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Lorin Bell-Cross

Lorin Bell-Cross

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Kemi Badenoch attacks ‘sectarian Islamist politics’ in leadership campaign launch

Former equalities minister took a swipe at pro-Gaza independent MPs

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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Kemi Badenoch launches her Conservative Party Leadership campaign on September 02, 2024 in London, England. Badenoch launched her campaign under the name Renewal2030, outlining what the Conservative party must stand for in 2030. The former Business Secretary and Equalities Minister under Rishi Sunak, has served as the MP for North West Essex (formerly Saffron Walden) since 2017. She joined the Conservative Party in 2005 at the age of 25. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - AUGUST 29: Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the Enmarket Arena August 29, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. Harris has campaigned in southeast Georgia for the past two days. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris calls Hamas ‘evil’ and speaks to parents of murdered Hersh Goldberg-Polin

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Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero giving a speech in Widnes in July (Photo: Getty Images)

Man jailed for three years for threatening to kill Ed Miliband

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Delegates wave Palestinian flags during a debate on Palestine at Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, 2018 (Photo: Getty Images)

Momentum welcomes Lammy’s moves on Unrwa funding and ICC, calls for arms embargo on Israel

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Jewish groups welcome proposed hate crime measures despite concerns over free speech

Free speech campaigners question how effective proposals will be at tackling antisemitism

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August 30, 2024 12:15

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper arriving to attend a Cabinet meeting last month (photo: Getty Images)

Esther McVey refuses to apologise for ‘minimising the horrors of the Holocaust’

Former ‘common sense minister’ told the JC: ‘no equivalence was being suggested’ between Nazis and proposed smoking ban

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August 30, 2024 12:06

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 14: Minister without Portfolio, Esther McVey, arrives at Downing Street ahead of the Cabinet Meeting on November 14, 2023 in London, England. Rishi Sunak will meet his new ministers today after a dramatic cabinet re-shuffle yesterday which saw former Prime Minister David Cameron return to the cabinet for the first time in more than seven years after being made the new Foreign Secretary following Suella Braverman's sacking. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

New Hendon MP standing for key Commons committee chair

David Pinto-Duschinsky says he has the experience to deliver proper scrutiny

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August 29, 2024 17:57

David Pinto Duschinsky at the count in Hendon (Liron Woodcock-Velleman/X)

Starmer and German Chancellor call for Middle East de-escalation

New UK government looking to strengthen ties with France and Germany

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August 28, 2024 14:11

BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 28: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shakes hands with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) after a joint press conference at the Chancellery on August 28, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. This is Starmer's first official visit to Germany since he became prime minister. (Photo by Justin Tallis - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Bedouin hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi rescued by IDF troops from Gaza tunnel

The 52-year-old was abducted from Kibbutz Magen on October 7

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August 27, 2024 13:39

Freed hostage Farhan Alkadi reunited with his brother at the Soroka hospital in Beersheva

The SNP’s posturing on Israel is pure Thick of It

The party’s cackhanded attempts to send a coherent signal about Gaza has made it a laughing stock

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August 22, 2024 15:04

The Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh (Photo: Getty)

New Labour MPs reveal how trips to Israel made the ‘horror’ of war hit home

Parliamentarians open up about visits organised by Labour Friends of Israel

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August 22, 2024 11:29

Former LFI Chair Steve McCabe (wearing light blue shirt) and Matthew Patrick MP (dark blue shirt) in the ruins of a building in Kibbutz Be'eri during a visit to Israel in March this year. Credit: Labour Friends of Israel

Palestine Action vandals handed five years of jail time

Five activists caused over £1 million worth of damage to arms factory

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August 21, 2024 12:35

Activists from Palestine Action Scotland on the roof of defence company Thales in Glasgow. Palestine Action Scotland/X.

He was always a maverick! High flyer Shapps takes off after politics

The former defence secretary talks about his love of aviation and how the Conservative Party can lift off again

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August 21, 2024 10:03

Former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps in the cockpit of a Typhoon jet. Credit: Ministry of Defence.

Starmer express condolences to Netanyahu after body of British-Israeli hostage recovered by IDF

PM has been under pressure to announce an arms embargo on Israel

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August 20, 2024 17:50

Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday amid rising tensions in the MIddle East. (Photo by Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Suspended SNP politician defends comments that Israel has not committed genocide

Israel could have killed a lot more people, John Mason said

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August 20, 2024 12:58

John Mason is 'considering' appealing against his SNP expulsion over Gaza genocide comments (Photo: X/Twitter)

Scottish government says it won’t meet Israeli officials

Statement comes as SNP MSP is suspended from party for saying Israel isn’t committing genocide

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August 19, 2024 17:12

Israel's deputy ambassador Daniela Grudsky (left) with Angus Robertson MSP (right), Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs & Culture. Credit: Daniela Grudsky/ Twitter

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