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Count Binface and friends back in action

For those who enjoy a touch of absurdity in the murky world of politics there is a by-election in Clacton on the Essex coast of England this week that should fit the bill.

Bangkok Post · Aug 8

Sir Christopher Ondaatje obituary

Businessman and philanthropist who helped fund a new wing for the National Portrait Gallery

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7

Is Nicola Sturgeon helping or hindering her legacy with attack on SNP?

Is Nicola Sturgeon doing more harm than good with her criticism of her party?

The National (Scotland) · Aug 6

Let’s see what the ‘Burnham bounce’ can do for us all

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: A prime minister enjoys maximum leverage during their first days in power. Labour’s new poll lead should convince Andy Burnham that now is the moment to make bold policy decisions that will come to define his premiership

The Independent UK · Jul 28

Tuesday briefing: Can Andy Burnham solve the social care crisis after three decades of failure?

In today’s newsletter: The new prime minister has said he will change the system to stave off NHS ‘collapse’ – quite how he does it is another matter

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28

How the West profits from Gaza and Yemen horrors exposed in book

Andrew Feinstein and investigative journalists to reveal how much money has been made from arms exports involved in Gaza and Yemen in groundbreaking…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 26

What we’ve learned from Andy Burnham’s first week as prime minister

The changing of prime ministers, rather than marking epochs, has become rather commonplace. For the politically minded, that doesn’t mean that each is without the hovering of Tony Blair’s “hand of history”. A new premiership may last 49 days, or ten years. But a truly remarkable set of circumstances would…

The Conversation · Jul 24

Race, school, gender: the makeup of Andy Burnham’s cabinet – in charts

Women have half the seats at the top table for the first time, but Oxbridge maintains its grip

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24

Britain’s quarter century: Blair, populism and the battle over human rights

Summer 2001. Tony Blair had just won a second thumping election victory, promising opportunity for all. The new census showed a nation losing its religion, more inclined to live alone and more ethnically diverse. The maximum temperature was a tepid 32°C in west London in late June, while the twin…

The Conversation · Jul 23

What Ed Miliband’s appointment does and doesn’t mean for the UK’s foreign policy

The route to 10 Downing Street is often fairly parochial, requiring knowledge and experience of local or national issues, rather than international ones. Andy Burnham has been involved in politics for a quarter of a century. But his variety of posts gives us little indication of how he is likely…

The Conversation · Jul 21