Sir Keir Starmer’s victory in the General Election marks the end of 14 years of governance by the Conservative Party.However, the Labour leader and his life still remain an enigma to many as he enters Downing Street.
In the 1,550 or so days since he assumed the leadership of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer has been precise about the details he’s chosen to divulge about his personal and private life. He likes – no, loves – Arsenal Football Club. His father, you may have gleaned, made tools for a living. And he was a lawyer once.
Suella Braverman’s prospective Conservative leadership campaign has been dealt a blow after a key ally abandoned her.
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.
Many commentators have been using adjectives like devastating and seismic to describe the significance of the election result.
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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.
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An Iranian warship capsized while undergoing port repairs, killing two officers and injuring several others.
Nicola Sturgeon is facing an SNP backlash for “pontificating” on her party’s election disaster during a lucrative TV appearance.
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Every prime minister needs someone they can trust to turn their ideas into reality. Margaret Thatcher had Lord Wolfson, Boris Johnson had Dominic Cummings and in Sir Keir Starmer’s case, the hub around which his Downing Street operation will turn is Sue Gray.
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You can point to Rishi Sunak’s poor leadership, you can talk about the Tories’ endless pointless errors. However, fundamentally, the Conservatives were ejected from office because NHS waiting lists were too long, the economy was weak, and immigration was uncontrolled.
Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds has been replaced as Labour Party chairwoman by Ellie Reeves.
France will not have a far-right government, but that answer, that single fact, does not cover another crucial point. What's clear is that the French parliament will be split between three factions. The biggest, but well short of an absolute majority, will be a left-wing coalition, called the New Popular Front.
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.
Media outlets and political pundits have ripped into Donald Trump after he claimed to have no knowledge about Project 2025.Amid growing calls to address the right-wing plan, which has seemingly emerged from the dark corners of the internet overnight, Trump took to Truth Social to deny his involvement in a way that left many scratching their heads.“I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it. I disagree with some of the things they're saying and some of the things they're s
An “unpredictable” or even “unstable” Emmanuel Macron could resign after Sunday’s second-round parliamentary elections, top aides have warned.
I like nothing about anything Labour might do. Despite what the party’s leadership says, they are anti-capitalism, anti-markets, pro-regulation and anti-opportunity. As a rich, free market Yank, I despise all that stuff, always have. Yet these tenets are central to why stocks will rise.
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