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May 25, 2024

Scramble for candidates as Gove leads the Tory exodus

Sunak catches his own party unprepared for general election

5 mins

Meaning of purdah and why bills are stuck in 'wash-up'

Parliament was expected to wind up yesterday after Rishi Sunak stunned Westminster by calling a snap general election for 4 July. The Commons is dissolved after an election is called and the official closure date for this election will be 30 May. After this date, MPs lose their jobs and either decide to leave politics, campaign for re-election in their constituency or run for a different seat.

2 mins

Will Sunak vs Starmer TV debates matter to voters?

Gladiatorial entertainment or snoozefest, asks Sean O'Grady

4 mins

Starmer's secret agenda on forging closer links with EU

While 2019 was undoubtedly the Brexit election, 2024 is doomed to be the non-Brexit one.

3 mins

Vennells booed in court for email that cases 'bored' her

Wrongly convicted subpostmasters booed former Post Office boss Paula Vennells when it was revealed she had dismissed their stories of injustice as \"hype and human interest\", saying she was more bored than outraged by them.

3 mins

Star who outed himself over MeToo and ended his career

'Super Size Me' director Morgan Spurlock has died aged 53

4 mins

Mother who shook toddler to death is jailed for murder

A mother who beat her three-year-old son with a bamboo cane and immersed him in scalding water before shaking him to death has been jailed for his murder.

3 mins

UN's top court orders Israel to halt offensive in Rafah

The UN's top court has ruled that Israel must “immediately halt its military offensive\" in the city of Rafah on Gaza's southern border.

5 mins

Court's ruling puts US in deeply awkward position

Benjamin Netanyahu's government had been expecting the judges at the UN's top court to accept, at least partly, South Africa's case over a ceasefire in Gaza and had already gone on the offensive.

2 mins

London-born boy set to be named first millennial saint

Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia, recognised by the Pope

2 mins

China testing if it can 'seize power' in Taiwan exercises

China deployed nearly 50 warplanes and 19 naval vessels around Taiwan yesterday, on the second day of major military drills that it described as a test of its ability to \"seize power\" on the island.

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It's scapegoating to claim porn and video games are responsible for joblessness

I always find it so funny when people talk about pornography and video game \"addiction\", because if we're being honest with ourselves, it's a miracle we aren't all addicted to pornography and video games.

3 mins

Labour needs a City thumbs up to reassure the electorate

Rishi Sunak had become increasingly frustrated as the economic outlook improved but he and his ministers received little credit. It was this that made up his mind to go to the country. There seemed little point in waiting for things to get better (to quote the well-worn Labour song). They might, they might not.

3 mins

FA Cup glory is unlikely to save Ten Hag from the chop

Rivals Man City await today at Wembley in what may be the Dutchman's last game as United boss, writes Richard Jolly

3 mins

Local boy Leclerc targets a spot in Monaco's royal box

The treacherous twists and turns of the Circuit de Monaco have not been kind to this small principality's prodigal son. It took until 2022 - after two retirements and one devastating failure to make the start line after qualifying on pole, with a Covid cancellation thrown in the middle - for Charles Leclerc to finish his home grand prix. And even that was ruined by a strategy failure, confining him to fourth after also qualifying on pole.

3 mins

Kings and conquerors of Europe collide in London

Leinster and Toulouse in a first-ever final meeting of the pair

3 mins

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