Leader: Boris Johnson’s departure alone is not enough
The UK needs transformative political, constitutional and economic change.
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The UK needs transformative political, constitutional and economic change.
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ByDouglas Ross’s abysmal handling of the Conservatives’ leadership crisis is a gift to Scottish Labour.
ByLong treated with contempt, Whitehall cleaners have dealt with vomit, faeces and bloodstains.
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ByWe've become exhausted and jaded by a parliamentary culture so degraded we coined a word for it.
ByWe are close to a real chance for reform. It is being caused not by pamphlets or seminars, but the…
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ByWhat seemed like good business has opened an insecure post-Brexit UK to exploitation.
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ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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