June 2019

Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including the first round of voting in the Tory leadership contestFull results: round one of the Conservative leadership electionAndrea Leadsom, Esther McVey and Mark Harper out of raceFirst round ballot results – Snap analysis 2.52pm BST My colleague Jessica Elgot Read more

Cricket World Cup 2019 updates from Trent BridgeCounty cricket – live! Follow all the latest newsFeel free to email Geoff or to tweet: @GeoffLemonSport 2.51pm BST Jack Jorgensen is an Australian living in southwest England, and writes in with some sensible meteorology. “The average rainfall figures are misleading. You want Read more

ID’s influence doubtful, however, after falling short of aim of being third biggest blocMarine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini’s MEPs have joined forces with anti-immigration parties across Europe to create the biggest far-right group in the European parliament.Despite promises to become “a thorn in the flesh of the establishment”, the Read more

With controls tightening over Chinese society, many Hong Kongers feel the need to protect their right to dissentHong Kong is a city where people have most of the freedoms of a democracy, except the right to choose their own leaders. The city’s last British governor, Chris Patten, described it as Read more