Just Elon Musk quote tweeting the co-leader of far-right party, Britain First, who is sharing a fake Telegraph headline Seen by almost 1 million people in 15 minutes Utterly dystopian

NEW: Elon Musk deletes post spreading fake news about UK ‘detainment camps’ 🚨 politics.co.uk/news/2024/08/0…

Riots response strengthens Keir Starmer's claim Labour is ‘political wing of the British people’ Long-read on the political lessons of the riots and the response to them, including why the Farage playbook is failing — for Politics.co.uk 👇 politics.co.uk/week-in-review…

“Faragism's foundational claim is that only it can authentically articulate Britain's national ‘voice’” How Farage ended up on the wrong side of public opinion over the riots — and the dire implications for his Reform project For Politics.co.uk👇 politics.co.uk/week-in-review…

From Afzal Khan MP: ‘An ambitious Global Plastic Treaty is in sight — the new Labour government can help achieve it’ politics.co.uk/mp-comment/202…

From @Ilyas_Nagdee of Amnesty UK: ‘The government risks eroding our human rights in the name of restoring law and order’ politics.co.uk/comment/2024/0…

“I will be honest with you, there is a budget coming in October, and it’s going to be painful,” the prime minister warns. politics.co.uk/news/2024/08/2…

"The riots have exposed fundamental flaws in how the [Online Safety] Act is set up to deal with harms like the threats of violence and intimidation that have been facing marginalised communities across the UK," write Ellen Judson (@global_witness) and Kyle Taylor (Fair Vote UK ).

Some four in ten members of the Conservative party are said to favour a merger with Reform UK, according to a poll by Yougov. politics.co.uk/news/2024/08/2…

Ed Davey indicates the Lib Dems will be looking to force a vote over the withdrawal of the pensioner winter fuel payment when parliament returns. politics.co.uk/news/2024/08/2…

The SNP conference opens today, with recovery from their recent electoral losses high on the agenda. politics.co.uk/news/2024/08/3…

“We talked right but governed left. Sounding like Conservatives but acting like Labour”, said Kemi Badenoch as she launched her Conservative leadership campaign. politics.co.uk/news/2024/09/0…

This exchange perfectly encapsulates Reform's challenge this parliament A pompous “Gotcha”-style question responded to with the usual, dry Westminster-speak from the minister — in this case Angela Rayner Another instance of Labour refusing to rise to Faragist/Reform bait 1/...

‘Tough choices’: Healey suggests defence projects could be scrapped to balance books politics.co.uk/news/2024/09/0…

NEW: Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan Sadiq Khan reacts to the Grenfell Tower report “The road to justice is still too long, and change must be delivered without any further delay”

#PMQs verdict: Starmer scoffs as he accuses Sunak of ‘pretending everything is fine’ Starmer decried Sunak as in a state of denial about his government's record and the reality facing its successor — latest for Politics.co.uk 👇 politics.co.uk/news-feature/2…

BREAK: Priti Patel eliminated from Conservative leadership contest 🚨 politics.co.uk/news/2024/09/0…

A lot to ponder with these figures: Robert Jenrick - 28 Kemi Badenoch - 22 James Cleverly - 21 Tom Tugendhat - 17 Mel Stride - 16 Priti Patel - 14 Even when this campaign started, few *if any* would have expected Jenrick to finish no 1 in the first round of voting 1/...