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New by-election defeats have put Sunak under pressure. But the flaws of his likely successor suggest she would be another disaster for the Tories

Navalny knew that every syllable he uttered was a potential death sentence, but he spoke anyway

We could have helped him become Russia’s Mandela – but instead we preferred performative scolding and mindless culture wars

The former prime minister may be making millions now he’s left office, but he still can’t resist a freebie holiday

Like a Venus flytrap, he welcomes Conservatives into his sanctum and is now slowly digesting them

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Nadine Dorries, Andrew Bridgen, Rishi Sunak and more

It’s leaving London and going out on a high

Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin did nothing but inflate the dictator’s ego and advertise his own version of history

The reaction to her catastrophic interview would have been inescapable if Trott were a Labour minister

The mishandling of antisemitism allegations is the second gaffe by Starmer’s operation in as many weeks. Is his media team up to the job?

Mandrake hears the former prime minister has named his price; a life peerage

The stakes in this election could scarcely be higher. Is Biden up to the challenge?

The point of life is to live it and Derek embodied this

Davey is desperately trying to fight off allegations of being “the invisible man”

All they really want is to be on telly...

The right wing press is stepping up its attacks on Labour’s leader as the general election nears. But what happens if he wins?

Everything is impossible, as Nelson Mandela liked to put it, until you make it happen

Right wing controversialist Laurence Fox doesn’t seem to understand why he lost his libel trial. Here’s a little explainer

The Sun ran an article under a headline championing the business secretary as the ‘new Mrs T’

In every election since 2010, fear has beaten hope but change is on the horizon

The former prime minister’s return to frontline politics hasn’t gone quite as he expected

A former top civil servant in the government’s digital unit: “It’s not a question of whether there will be another Horizon. It’s when”

Low-quality AIs are already serving up fake information to searchers. If this grey goo multiplies, we’re in trouble

We have a media that seems to shield the government from accountability while at the same time attacking those seeking to scrutinise it

The government’s time is running out

Mandrake hears the British Museum is struggling to find a suitable candidate for the role

If he gets his own way, the PM will cling on until the very end

It's obvious that the pressure is getting too much for Rishi Sunak

The Sun political editor’s latest swipe at Starmer isn't just pathetic - it’s against his own paper’s beliefs

Our national newspapers’ lack of interest in a multiple miscarriage of justice raises disturbing questions

Mandrake hears that he’s a little short of cash these days...