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Hello readers. Albo vows to end the class war if he is made Labor leader, and Theresa May in death spiral.

22/5/19: Anthony Albanese holding a doorstop at Henson Park Oval in Marrickville to discuss the Labor party leadership. John Feder/The Australian.

‘End class war’

Anthony Albanese has vowed to ­return a traumatised Labor party to a Hawke-era pro-growth economic policy model. Senior Labor MPs want Jim Chalmers to lead the party, saying he’s needed if the opposition has any hope of winning government. Keep up with the latest in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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Bob Hawke backstage at Woodfordia. 28th, December. 2018. (Photo AAP/Megan Slade)

Follow Hawke

Labor may need to do what the Liberal Party did after its 1993 defeat: jettison causes considered core to the party movement, writes Peter Van Onselen.

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A handout photograph taken and released by the UK Parliament on May 22, 2019 shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) question and answer session in the House of Commons in London. (Photo by MARK DUFFY / various sources / AFP) / EDITORS NOTE THE IMAGE HAS BEEN DIGITALLY ALTERED AT SOURCE TO OBSCURE VISIBLE DOCUMENTS - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, ADVERTISING PURPOSES - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO /MARK DUFFY/ UK Parliament"

May’s ‘death spiral’

Theresa May has shut herself inside No. 10 amid intense pressure for her to go as soon as tomorrow.

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on May 22, 2019 shows US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)(L) talks about healthcare legislation on Capitol Hill March 26, 2019, in Washington, DC and US President Donald Trump announces a new immigration proposal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2019. - Donald Trump erupted in fury May 22, 2019, at unrelenting probes into his links to Russia, as the top Democrat in Congress accused the president of a "cover-up" that could be an impeachable offense. Nancy Pelosi is the most powerful woman in American politics, and President Donald Trump's most potent Democratic nemesis. The pair have sparred repeatedly, but the gloves really came off May 22. Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, started the day with an emergency meeting of House Democrats, as the possibility of impeaching Trump swirled over Capitol Hill. (Photos by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Trump tells Dems: It’s over

Donald Trump abruptly ends co-operation with Democrats in the most serious impasse yet.

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Kudelka’s view

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