This was one of the most remarkable collapses for a political party in our history
The 2024 election has shattered records.
The 2024 election has shattered records.
Many commentators have been using adjectives like devastating and seismic to describe the significance of the election result.
Suella Braverman’s prospective Conservative leadership campaign has been dealt a blow after a key ally abandoned her.
The move to Downing Street is a symbolic moment for any incoming prime minister, the most obvious proof of your drastically changed situation. You do not merely run the shop, as Mrs Thatcher said, you live above it. Downing Street is one of the most prestigious political residences on Earth, perhaps second only to the White House. For five years, barring calamity, it is yours, for you to decorate with all the golden Lulu Lytle wallpaper you like.
A bit of head-scratcher, this one.
Here is everything the Labour Party has committed to improve employment and living costs in its party manifesto
Nicola Sturgeon is facing an SNP backlash for “pontificating” on her party’s election disaster during a lucrative TV appearance.
Toni Kroos said he believes Germany’s influx of migrants was “too uncontrolled” and that the country has changed considerably in the 10 years since he left.
An Iranian warship capsized while undergoing port repairs, killing two officers and injuring several others.
Yvette Cooper said the new body, set to include MI5, would tackle the root cause of the small boats crisis ‘going after these dangerous criminals and bringing them to justice’
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman comments on the Tories' "really bad result" in the election and warns of "big problems" being caused by Keir Starmer on the horizon, including scrapping of the Rwanda scheme. Ms Braverman refused to comment on suggestions that she would run for leader.
The rush to effect “change” in the next 100 days will become irresistible and the need to tear up the Labour manifesto to justify painful taxes on pensions, savings and “wealth” held in assets will play out.
When the circus finally arrived, it offered the usual attractions. The old rituals were a comfort. John Curtice, the swing-o-meter, Laura Kuenssberg and Jeremy Vine performed the familiar motions, not to mention the irrepressible Count Binface.
Labour’s election victory will mean higher taxes on vulnerable pensioners, businesses and second homes, retirees fear.
The Reform UK leader who is also the new MP for Clacton, watched East Thurrock Community Football Club in Corringham on Saturday.
Germany has become a “battleground” in Vladimir Putin’s hybrid war on Nato due to decades of lax security and pro-Russian sympathisers in the east, a senior intelligence chief has warned.
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On October 8, as the world was beginning to comprehend what had just happened in southern Israel, most decent people – including many who would go on to decry Israel’s retaliatory campaign – expressed genuine horror at what Gaza’s Islamist barbarians had done. But a substantial minority was openly cheering. Not just in Turkey and Iran, but in Toronto and London.
DEPUTY First Minister Kate Forbes has congratulated LibDems’ Angus MacDonald on becoming a Highlands MP as she shared a kind tribute to her outgoing colleague for leaving a “legacy” behind ...
France will not have a far-right government, but that answer, that single fact, does not cover another crucial point. The biggest, but well short of an absolute majority, will be a left-wing coalition, called the New Popular Front. The centrist group, coalesced behind President Emmanuel Macron, has defied all predictions to come second.
Following Labour’s historic election win, many middle-class Britons have been left worried about what the new government will mean for their money – and are already rearranging their financial affairs accordingly.