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Barbara Maxwell obituary

Founding producer of the BBC television series Question Time, skilful at spotting broadcasting talent

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s D-day failure is a campaign disaster – and a sign he’s forgotten the very recent past

The prime minister had only to look back a few years to see he was making a huge mistake, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

Labour is the party of sound defence and hatred of tyranny. Now it must show that in Ukraine

If Keir Starmer looks to history, he will find a coherent defence policy. He leads a movement that has been robust in defence of key principles, says academic and Labour historian Brian Brivati

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Israel, Palestine and the Labour party history that has made Keir Starmer's position so difficult

I said: “I found the British still very emotional about Palestine. Why?” And he said: “It’s associated, don’t you think with partisanship with one side or the other. I can’t think of any colony or mandate that was as demanding intellectually and emotionally as Palestine.

The Conversation

Michael Houldey obituary

Director of television documentaries whose skill at winning people’s trust helped him as a hands-on series producer

The Guardian - UK

Starmer is right to stop Corbyn standing for Labour at the next election – but he mustn’t purge dissent

As Labour leaves special measures imposed to tackle antisemitism, it must move on: but in a way that embraces wide debate, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss rails against the ‘anti-growth’ coalition

In the run-up to the 1983 general election, John Golding, Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, recalled telling Michael Foot how bad the polls were. Foot couldn’t believe it.

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How the light gets in on the darkest days

Brief letters: Leonard Cohen’s Anthem | Champagne socialists | Betting on high blood pressure | Relatives at Wimbledon | Country diary’s play on words

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer: what Labour leader could learn from Neil Kinnock to capitalise on Boris Johnson's woes

Although prime minister Boris Johnson is suffering a potentially career-ending crisis after only narrowly surviving a confidence vote in his leadership, his struggles don’t necessarily appear to be translating into a surge for the Labour opposition.

The Conversation

From Michael Foot’s ‘donkey jacket’ to Barnard Castle beer … inside the People’s History Museum

The Manchester museum owns 60,000 objects tracing Britain’s political history, including a pike from Peterloo and Andy Burnham’s jacket. Now it’s up for a £100,000 prize

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