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Israeli tech firm accused of targeting First Minister John Swinney in election

local elections. Viginum released a detailed report on the firm, stating that it interfered in several countries with "digital interference operations". This included "inauthentic accounts" on social media, which would coordinate online comments

Farage deploys the rottweiler to distract from awkward £5m gift story | John Crace

local elections on Thursday. And there would be no problem finding places to build these detention centres. There was plenty of space. I mean, imagine if Lewisham was to turn Green. Then you could just

Can EU find a Russia whisperer to mediate an end to war in Ukraine?

find a Russia whisperer to mediate an end to war in Ukraine? Ukraine is urging the EU to help negotiate an end to the war with Russia, a topic that will be discussed in detail

Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds

finds Nine in 10 UK millionaires are proud to live in Britain and three-quarters would be willing to pay more tax to ensure public assets get the funding they need, according to research. Despite

How the contest is shaping up two weeks ahead of crucial Makerfield by-election

candidate Robert Kenyon was also striking in his repeated insistence that "violence is never the answer" after the disturbances in Southampton earlier this week. Kenyon's tone, emphasis and choice of language was markedly different

Labour claims Reform UK won’t protect women, as poll suggests Farage’s party heading for ‘seismic’ wins in May – UK politics live

local elections are just over three weeks away, and Labour is using this announcement as a platform to attack Reform UK, saying that Nigel Farage’s party can’t be trusted to stand

Frustration, apathy and hope: Birmingham divided as extraordinary election looms

candidates he will vote for. "I want someone genuine, someone who cares and someone who wants to make a difference," Sufyain adds. Six miles away in Northfield, shoppers flood in and out of Home Bargains

‘The worst year in memory’: parties describe climate of abuse on campaign trail

local and devolved elections including death threats and intimidation while campaigning. Elections are taking place across councils in England and governments in Scotland and Wales on Thursday, with millions expected to vote. Candidates and politicians

Labour’s better than expected thrashing may allow Starmer to cling on in No 10

local elections results rolled in, a trickle of voices were calling for [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) to quit – a couple of MPs, a trade union leader, and a Labour peer. The numbers are undoubtedly

A political nerd’s guide to Britain’s by-election

local plumber who was beaten by Simons in 2024. (Simons received 18,000 votes to Kenyon’s 12,800.) Since then, Labour’s popularity has nosedived, while support for Farage’s party has surged. Were

Green party threat to Labour in London laid bare in Starmer’s own back yard

candidates. It would require a uniform swing of 19% to another party for Labour to lose its majority, though there is a high element of unpredictability in a race where five parties are fielding

How one of India's most successful female politicians is losing her party

candidate in the fray for a repoll. Then came perhaps the starkest symbol of its decline: a public meeting earlier in June that drew only a few hundred people, a far cry from the vast

No 10 braced for ‘excruciating’ revelations as Mandelson files published – UK politics live

find interesting documents, do please flag them up BTL. The **Cabinet Office** has published [the Mandelson files.](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-on-the-government-response-to-the-humble-address-motion) They are in three volumes. **Robert Kenyon**, the Reform UK candidate in Makerfield, posted this

First Thing: Tensions rise over Hormuz as Trump threatens to blow Iran ‘off the face of the earth’

candidates backed by Trump. ## **In other news …** ![A composite image of Blake Lively, wearing a flowered gown, posing on the red carpet against a backdrop of flowers, and Justin Baldoni wearing a blue and white

Brad Raffensperger navigates his party’s MAGA reality

find it very difficult to see someone being able to be anti-Trump in a Republican primary and be successful,” said Casey Cagle, a Republican who served as lieutenant governor from

Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in Parliament

local elections on Thursday of next week will be a more perilous moment for the prime minister than this week’s parliamentary scrutiny. “Labour MPs are very depressed. They have mostly decided that they

4 states head to the polls. And, global conflicts are on the rise, new report says

Local election officials say that they are doing their best in a state that prioritizes making voting accessible. - 🎧 **There are multiple reasons the results took so long, but the biggest one comes down to** when

The theory taking the rich by storm: China funds data center haters

candidates run for office in Utah. She told NPR she had no idea how she or Elevate ended up on O'Leary's list. "I think we have been as confused as anybody," she said

Experts warn Trump ‘inventing fraud’ in California as president ramps up baseless claims

candidate Steve Hilton in San Mateo on Friday. Photograph: Jeff Chiu/AP California’s elections officials sought to explain the counting process in advance of election day, knowing voters would have questions about the lengthy time

What to know about Georgia’s primary as Republicans set sights on Senate

find” more votes in his favour. Republican state officials pushed back at the time, but Trump’s claims, which are not backed by evidence, have generated support from some in the state’s Republican Party