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Where tourists seldom tread, part 8: five more towns with hidden treasures

Port Talbot, Rochdale, Wick, Croydon and Kettering – we continue our series on places the guidebook writers skip

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In Rochdale, there’s good amid the bad and ugly

Letters: Rochdalian Tricia Ayrton remembers the town’s late MP Tony Lloyd, while Molly Berry suggests a candidate the town could vote for. Plus letters from David Vaughan, Donald Entwistle and Dr John Puntis

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Keir Starmer’s had a torrid fortnight, but the big picture is bleakest for Rishi Sunak

The double whammy of byelection humiliations for the Tories matters more than Labour’s horror show in Rochdale

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An all-male byelection ballot in Rochdale? That’s hardly taking the Suffragette line

We can tell just how far women have come by examining the 11 candidates

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Starmer allies gripped by fear of Labour complacency amid byelection triumphs

Despite victory in two Conservative safe seats, a Labour government is not a foregone conclusion, say party hawks

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OPINION - The Standard View: Labour is on course for power, but is the party ready to govern?

After what was widely acknowledged to be one of the worst weeks of Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership — in which Labour once again became embroiled in antisemitism and the leader himself was accused of indecision over Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali — the mood has suddenly switched.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer spends Valentine's Day with Bob Marley

Labour woes up in Rochdale didn’t stop party leader Sir Keir Starmer from enjoying a Valentine’s evening with his wife Victoria.

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Learn this from the Rochdale debacle: society faces peril when smart people believe dumb things

Azhar Ali’s parroting of anti-Israel conspiracy theories is not a warning just for Labour – there’s a lesson in it for everyone, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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A lesson and a wake-up call from Rochdale: Labour has become too complacent about its big poll lead

There is no disputing that this episode has been damaging. Hopefully it will prompt Keir Starmer into an overdue rethink, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Labour’s difficulties on Israel, Gaza and antisemitism

Letters: Readers respond to the crisis engulfing the party over remarks made by parliamentary candidates in Rochdale and Hyndburn

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SNP vote on Gaza ceasefire threatens to rip open divisions among Labour MPs

SNP plan to push another Gaza ceasefire motion after they failed to get one passed in November

Evening Standard

Labour’s cynical handling of the Azhar Ali affair will come back to haunt it in government

The Rochdale fiasco offers profound lessons about the leadership’s way of doing business – and its use of factionalism, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Report any antisemitism you hear, Labour members told as hate speech row deepens

Calls for others to be suspended if they failed to intervene at meeting where two parliamentary candidates abused Israel

Evening Standard

Starmer urged to suspend councillors at meeting that heard Israel comments

Labour leader under pressure over claims Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali’s remarks went unchallenged at event

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Wednesday briefing: How the Rochdale furore exposed claims of factionalism in Labour’s handling of antisemitism

In today’s newsletter: The party has disowned candidate Azhar Ali following his remarks about Israel and Gaza, with accusations of hypocrisy over antisemitism levelled at Starmer’s door

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s Rochdale mess: factionalism is damaging the party

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer may think his electoral coalition is large enough to take a hit over his Gaza policy. But his colleagues do not

Evening Standard

Is this Sir Keir Starmer’s biggest crisis as Labour leader? ...The Standard podcast

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s judgement has come under fire over a delay in withdrawing his party’s support for its Rochdale by-election candidate, Azhar Ali, over remarks he made about Israel.

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Labour suspends second parliamentary candidate over Israel comments

Withdrawal of backing for Graham Jones, candidate for Hyndburn, follows Starmer’s action against Azhar Ali in Rochdale

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‘George Galloway gave me a kiss’: Rochdale in flux after Labour decision

Party’s byelection canvassers told to stay home while voters weigh options in wake of Azhar Ali antisemitism scandal

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Conspiracists, chancers and a sexter – Rochdale deserves better, and frankly we all do

You’ve got to feel for a constituency where Azhar Ali, George Galloway and Simon Danczuk are vying to be the least-worst candidate, says the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Who are the Rochdale byelection candidates – and what do they stand for?

With Labour withdrawing support for its candidate, the vote has been blown wide open

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Labour ‘shambolic’ over Azhar Ali row, says antisemitism report author

Martin Forde says storm over Rochdale byelection candidate raises new questions over ‘disparity in treatment’ of Labour MPs

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Two-state solution ‘not rewarding Hamas’, Cameron tells Lords – as it happened

Former Tory leader, recently parachuted into role, to face questions over Gaza and elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Rochdale byelection controversy – what happens next

Labour has withdrawn its support for its candidate, Azhar Ali, but cannot select a replacement

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s self-sabotage leaves Rochdale byelection up for grabs

Party’s belated renunciation of Azhar Ali for antisemitic comments leaves George Galloway and Simon Danczuk vying for pole position

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