Shortly after Liz Truss and co took to the stage to launch the brand new Popular Conservatism - or "PopCon" - motion, pitching itself as an anti-woke, anti-green, anti-elite, anti-immigration voice of the voter, my telephone buzzed with a message from a really disgruntled MP."What everyone is privately thinking is that the rules must change on selection of the party leader," mentioned the previous minister. "But no-one will provoke, so our occasion drifts to the appropriate. "The selection of leader must return to parliamentarians, so that these sub-tribes won't schmooze our base with their populist message."Politics stay: Truss accused of 'offensive nonsense'Who and what are the Popular Conservatives?In the corridor in Westminster, the place Ms Truss led the PopCon rally, di...

Labour's plans for a brand new race equality act had been introduced at a behind closed doorways occasion that excluded equality campaigners who needed to evaluation the proposals, Sky News can reveal.The social gathering is pledging to be a authorities that might give stronger authorized protections for equal pay for black, Asian, and minority ethnic employees. Politics newest: PM needs King 'full and speedy restoration'But forward of right now's launch, stakeholders had been emailed at 11pm final evening to say the occasion was "postponed" after protests had been because of happen at a venue they'd initially chosen in north London. Image: An e-mail despatched to attendees forward of Labour's launch occasion ...