As the far-right Alternative for Germany wins another regional election, wiping out the ruling Christian Democratic Union in former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own backyard, will Friedrich Merz face the same fate as Keir Starmer and lose his job? New polling shows that just 15% of people in rural communities think Labour cares about them, so how does the party deliver “growth in every postcode” to the countryside? With 70 seats in Parliament and the Tories in electoral trouble, why haven’t the Liberal Democrats gained more traction in the week of their party conference?
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