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

Head shot of Claire Cohen

Her father was Tony Blair’s sharpest strategist and her mother is a Labour baroness – now she’s been selected for a safe London seat, many say Georgia Gould will be one of Keir Starmer’s most valuable assets. Claire Cohen takes a closer look at the party’s rising star dubbed the ‘Red Princess’

<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>

<p>Former president Donald Trump has been found guilty of 34 felony charges </p>

Jon Sopel

Is this the moment Trump’s popularity bubble bursts? Don’t bet on it…

<p>UK researchers are testing a world-first blood test for brain cancer and the hope is there will then be a vaccine to cure it </p>

Health & Families

How this miracle cancer vaccine could help save millions of lives

<p>The 30-year-old received a brain-computer interface device, a new technology that could have far-reaching impacts</p>

The Longer Read

‘Musk put a chip in my brain – now I can use a computer with my mind’

Voices

<p>Angela Rayner told the lunchtime news: ‘I don’t think there’s any reason why Diane Abbott shouldn’t stand as an MP’ </p>

Rayner roars back... and could make trouble for Starmer’s ‘new’ Labour

<p>Netflix series ‘The Last Kingdom’ is an example of how Anglo-Saxons have invaded the popular consciousness </p>

How in the name of history did ‘Anglo-Saxon’ become a racist slur?

<p>‘When we met up a few weekends ago, one of the things Diane said to me was that her life has been characterised by abuse’ </p>

My friend Diane Abbott caused offence, but she deserved better

The Longer Read

<p>George Green with his wife Nancy, who both went to Spain during the civil war </p>

First hunt in Spain for remains of Britons who fought against Franco

Graham Keeley speaks to the Catalan researchers using DNA methods to identify bodies of International Brigade soldiers who were dumped in unmarked graves and hears from the families of UK freedom fighters who might finally find a vital missing piece of their history

<p>Gut reaction: keeping this vital organ running nicely is all the rage </p>

Health and Wellbeing

For the best gut health, is it time to ditch Zoe and go Dutch?

<p>Lucian Freud photographed with his children Rose and Ali Boyt</p>

Rose Boyt on father Lucian Freud: ‘Reading my diary was horrifying’

Politics Explained

<p>The latest polling indicates a big jump in support – good news for Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, left, and Keir Starmer </p>

Politics Explained

Does Keir Starmer need a majority in Scotland – and will he get it?

<p>Rishi Sunak’s wife, Akshata Murty, meets residents at a Royal British Legion care home in Ripon on Wednesday</p>

Politics explained

Why is this election so divided between Britain’s old and young?

<p>Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves visiting the Rolls-Royce aerospace campus in Derby on Tuesday</p>

Politics explained

Can Keir Starmer really be called a socialist?

<p>Sir Keir Starmer says Labour will ‘change Britain for the better’</p>

Politics Explained

Can slogans change the minds of voters before the general election?

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Editorials

31 May 2024

The Independent View

A promise not to raise taxes never fools the voting public

<p>The Commons Public Accounts Committee has declared it has ‘little confidence’ in Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda asylum plan</p>

The Independent View

The Rwanda report has turned ‘stop the boats’ into Sunak’s epitaph

<p>Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has made the most of an open letter signed by 121 business leaders endorsing Labour’s plans </p>

The Independent View

It is a coup for Labour to position itself as the party for business

Culture

<p>‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ was eventually published 11 years after Toole’s death</p>

Book of a lifetime: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

<p>Michelle Terry as the lead in ‘Richard III’ at Shakespeare’s Globe</p>

Michelle Terry’s controversial Richard III takes aim at toxic men

<p>Clockwise from top left: ‘Shirley Valentine’, ‘Woolf Works’, ‘Sleepova’, ‘Coppélia’ </p>

The Week on Stage, from Shirley Valentine to Sleepova

Travel

<p>Isle of wonder: just off the coast of Sicily is an archipelago steeped in myths </p>

A real-life journey through the mythical lands of the ‘Odyssey’

<p>A couple’s tour to Japan was paid for at a much higher exchange rate than experienced in the country on their trip </p>

Can we claim rate rebate after the yen dropped while we were in Japan?

John RentoulThe Independent’s chief political commentator

<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>

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

<p> The Conservatives have learnt the hard way that Rayner is a more formidable opponent than they thought</p>

Shame of the Tories who tried to smear Angela Rayner as a tax crook

<p>Labour candidates are being imposed in 22 seats without consulting local members</p>

What the brutal purge of the Labour left reveals about Sir Keir

Andrew GricePolitical columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

<p>Keir Starmer has already ruled out rejoining the EU – but in office he would ‘lead from the front in transforming the post-Brexit relationship’ </p>

The secret EU agenda Starmer’s keeping quiet to avoid upsetting voters

<p>Keir Starmer at the launch in Essex of Labour’s general election campaign </p>

Starmer’s ‘six steps’ are not a final offer. He has more up his sleeve

<p>This week, the Labour leadership met union bosses to agree to ‘the biggest levelling-up of workers’ rights for a generation’ </p>

Could banning zero-hour contracts be Labour’s downfall?

Chris Blackhurst

<p>Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers a speech during a visit to Rolls-Royce in Derby</p>

Will Rachel Reeves’ charm offensive with the City work for Labour?

<p>The business sector faces an exodus of companies if things don’t change </p>

London’s existential crisis is its own doing – boosterism won’t help

<p>It’s a rich man’s world: turns out Abba were right on the money... </p>

Business Comment

Sweden has more billionaires per capita than the US – why?

News analysis

<p>David Cameron meeting Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday</p>

Why the UK should not rule out sending troops to Ukraine

<p>Buyers are reluctant to pay through the nose for houses, and prices have been falling month on month </p>

House prices are falling – but what does it mean for the future?

<p>Rishi Sunak welcomes Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame to Downing Street earlier this month </p>

Is the capital of Rwanda really safer than London?

<p>Demonstrators wave Iran’s flag as they gather in front of the British embassy in Tehran</p>

Could conflict between Israel and Iran trigger a third world war?

Sport

<p>Tyson Fury, left, and Oleksandr Usyk will finally clash in Saudi Arabia months of negotiations </p>

Why Fury and Usyk aren’t just fighting for belts and bragging rights

<p>A sodden Erik ten Hag leaves the pitch after Manchester United’s defeat by Arsenal</p>

Crumbling Old Trafford is perfect theatre for Ten Hag’s broken dreams

Mary DejevskyExpert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

<p>After the jury’s guilty verdict, Donald Trump declared the whole process had been engineered by the Biden administration to keep him out of the White House</p>

Now it’s Donald Trump vs the US justice system – who will win?

<p>Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry Brian Langstaff with victims and campaigners outside Central Hall in Westminster, London</p>

Is the NHS behind the slow response to the infected blood scandal?

<p>Slovakian prime minister Fico was shot in an attempted assassination on Wednesday </p>

Could the Robert Fico shooting lead to a wider conflict in Europe?

America

<p>Joe Biden speaks in Belfast on 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement</p>

Biden says Brexit deal can bring ‘significant’ US investment to NI

<p>Such leaks remind countries like Russia – as well as US allies – of the sheer scale and reach of Washington’s operations</p>

The diplomatic damage done by the Pentagon leak won’t last long

<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote a tweet attacking ‘weak and woke’ ideology the day she declared her candidacy</p>

Republicans are running on ‘wokeism’ – but don’t know what it is