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• Jeremy Corbyn 'Project' To Continue Even If Election Is Lost, Says Labour Election Chief

  28-05-2017 23:45
  
  The Jeremy Corbyn “project” will continue even if Labour loses the election, the party’s campaign chief has said.
  Speaking ahead of the Labour leader addressing a general election rally in Glasgow, Ian Lavery suggested it was “only the beginning” of “changing politics in Britain”.
  Sky News later reported the MP for Wansbeck in the North East of England, who is a shadow minister and is organising Labour’s General Election campaign, was referring to
  
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• Security clash starts last full week of election campaign

  28-05-2017 23:31
  May and Corbyn set to face second major broadcast test on Tuesday
  
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• Tories pledge new law over domestic violence directed at children

  28-05-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Theresa May says party has delivered ‘real steps towards tackling domestic violence’, but wants to go furtherTheresa May has pledged to create a new aggravated offence when domestic violence is directed towards a child, in order to allow perpetrators to be punished for longer. She also confirmed that a Conservative government would introduce a statutory definition for domestic violence and establish a special commissioner to stand up for victims. Continue reading...
  
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• Police make further arrests over Manchester terror attack

  28-05-2017 22:52
  Thirteen in custody after raids as athletics event underscores city’s resilience
  
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• SNP MPs would support 'progressive alliance' in a hung parliament

  28-05-2017 22:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister, says MPs in Westminster would work with others to implement ‘progressive policies’Nicola Sturgeon has said Scottish National party MPs would “look to be part of a progressive alliance” at Westminster if the general election resulted in a hung parliament.
  While the Scottish first minister and SNP leader said she did not think the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, was “credible as an alternative prime minister”, she said
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon Says SNP Open To 'Progressive Alliance' With Labour Under Hung Parliament

  28-05-2017 21:20
  
  Sturgeon: "If there was to be a hung parliament, of course we would look to be part of a progressive alliance." pic.twitter.com/ZTAEAZzFdR— Graeme Demianyk (@GraemeDemianyk) May 28, 2017
  Nicola Sturgeon has suggested the SNP would be open to a “progressive alliance” with Labour if the general election results in a hung parliament.
  But Scotland’s First Minister and SNP leader said it was unlikely Jeremy Corbyn would be in the position to be Prime Minister, arguing the &ld
  
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• Frustrated business seeks to rebuild ties with UK government

  28-05-2017 21:00
  Group of executives, ministers and civil servants to tackle loss of influence
  
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• Frustrated business seeks to rebuild ties to Number 10

  28-05-2017 21:00
  Group of executives, ministers and civil servants to tackle loss of influence
  
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• Polls more divided on Conservative lead

  28-05-2017 19:17
  Five surveys put Labour-Tory gap at between 6 and 14 points
  
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• Tim Farron: Lib Dems' pro-European strategy will be proved right

  28-05-2017 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Liberal Democrat leader defends putting Brexit at the heart of his party’s campaign despite a run of poor showings in the pollsTim Farron has insisted he does not regret putting Brexit at the heart of his election strategy because it was “the right thing to do”, despite signs the Liberal Democrats are being squeezed in the polls.Farron said that history would vindicate the party’s pro-European message and said his conviction on the issue would be proved right in the long
  
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• Europe cannot rely on US and faces life without UK, says Merkel

  28-05-2017 18:50
  ‘We must take destiny in our own hands,’ says German chancellor
  
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• Angela Merkel Says Europe Can No Longer Rely On US Or UK After Trump And Brexit

  28-05-2017 18:46
  
  Angela Merkel has warned that Europe could no longer rely on the US and UK as partners following a troubled G7 meeting of world leaders.
  The German Chancellor signalled a seismic shift in relations with the two countries following Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as she said Europeans truly have to take “our destiny” into their own hands.
  Merkel said she hopes to maintain a friendly relationship with the US and the UK but that she could not “fully count on” them.At
  
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• Ed Balls on truth behind Gordon Brown's 'what is polenta?' outburst

  28-05-2017 18:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Politician turned Strictly star tells Hay festival audience about restaurant meeting between Brown and Tony Blair in 1994It has been said Peter Mandelson once mistook mushy peas for guacamole. Now it has emerged Gordon Brown had a similar food challenge, when he asked in horror: “What is polenta?”The politician turned Strictly Come Dancing star Ed Balls witnessed the outburst during the meeting between Brown and Tony Blair at the Granita restaurant in Islington in 1994. Continue read
  
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• Theresa May will not reveal social care cap before general election

  28-05-2017 17:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Amber Rudd says Tories are unsure about maximum people should have to pay and will consider options after 8 JuneTheresa May will not reveal at what level the Conservatives’ social care policy will be capped before the election, members of her cabinet have admitted.The Tories announced there would be a cap to ease the burden of the “dementia tax” after the policy triggered a backlash. But Amber Rudd, the UK home secretary, said the party was not sure about the maximum amount peo
  
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• Greens hope to win over Labour leftwingers after election

  28-05-2017 17:08
  Caroline Lucas says trying to form alliances to block Tories has been ‘disappointing’
  
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• Sunday Show Round-Up: Diane Abbott's Splendid Afro and Sophy Ridge's Labia Gaffe

  28-05-2017 16:59
  
  The Andrew Marr Show
  The fall-out from the Manchester attack dominated the Sunday shows, and kicking it off on Marr, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood hit out at cuts to the police budget."We wouldn't need troops if there were enough police officers on the streets" @LeanneWood tells #marr pic.twitter.com/yduUcEmFY0— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) May 28, 2017
  Green co-leader Caroline Lucas criticised the Government’s anti-terrorism strategy Prevent, saying it is “perceived as a
  
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• Somerset: where fed-up farmers are ditching the Tories

  28-05-2017 16:47 via theguardian.com
  
  In the run-up to the general election, six Guardian reporters are writing from constituencies across the country to find out what matters to you and your area. In their third dispatch, Steven Morris and photographer Sam Frost met farmers switching allegiance to the Lib DemsThe Isle of Wedmore and the surrounding flatlands are rich in history and tradition, a tucked-away corner of the UK where age-old customs are honoured and the rumble of the tractor is never far away.In the centre of Wedmore vi
  
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• General election 2017: Extra programmes with political leaders

  28-05-2017 16:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A guide to the additional programmes and debates for the general election campaign.
  
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• Britain needs RBS and Lloyds investors to have their day in court

  28-05-2017 15:09
  Testimony would provide insights into decisions made during the financial crisis
  
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• Britain needs RBS and its investors to have their day in court

  28-05-2017 15:09
  Testimony would provide insights into decisions made during the financial crisis
  
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• Ukip's Paul Nuttal Says He Would Act As Executioner If Death Penalty Was Reintroduced

  28-05-2017 14:08
  
  Ukip’s slide into obscurity has forced the party’s leader to adopt the rhetoric of the far-right in a desperate attempt to stay relevant.
  Echoing groups like Britain First, Paul Nuttall said he would have no problem being involved in executing those who kill children or British soldiers.
  The MEP is a supporter of capital punishment and said his party would be “only too happy” to offer a referendum on whether it should return or not if “enough people called” fo
  
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• UK home secretary warns on Manchester terror network

  28-05-2017 14:05
  Members of killer Salman Abedi’s group ‘potentially’ still free, says Amber Rudd
  
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• Diane Abbott compares IRA views to changing hairstyles

  28-05-2017 14:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Shadow home secretary said she had an afro 34 years ago, but ‘the hairstyle has gone and some of the views have gone’Diane Abbott, who hopes to be in charge of anti-terror operations after next month’s UK general election, has compared her previous support for the defeat of the British army in Northern Ireland to a haircut that is no longer in fashion.The shadow home secretary was questioned on Sunday morning over her previous views on terrorism and banned organisations amid a
  
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• 'Don't Argue With Me!' Robert Peston Tears Into Sir Michael Fallon In Terrorism Row

  28-05-2017 13:34
  
  Help us out @BorisJohnson. What did you mean in THAT article on the causes of terrorism? #Peston pic.twitter.com/PN1w87CgsI— Peston on Sunday (@pestononsunday) May 28, 2017
  ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston lost his rag with the Defence Secretary today as the pair clashed over Jeremy Corbyn’s views on terrorism.
  Sir Michael Fallon appeared on Peston On Sunday to defend a Tory colleagues claim there would “absolutely” be a greater risk of more terror attacks if J
  
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• Donald Trump Took A Golf Cart 700 Yards And Kept G7 Leaders Waiting For Photo

  28-05-2017 13:24
  
  Donald Trump kept six world leaders waiting for a photo op at the G7 summit because he needed a golf cart to carry him 700 yards.
  Theresa May and the heads of Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan took a stroll through Taormina, Sicily on Saturday to make their way to a piazza in the hilltop town while the President waited behind.The hits just keep on comin'"Leaders of France, Ger, Italy, Japan, Canada & UK walk the streets of Taormina. Trump follows in a golf cart" pic.twitter.com/MAEuwk
  
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• UK political parties find common ground on business rates reform

  28-05-2017 13:02
  Levy based on value of property where store is located has proved contentious
  
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• Diane Abbott: My Splendid Afro Has Gone And So Have My Views On The IRA

  28-05-2017 12:17
  
  Andrew presses @HackneyAbbott on whether she regrets supporting the IRA #marr pic.twitter.com/6ebiCgsqeZ— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) May 28, 2017
  Diane Abbott today claimed she had changed her views on the IRA in the same way she had changed her hairstyle.
  The Shadow Home Secretary was quizzed on comments she made in 1984 at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, when she argued “every defeat of the British state is a victory for all of us.”
  Speaking on the BBC&
  
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• Daily Express Claims Jeremy Corbyn General Election Win Will Ruin Dating In UK

  28-05-2017 11:50
  
  The Daily Express has continued it’s negative coverage of Jeremy Corbyn with a startling revelation about the damage he could inflict on our love lives.We've found it. The stupidest anti-Corbyn story of the election https://t.co/wS3eWEDcAn— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) May 27, 2017
  According to the paper if the Labour leader becomes PM in next month’s General Election it would “be likely to spell disaster for those looking for love online”.
  Quoting eHarmony CEO, Grant Langst
  
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• General Election 2017 Latest Polls Confirm Jeremy Corbyn Closing Gap On Theresa May

  28-05-2017 10:19
  
  Jeremy Corbyn will presumably already be in a good mood after Arsenal’s FA Cup victory yesterday and today sees his weekend get even better.
  A clutch of new General Election polls have shown the Conservative lead over Labour shrinking as the June 8 vote approaches, including one which put Theresa May’s party just six points clear.
  The ORB poll for the Sunday Telegraph had Tories down two points in the past week on 44%, six points ahead of  Corbyn’s Labour on 38% (up four p
  
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• Georgina Callander's Family Say Government Must 'Open Their Eyes' After Manchester Bombing

  28-05-2017 09:17
  
  Manchester bombing victim Georgina Callander’s family has hit out at the Government over her death, saying it must “open its eyes” or more parents will lose children to terror.
  The 18-year-old was killed in the blast shortly after her favourite artist Ariana Grande left the stage at the Manchester Arena on Monday.
  In a statement released through Greater Manchester Police, her family said the teenager’s life had been cut short by “evil, evil men prepared to ruin live
  
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• SpaceX launch, UK election

  28-05-2017 06:52
  A briefing of stories to watch in the week ahead
  
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• Amber Rudd to represent Tories in BBC general election debate

  28-05-2017 02:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Home secretary to take part in programme with party leaders after Theresa May refuses to face camerasHome secretary Amber Rudd is to represent the Conservatives in a live TV general election debate with leaders of some of the other parties, after Theresa May refused to take part.Continue reading...
  
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• Pollsters puzzle over Labour surge – and volatile electorate could keep them guessing

  28-05-2017 01:10 via theguardian.com
  
  The election was supposed to be a coronation of Theresa May. Will it still be? After the pundits were criticised for getting it wrong in 2015, many are bewildered by figures showing Labour has closed the gap to within five pointsIt wasn’t the most lavish of birthdays for Jeremy Corbyn on Friday. Preparing for a morning speech on security was followed by preparations for a 30-minute grilling by the BBC’s most feared interviewer, Andrew Neil. It was only in the evening that he had some
  
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• Will primetime TV showdowns be a big risk for May?

  28-05-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  The prime minister’s refusal of a direct debate was meant to minimise dangerOn Monday at 8.30pm, the 2017 general election will come to life in millions of homes. May v Corbyn Live: The Battle for Number 10, which is to be broadcast on Channel 4 and Sky News, will be intriguing – and potentially pivotal.Only a few weeks ago the outcome of the election, on 8 June, looked a foregone conclusion, with May and the Tories set fair for a thumping win. But in the space of a few days the poli
  
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• Will a stellar turn with Paxman shift the polls? Ask Nick Clegg …

  28-05-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  With Labour gaining, Corbyn and May face big TV set pieces this weekThe sound and fury of campaign season returns this week after a lengthy pause to respect the victims of the Manchester terror attack. While Theresa May has successfully ducked calls for head-to-head leaders’ debates, the Conservative and Labour leaders will take turns on the stage at a pair of high-profile events – being grilled in turn by Jeremy Paxman on Monday, then taking turns to field questions from the public
  
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• Our guardian angel against terror - cartoon

  28-05-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Chris Riddell on the Manchester Arena attack Continue reading...
  
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• Profile: Green Party co-leaders Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley

  28-05-2017 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Looking at Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley, the people at the head of the Green Party.
  
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