A high-profile QC has left the Scottish Conservatives following the election of the party’s new leader.

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QC quits Tories after two years

Men in the party or club circuit might wear women’s high heels, though otherwise be dressed in men’s clothing.

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Some Men Are Dressed to the Nines, the Height of Their Pumps

Many Republicans are urging Chris Christie to run for president, but some on the right of the party are less enthusiastic.

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The Caucus: Christie Faces Conservative Criticism as He Decides on Run

Ed Miliband says Labour would lower the cap on student tuition fees in England to £6,000 if it was in power now, as the party gathers in Liverpool for its conference.

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Labour in tuition fees cap pledge

The rising presidential candidacy of Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is stirring excitement for many Republican voters but is creating unease in some quarters of the party’s establishment.

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As Perry Rises, G.O.P. Elite Look Toward Romney

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage accuses David Cameron of a “mass deception” over Europe, in his speech to the party’s autumn conference.

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UKIP: Tories misled voters on EU

SDLP MP Alasdair McDonnell has written to the party’s branch chairmen inviting them to nominate him for the leadership in the event of a contest.

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MP writes SDLP leadership letter

Kathy Hochul’s victory in a conservative New York district deals a blow to the national Republican Party in a race that largely turned on the party’s plan to overhaul Medicare.

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Democrat Wins G.O.P. Seat; Rebuke Seen to Medicare Plan

Monmouth Conservative AM Nick Ramsay announces he will be standing for the party’s leadership in the Welsh assembly.

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Ramsay to bid for Tory leadership

One of the Liberal Democrats newest MSPs is expected to declare his intention to be the party’s next leader at Holyrood.

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New MSP eyes Lib Dem leadership

Labour leader Ed Miliband is to appoint three Scottish MPs to help review the party’s poor showing at last week’s Holyrood elections.

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Labour MPs review Holyrood defeat

The vaunted Republican network of high-dollar donors and fund-raisers has been slow to commit itself, contributing to the faltering start of the party’s drive to unseat President Obama.

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Big G.O.P. Donors Adopt Wait-and-See 2012 Tack

What happens to Royal Wedding souvenirs now the party is over?

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Souvenir shelf-life

Nick Clegg says a senior Lib Dem councillor who urged him to split from the coalition is “wrong” – and is backed by six of the party’s council leaders.

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Clegg rejects coalition warning

Lib Dem former leader of Liverpool City Council urges Nick Clegg to pull out of coalition government or risk destroying the party, in an email seen by the BBC.

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Clegg urged to break-up coalition