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Spare a thought for the Conservative party. It’s hard believing in meritocracy, yet finding yourself polling at 15%. It’s even harder having wanged on mercilessly for…

A chocolate bar given out by the Conservatives at their annual party conference misspelled the name of the country they are hoping to govern.The confectionery, in…

The Green party members in Bournemouth at the weekend were, largely, exuberant. More than one person I spoke to used the word “joyful”. “The energy is…

Party conference time is when British politics goes berserk. Leaders soar and crash in a morass of cliches. Polls go mad and cataclysm always delivers the…

Last year’s Conservative conference, held in the aftermath of a crushing election defeat, was billed as a parade for leadership candidates to set out their recovery…

A party without a soul, a purpose, or tolerance for dissent: that’s the lasting impression of Labour from its annual jamboree in Liverpool.Corporate Britain is stamped…

Britain faces a “defining choice” between a patriotic Labour party promising national renewal or “division and decline” under the “snake oil merchant” Nigel Farage, Keir Starmer…

The shock of falling out of the sky faster than any previous government has been a sickening sensation for the assembled MPs and councillors here at…

The Labour conference will vote on whether it believes Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza and whether the UK-Israel trade agreement should be suspended in…

Criminals and people who cannot speak English to “a high standard” will be denied permission to settle in the UK, Shabana Mahmood will announce on Monday,…