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Britain’s most bizarre byelection

Parliament's most elitist election shows why government should bring the era of unelected lawmaking to a close altogether, writes Darren Hughes In 1999, the House of Lords Act removed all but 92 of the ‘backwoodsmen’ – the hundreds of (almost entirely Conservative)...

Winning in England

Labour trails the Tories in England by 70 seats – the English Labour Network seeks to support activists, councillors and MPs who seek to rectify that, argues former cabinet minister John Denham The English Labour Network launched this week aims to support activists,...

Cracking down on acid attacks

Government must make it harder to obtain noxious substances and introduce tougher punishments for those who use them as a weapon, writes Stephen Timms MP Today I am opening an adjournment debate in parliament on acid attacks. The recent spate of attacks has provoked...

The Israeli Macron?

He has only been a member of the Israeli Labor party for seven months, but last week Avi Gabbay was elected its leader. Jennifer Gerber explains his meteoric rise on the centre-left Avi Gabbay, a political outsider, was elected leader of the Israeli Labor party on...