I’m not writing my usual blog today but here, as an alternative, is the Politics Live readers’ edition. It is a place for you to discuss today’s politics, and to share links to breaking news and to the most interesting stories and blogs on the web.
Feel free to express your views robustly, but please treat others with respect and don’t resort to abuse. Guardian comment pages are supposed to be a haven from the Twitter/social media rant-orama, not an extension of it.
You can read all today’s Guardian politics stories here.
And here are some of the main ones on our site this morning.
- Theresa May has bowed to pressure from Eurosceptic MPs and disowned remarks by the chancellor, Philip Hammond, as she struggled to quell a fresh Tory revolt over Brexit that could threaten her leadership.
- Conservative MPs are considering another attempt at ousting Theresa May if the local elections go badly, as disillusionment with her leadership bubbles up among backbenchers once again.
- Donald Trump has said he is prepared to apologise for retweeting inflammatory videos by the far-right Britain First group.
- Labour peer Jonathan Mendelsohn has been effectively sacked from the party’s frontbench after he attended the men-only Presidents Club dinner, where “hostesses” were allegedly sexually harassed and groped.
- Scottish Labour is expected to introduce all-women shortlists to fight key target seats in a fast-track selection process to prepare for a second snap general election.
Local council byelections take place on Thursdays. There was just one yesterday. Britain Elects has the results.
One council by-election today: a Conservative defence on the Isle of Wight.@andrewteale's preview: https://t.co/hgjmdW1kyZ
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) January 25, 2018
Central Wight (Isle of Wight) result:
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) January 25, 2018
CON: 49.7% (-25.5)
LDEM: 26.0% (+26.0)
GRN: 13.0% (-5.9)
LAB: 9.2% (+3.2)
UKIP: 2.2% (+2.2)
