Burnham warns UK is heading for ‘poisonous’ politics of US under Starmer leadership
Burnham was heavily critical of the current Labour leadership during his campaign speech

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Burnham was heavily critical of the current Labour leadership during his campaign speech

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Excoriating article under Caroline Dinenage’s name remains on ConservativeHome website
It was a crisis that toppled a BBC director general and his head of news. After contentious accusations of bias by a former external adviser, Michael Prescott, both Tim Davie and Deborah Turness quit the corporation.
At the height of the media storm that ensued last November, the corporation was struck by another blow. A key figure in scrutinising the BBC – the chair of the Commons culture, media and sport committee – delivered an equally damning verdict.
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President António José Seguro’s first political veto has triggered sharp criticism from Portugal’s governing right-wing parties after he blocked legislation that would have banned the display of “ideological, partisan or
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Eight out of 10 of the most flood-prone constituencies are projected to vote in a Reform MP at the next general election, but the party remains sceptical about the climate crisis and net zero policies. Holly Evans takes a look at how this could come back to haunt Nigel Farage

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Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor ‘serious’ about taking over ‘essentials of life’ if he becomes PM, a move critics say could cost taxpayer billions
A decade-long project to bring water and energy into public control will lie at the heart of Andy Burnham’s agenda should he become prime minister, according to sources close to the Greater Manchester mayor.
Several close allies of Burnham have said he wants to take over broad swathes of UK utilities in an effort to improve performance and potentially reduce bills for consumers.
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Pauline Hanson claimed fundraiser was moved from original location due to ‘too many bookings’, not because of expected protests
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Protesters have clashed with Pauline Hanson supporters, with one man given a move on notice outside a Melbourne venue hosting a One Nation fundraiser on Friday.
Michael Nelson, who was convicted of offensive behavior and fined last week for disrupting a Melbourne Anzac Day dawn service, was restrained by officers outside the South Melbourne venue.
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The elephant went viral for peeing on the convention floor in front of shocked spectators

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The president revealed the strike was carried out ‘with our friends in Venezuela’

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Officials given 21 days to comply with order after Angel Kelley condemns administration for ‘telling half-truths’
A US district court judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate any history or science materials it removed from the nation’s public monuments, finding that the White House’s actions “set a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization”.
In March 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “restoring truth and sanity to American history”, calling upon the secretary of interior to examine monuments, memorials and statues to see if they had been altered after January 2020 to represent a “false construction of American history”.
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