Winning Elections Despite Bidens Negative Polling

Despite a flood of negative polls for Democrats, the party has delivered a string of strong results in special elections, which can be a useful gauge of the...

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The New York Times

2023-09-26 09:02:25 • 2 mins