Politics

General election 2019: Dominic Raab’s Surrey seat under threat?

The Esher and Walton seat has returned Tory MPs for 100 years, but Remain-supporting voters could make it vulnerable for the party. Politics Live reporter Greg Dawson spoke to Conservative and Liberal Democrat voters in Surrey on the threat to the 23,000 majority secured by Dominic Raab, now the foreign secretary, in 2017. Candidates in

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As Candidates Jostle for Position, a Long Race May Become a Marathon

MASON CITY, Iowa — With just under two months until the Iowa caucuses, the already-volatile Democratic presidential race has grown even more unsettled, setting the stage for a marathon nominating contest between the party’s moderate and liberal factions. Pete Buttigieg’s surge, Bernie Sanders’s revival, Elizabeth Warren’s struggles and the exit of Kamala Harris have upended

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General election 2019: Corbyn ‘rejects’ Jewish Labour Movement anti-Semitism claims

The Jewish Labour Movement is asking the Equality Human Rights Commission to urge the Labour Party to acknowledge it has become “institutionally anti-Semitic”. It claims that 136 complaints against the Labour Party were outstanding in October, while around 100 allegations were not logged in the system at all. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn disputes the claim

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For Trump, Instinct After Florida Killings Is Simple: Protect Saudis

It was hardly the first time Mr. Trump had shown such tendencies. After the brutal killing in Istanbul of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi dissident and a legal American resident, Mr. Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo played down American intelligence findings that closely tied Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, to the matter.

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General election 2019: Farage on Brexit Party candidate quotes

Nigel Farage said painting his party as right-wing and harbouring candidates with extreme views was “completely wrong”. Andrew Neil quoted contentious lines from Brexit Party candidates in Edinburgh South West and Birmingham Ladywood. Mr Farage said its European parliamentary candidates had more “more diversity of background, of class, of race than any other party”. The

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Nikki Haley’s Confederate Flag Comments Spark Backlash

Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor, came under criticism on Friday after she told a conservative radio host that the Confederate flag symbolized “service, sacrifice and heritage” for some people in her state until Dylann S. Roof “hijacked” it. Mr. Roof, the avowed white supremacist who killed nine black parishioners when he opened fire

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Michael Gove defends Boris Johnson over lack of Andrew Neil interview

Michael Gove has defended Boris Johnson over him being the only main party leader not to have faced a sit-down interview with the BBC’s Andrew Neil. Mr Gove claimed the prime minister had already allowed an “unprecedented level of scrutiny”, and had given “more than 100 interviews” over the election campaign period. Mr Neil issued

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