Though he remains a mostly opaque personality, McSweeney is generally believed to hail from his party’s “Blue Labour” faction ...

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Instead of parliamentary bust-ups, Scottish politicians have found a novel answer to the benefits bill: silence and inertia.

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If you believe Donald Trump, Iran’s nuclear programme was “completely and totally obliterated” by the US strikes on 21 June.

Pat McFadden, the cabinet minister often touted as Reeves’s successor, insists that the quad of top ministers will stick it ...

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The dance version of the Who’s rock opera is full of stunning choreography, but the classic mod story is lost in the flurry.

In his latest series, the documentarian collages an Eighties revolution framed by Margaret Thatcher and Stephen Hawking.

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