Yahoo News General Election 2024: May 25 round-up
A daily round-up as the UK is set to go to the polls for a July 4 election.
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The TelegraphDavid Cameron is a disgrace to Britain
Why would anybody trust the Conservative Party to make the big decisions about the future of Britain, when they can’t even agree on what to do about Nigel Farage?
- The National
Huge poll predicts every seat in Scotland in General Election
A FRESH poll has predicted the result of every seat in the General Election, with the Tories set to retain just one seat in Scotland.
- The Telegraph
France is on the brink of all-out civil conflict
As some 500,000 Left-wingers marched in France’s cities yesterday, shouting anti-Fascist slogans, never had Lenin’s phrase seemed more apposite: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”
- The Independent
Brian Cox rails against Brexit and Nigel Farage on BBC politics programme
‘Succession’ star argued that politicians are not sufficiently acknowledging the effects of leaving the EU
- Sky News
Fresh poll predicts Tories will win just 72 seats in next parliament
Two polls published today spell bad news for Rishi Sunak, with one showing a drop of four points and the other that his party is on course to pick up just 72 seats. A poll by Savanta for The Sunday Telegraph showed the Tories down four points to just 21% of the vote - the lowest by that pollster since the dying days of Theresa May's premiership in early 2019. In a boost for Nigel Farage, the poll showed Reform UK up three points with 13% of the vote.
- HuffPost UK
'Admission Of Defeat': Laura Kuenssberg Calls Out 'Desperate' Tory Campaign Tactics
The BBC presenter went straight for the jugular when she interviewed minister Mark Harper.
- The Telegraph
If the Right can’t unite, Starmer will change Britain beyond recognition
If the polls are accurate, our great country is sleepwalking into a very dangerous future. In just 19 days’ time, the UK could be run by more than 500 Left-wing MPs. We are on the brink of a one-party state that will change our country for the worse.
- Business Insider
Russian troops surrender to an elite brigade as the Kharkiv front holds, Ukraine says
In a video released by Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade, Russian troops can be seen surrendering in Vovchansk.
- The Independent
Voices: Keir Starmer’s ‘monumental sandcastle’ could soon be swept away
A Labour government might have a huge majority, but weak foundations
- Business Insider
A Russian tank stuck in a large crater became a sitting duck for Ukraine's drones, a video appears to show
A video released by Ukraine's 68th Jaeger Brigade appears to show a Russian tank falling into a crater and exploding under Ukrainian fire.
- The Independent
Labour calls for tactical voting to oust Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch could be a surprise Tory election casualty if Labour succeeds in a call for tactical voting
- HuffPost UK
Trevor Phillips Corners Minister Over 'Huge Mistake' Of The Boris Johnson And Liz Truss Eras
Sky News presenter said the Tories will be judged for the former PMs unless they "repudiate the past".
- Sky News
Vladimir Putin has had another bad week – and eyes are now on the Ukraine peace summit
It has been another bad week for Vladimir Putin. In direct response to his unprovoked invasion, Ukraine has this week been able to sign a 10-year security pact with America - a bridge to its eventual membership of NATO, even if that is still a very, very long way away. EU accession talks for Ukraine will also begin before the end of the month.
- The Telegraph
Labour to slap higher council tax on homes with big gardens, say Tories
Home owners with gardens will pay higher council tax under plans being considered by Labour, it is claimed.
- The Hill
The Memo: Talk of Trump-free GOP convention grows as sentencing looms
Former President Trump may be set for controversy at next month’s Republican National Convention — and not only because he reportedly described its host city of Milwaukee as “horrible” earlier this week. The convention’s planners are making contingencies for the possibility that Trump will not be able to attend the event in person, according to…
- AFP
Trump boasts of cognitive test, then flubs doctor's name
Donald Trump is so proud of a cognitive assessment he took while president that he boasted about it in a speech Saturday, while attacking what he claims is US President Joe Biden's lack of mental acuity.As part of his attack on what he says is the 81-year-old Biden's declining mental acuity, Trump told the laughing crowd in Detroit that the president had been lost while at the G7 in Italy, turning "to look at trees," while other world leaders were looking at a parachutist who'd just landed in an
- The Telegraph
Sorry, Sunak – what Britain needs is a leader who’s a bit nuts
Guess who’s to blame for our nation’s woes? According to a Gallup report it’s the “quiet quitters” who are costing the economy £257 billion in lost output. They’re the reason our country has plunged down the league table of the wealthiest nations. And the people at Gallup have figured out that this lack of productivity stems from a growing sense of sadness, stress and anger; all of which cause that loss of motivation. The polling company supposes that only 10 per cent of the workforce puts extra
- AFP
Shunned by West, Russian army deserters live in fear
Russian officer Farkhad Ziganshin had prepared himself for a life of military service since a young age.- 'Live with dignity' - Ziganshin went to a military boarding school at the age of 10 and graduated from a military academy that prepares Russian tank commanders.
- CNN
Sen. Murphy says Supreme Court is readying to ‘fundamentally rewrite’ Second Amendment after bump stock ruling
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy said Sunday the Supreme Court is “readying to fundamentally rewrite the Second Amendment” after striking down a federal ban on bump stocks.
- The Telegraph
Mapped: How Nigel Farage is taking the Reform fight to Labour on the campaign trail
With just three weeks to go until election day on July 4, Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, appears to have written off the Conservatives.