Eurovision faces tough questions over country participation – POLITICO
Extra pressure The prospect of more country boycotts next year over Israel’s participation piles extra pressure on the EBU to be more consistent and clear…
‘We’re not the United Nations’: top official defends Eurovision ahead of tense final – POLITICO
The countries sitting out this year’s 70th anniversary contest (Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Iceland) say their decision is due…
Andalusia election offers clues to Spain’s political trajectory – POLITICO
Sheinbaum’s predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, demanded an apology from Spain for human rights violations committed during that…
Starmer drama has UK markets reliving their Truss nightmare – POLITICO
Ultimately, it’s the government that needs to find nearly £2 billion a week to plug the gap between…
The POLITICO Poll: Starmer has failed to deliver the ‘change’ he promised – POLITICO
While 31 percent thought Starmer and his team had changed the country in the right way, “but not…
Andy Burnham’s camp scrambles to challenge a Wes Streeting leadership bid – POLITICO
More than 90 Labour MPs called for Starmer to quit, including four ministers who resigned to demand his…
Russian parliament passes bill allowing Putin to invade foreign countries – POLITICO
Putin has 14 days to sign the bill into law. This year, various European intelligence agencies have labeled…
From Streeting to Burnham, here are Starmer’s rivals to run Britain – POLITICO
3) Ed Miliband Another big figure on the soft-left, the energy secretary has been here before. Miliband became…
Keir Starmer is in crisis mode. Here’s how he can be dislodged. – POLITICO
2) The Cabinet says go Labour backbenchers and junior ministers are already venting frustration that they’re being left…
‘Embarrassing’: UK Labour’s rising star suffers major setback over pensions – POLITICO
“I don’t think Torsten Bell sees himself as being the pension minister for more than about the next…