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Rishi Sunak swerved a question on whether the door was closed to Boris Johnson joining his cabinet in an interview by ConservativeHome's editor Paul Goodman this afternoon

I knew “those adverts” had achieved “cut-through” when one of my aunties from India asked me on WhatsApp if Labour seriously thought Rishi Sunak supported child abusers. The good news is that Labour’s advertising campaign has gone global. The bad news is that lots of people think Labour is calling…

Bankcrupties, as Ernest Hemingway put it, happen “in two ways — gradually and then suddenly”. That quip captures the tragi-farce playing out in the SNP. The party which rode the high horse of Scottish nationalism as the governing party at Holyrood since 2007 also captured support south of the border.…

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Former PM’s spokesman denies any plan to switch to safer seat as John Howell departs

The ex-PM has faced speculation he could attempt to switch to Henley, where he used to be the MP, after his majority in Uxbridge and South Ruislip dipped at the last election

There has been speculation that Boris Johnson considered running for the Oxfordshire seat he represented between 2001 and 2008.

Trivia, historical amnesia and dirty tricks have become the new norm. Neither party leader has the courage to buck that trend, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Despite the troubles facing the SNP, a revolution would be needed to remove it from power. Its core demand still stirs so many hearts, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Letters: Readers are unimpressed by Keir Starmer’s strategy of personal attacks against the prime minister

The former prime minister’s reckless suggestion that the Irish border would not be a problem as he sought to ‘get Brexit done’ came close to causing irreparable damage, writes Sean O’Grady