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• Jacinda Ardern is the very hero the global left needs right now | Van Badham

  29-06-2018 22:00
  The future of the left is bright if it looks like Jacinda Ardern and Alexandria Ocasio-CortesAs social media birth announcements go, Jacinda Ardern’s handheld Facebook Live of herself and her newborn Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford is charming. New Zealand’s prime minister introduces her new baby with radiant sincerity. She thanks her midwife and the hospital staff for their generous professionalism, and New Zealanders for their kindness and gifts. With a quick cutaway, she even jokes w
  
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• Tit-for-tat

  29-06-2018 20:22 via bbc.co.uk
  This week's summit exposes the rocky relationship between the UK and the EU, Adam Fleming reports.
  
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• Police study UK rendition report amid pressure to investigate

  29-06-2018 19:59
  Former military lawyer says The Hague might step in if Britain fails to launch inquirySenior Scotland Yard officers are studying a parliamentary report that revealed the true scale of the UK’s involvement in torture and rendition after 9/11, as pressure mounts for a police investigation or judge-led inquiry.
  Parliament’s intelligence and security committee (ISC) recommended that police should consider investigating the role that an MI6 officer and a military interrogator played in th
  
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• Survation defends selling Brexit polls to hedge funds

  29-06-2018 19:22 via ft.com
  Pollster also denies giving market-moving data to Nigel Farage
  
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• Martin Rowson on Theresa May v the EU 27 - cartoon

  29-06-2018 19:12
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• David Davis has spent just 4 hours in talks with Michel Barnier this year

  29-06-2018 18:56 via ft.com
  EU leaders cite lack of engagement as they rebuke UK for slow progress on Brexit
  
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• Chequers dinner could end in murder on the Brexit express

  29-06-2018 18:46
  May is said to be heading for a soft Brexit. Is she about to push her leavers too far?An English country house, a polite but inscrutable host and an ill-assorted band of guests, each with a motive to stab each other in the back. Theresa May’s Brexit house party at Chequers next Friday sounds more like the set-up for an Agatha Christie mystery than a cabinet meeting.But drumming up a sense of drama has become another tool in the prime minister’s battle to unite her scrapping ministers
  
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• Brexit: EU leaders say single-market access for goods a nonstarter

  29-06-2018 18:45
  ‘We are not going to let Britain destroy the European Union’, says Irish PMTheresa May has been told by European leaders that an attempt to protect the UK’s industrial base by gaining single market access for goods alone after Brexit is a nonstarter, as the Irish prime minister warned: “We are not going to let them destroy the European Union.”After being given a “broad brush approach” presentation at a Brussels summit of May’s long-awaited paper, y
  
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• Juncker: May will resolve Brexit splits

  29-06-2018 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The European Commission president says he believes Theresa May can resolve the splits in her cabinet.
  
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• Speak for England, Danny Dyer. You’ve blown the lid on Brexit | Marina Hyde

  29-06-2018 18:35
  You can’t do a bespoke/red-white-and-blue EU deal. The pretend landlord of the Queen Vic has figured this out“It’s getting tickly now,” Alex Ferguson famously observed during a title run-in. “Squeaky bum time, I call it.” This was in 2003, seven years after arguably the definitive Premier League bum-squeak. More of a follow-through, in fact, as the then Newcastle manager, Kevin Keegan, succumbed to his now legendary Ferguson-induced rant. “I will lo
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: Danny Dyer 'has a special way of saying things'

  29-06-2018 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Jeremy Corbyn says Danny Dyer "says it like it is" after the Eastenders star's colourful attack on David Cameron.
  
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• Brexit: 'Last call' for deal, Donald Tusk warns UK

  29-06-2018 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The EU tells Theresa May she must "lay the cards on the table" if a Brexit deal is to be done in time.
  
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• Danny Dyer cuts through Brexit bluster with TV tirade

  29-06-2018 18:18
  EastEnders actor and his Love Island star daughter capture the mood of the nationWho will speak for England in its moment of crisis? The answer this summer, it appears, is actor Danny Dyer, who – with a bit of help from his daughter Dani – is dominating the national conversation.In a deeply surreal appearance on a one-off evening edition of ITV’s flagship Good Morning Britain programme on Thursday, the EastEnders star – flanked by Piers Morgan, the Labour leader, Jeremy C
  
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• Symbolic power of Amlo win would not be lost on UK Labour

  29-06-2018 18:09 via ft.com
  Jeremy Corbyn is one of few prominent allies of Mexican leftwinger in west
  
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• Police called 'every day' to violence against NHS staff

  29-06-2018 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  In the last year, there were 7,918 incidents against staff with police called 521 times.
  
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• Ukip's new guard: web agitators threaten to swamp struggling party

  29-06-2018 17:53
  Group of activists prominent on YouTube have pledged to take Gerard Batten’s party overOnly a few years ago, Ukip was fixed in the public mind as the party of tweed jackets, warm beer, and monomaniacal devotion to a single political cause.In 2018, the battle to define Brexit is still raging, but Ukip’s position is far less clear. It has been through a string of increasingly eccentric leaders. The clarity of its goal has been diluted, and it has begun to find common cause with the jai
  
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• Tackling bad driving will encourage cyclists – but more money is needed

  29-06-2018 17:14
  It’s time for the Treasury to allocate significant funding so the nation can reap the huge benefits of more people cyclingThe government has announced £1m of funding to help police forces across the UK crack down on close passing of cyclists by drivers, and to improve driving instructor training around cycling safety.Although the sum is small beer indeed in transport terms, split between two projects, poor driver behaviour is a key reason people are discouraged from cycling in the UK
  
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• United Ireland - border vote leading to reunification?

  29-06-2018 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Two years into the Brexit process some Irish nationalists believe support for Northern Ireland joining the Republic is getting stronger.
  
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• Lotteries to get go-ahead to raise more for good causes

  29-06-2018 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Limits on how much charity draws can raise for good causes are set to increase from £10m to £100m.
  
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• Tory cabinet ructions betray a prime minister losing authority

  29-06-2018 16:21 via ft.com
  Once collective responsibility disintegrates, it is very hard to reassert discipline
  
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• My World Cup goal: avoiding the Singing Monkey Plate of Shame | John Crace

  29-06-2018 16:00
  A lobby league provides a distraction from politics, and a hot dog needs a haircutWhat’s wrong with me? When England went 1-0 up against Panama in the eighth minute, I jumped up and punched the air. When England went in at half-time 5-0 ahead, my main feeling was of disappointment. Somehow I felt as if I had been robbed. This wasn’t how watching England in a World Cup was meant to be. We were supposed to be squeaking home thanks to a Harry Kane injury-time winner, as we had against T
  
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• Ex-MP Irranca-Davies joins Welsh Labour leader race

  29-06-2018 15:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The ex-MP calls for universal pre-school childcare as he joins the battle to be Welsh Labour leader.
  
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• MSPs demand action over use of Scottish airports for rendition

  29-06-2018 15:49
  Calls for public inquiry after report reinforces concerns over refuelling of CIA flightsMinisters in Edinburgh have been urged to step up their investigations into the use of Scottish airports to support CIA rendition flights.
  The Scottish Greens and Labour said a damning report into the UK government’s complicity in the illegal rendition of terrorism suspects for kidnap and torture strengthened the case for action by Scottish ministers. Continue reading...
  
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• Political football

  29-06-2018 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Politicians are keen to fly the England flag, but not all of them are getting it right.
  
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• Migrant crisis: EU leaders plan secure migrant centres

  29-06-2018 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The Brussels deal comes as about 100 migrants are reported to have drowned in the sea off Libya.
  
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• The EU’s leaders are all smiles, but refugees will continue to drown | Owen Jones

  29-06-2018 14:02
  EU leaders were responsible for the so-called refugee crisis in 2015. This deal does nothing to end the miseryEurope isn’t suffering from a migration crisis: it’s afflicted by a humanitarian crisis. But to Europe’s leaders, refugees and migrants are not human beings, they’re statistics, or fodder for hateful political campaigns for charlatans to rise to high office.Amid all the wrangling over an EU deal on migration, you’d think the number of refugees and migrants e
  
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• Reality Check: Brexit challenge for Irish trade

  29-06-2018 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  How much of Ireland's trade goes via ports in Great Britain?
  
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• Week in Review: Quick reminder that everything is still a disaster

  29-06-2018 13:33
  
  Things at the EU Summit were predictably catastrophic
  
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• Putting up Brexit language barriers

  29-06-2018 13:25 via ft.com
  Monolingual Britons are disadvantaged if they cannot communicate effectively abroad
  
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• Don't drop the mic: why music college SoundSkool must not be silenced

  29-06-2018 12:50
  A groundbreaking London college that guides disadvantaged youths into music careers may be forced to close after council funding cuts – and its students face a bleak future “I’m heartbroken,” says Simon Gordon, founder and CEO of SoundSkool, a music industry college in Enfield, north London. “Our education system doesn’t work for everyone, so we step in to give our kids what they need. Where will they go now?”Last month, Gordon and his team were told the
  
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• Minister defends ex-Serco lobbyist's justice brief

  29-06-2018 12:35
  David Gauke says steps will be taken to avoid any conflict of interest for junior ministerThe justice secretary, David Gauke, has defended the appointment of a former Serco lobbyist as a minister in his department and said steps would be taken to avoid any possible conflict of interest in future dealings with the outsourcing firm.
  Edward Argar, a former head of UK and Europe public affairs at Serco, which runs five private prisons and a prisoner escort service, was appointed as a justice ministe
  
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• EU reprimands UK over pace of Brexit talks beset by ‘huge differences’

  29-06-2018 12:32 via ft.com
  Hint that EU could improve terms if UK dropped ‘red lines’
  
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• May warns EU: Put citizens' safety first in Brexit talks

  29-06-2018 11:41 via bbc.co.uk
  A close security relationship must be maintained after Brexit, the prime minister warns EU leaders.
  
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• Why did Conservative MEPs vote to protect Orbans far-right government in Hungary?

  29-06-2018 11:40
  
  Signs that Tory MEPs are shoring up support for far-right government in exchange for Brexit cover
  
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• 'Where is the geezer?' Danny Dyer rages at David Cameron over Brexit

  29-06-2018 11:22
  EastEnders star becomes an unlikely icon for remainers after tirade against former PMDanny Dyer became an unlikely remainer icon on Thursday night when he launched into a diatribe calling David Cameron a “twat” and demanded to know why the former prime minister was able to relax in France “with his trotters up” while the rest of Britain dealt with the consequences of Brexit. Related: Good Evening Britain: none of the promised carnage, despite Danny Dyer's effortsContinue
  
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• MPs condemn Home Office over detained Windrush pair

  29-06-2018 11:12
  Committee describes officials’ behaviour towards long-term UK residents as ‘shocking’The Home Office behaved in a “shocking” manner towards two Windrush citizens, Paulette Wilson and Anthony Bryan, who were wrongly sent to immigration detention centres before planned removals from the UK, despite them being continuously resident for around 50 years, a committee of MPs and peers has ruled.The Home Office displayed an “inadequate regard for the human rights&rdqu
  
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• Windrush victims detained 'unlawfully' by Home Office

  29-06-2018 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  A "fundamental change in the law" is needed to protect human rights, a parliamentary inquiry finds.
  
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• The Tories have made a mess of immigration. Only Labour can fix it | Diane Abbott

  29-06-2018 10:43
  Incentivised deportations wrongfully removed legal citizens. It’s time to remove the draconian Immigration Act 2014 and those who put it in placeRemember when the former home secretary Amber Rudd claimed that the Home Office did not have targets for deportations, or later that she was unaware of those targets? Yet, as it has been confirmed this week, not only were there detention and removal targets, but Home Office officials received bonuses for meeting those targets. Inevitably, in such
  
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• BAE wins multi-billion pound Australian warship contract

  29-06-2018 08:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The nine anti-submarine warships will be built in Australia by a local workforce.
  
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• Lord Ashcroft praises Malta as base for UK business during Brexit

  29-06-2018 07:00
  Billionaire Tory donor and Leave supporter only briefly mentions political corruptionBritish businesses should set up a base in Malta so they can easily trade with the EU and deal with the “period of uncertainty” caused by Brexit, according to the billionaire Conservative donor and Leave supporter Michael Ashcroft.
  A “special report” written by the peer details the merits of Malta as a base ahead of Paris, Frankfurt and other large European cities, while making only a bri
  
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• Cross-party group of MPs seek to close loophole in upskirting bill

  29-06-2018 07:00
  Campaigners say proposed law doesn’t cover images of celebrities or those taken for funA cross-party group of MPs will seek to close a loophole in the government’s upskirting bill that could have allowed people who took images for financial gain or simply for fun to escape justice.The Conservative MP Maria Miller has held discussions with Labour’s Jess Phillips and the Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse about an amendment that would ensure there was a blanket ban on taking the v
  
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• No class constraints for FPC members

  29-06-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  It’s no mean feat to spend £5,500 on a single flight
  
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