Voices

<p>Vox pops might seem like a good way to include diverse voices – but they’re often anything but </p>

professor tim bale

This is, by far, the worst thing about the general election

On-the-hoof conversations with passers-by about ‘issues’ are supposed to give us an insight into the views of ordinary voters – but, as research show, they reveal precisely nothing, says Prof Tim Bale. Broadcasters, it’s time to let the mic drop

<p>Sir Keir Starmer holds a card detailing his policy priorities at the launch of the Labour Party election campaign battlebus in Uxbridge</p>

The Independent View

The truth of Labour’s plan to cut net migration will come with action

<p>Doctor Who is back, and it is queerer than ever</p>

Max Wallis

Doctor Who is a lifeline for queer people like me

<p>Few things compete with the feeling of validation you receive when you discover somebody you’re attracted to is also attracted to you</p>

Olivia Petter

Can you really be ‘addicted’ to dating apps?

<p>What could be more harmless than the Hay Festival, held each year in the sheep-dappled Welsh countryside?</p>

Alan Rusbridger

Are those intimidating the Hay Festival doing more harm than good?

<p>It was not Diane Abbott who persuaded the Labour leader to back down but Angela Rayner</p>

John Rentoul

Rayner’s Abbott comments highlight a key problem for Starmer

<p>Prime minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will go head to head in the first televised leaders’ debate of the general election campaign next week (PA)</p>

John Rentoul

Keir Starmer is already the ‘winner’ of next week’s TV election debate

<p>Knights of the long knives: Sir Keir Starmer and Sir Ed Davey have agreed an unofficial pact</p>

Inside Westminster

Could Keir Starmer and Ed Davey’s bromance give Labour its landslide?

<p>Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (left) and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting </p>

Ammad Butt

Trust me, I’m a doctor – Labour’s plan to fix the NHS needs a rethink

<p>Born to run: Georgia Gould has been selected as the parliamentary candidate in the <a href="/topic/labour">Labour</a> safe seat of Queen’s Park </p>

Claire Cohen

Meet Georgia Gould – the ‘red princess’ who could one day lead Labour

<p>Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said that the local election results did not point to a hung parliament</p>

The UK needs the type of change that a hung parliament cannot deliver

<p>Since the general election was called, nothing has gone right for Rishi Sunak </p>

Asa Bennett

I was with Liz Truss in No 10… here’s how Rishi’s blame game will play out

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