Sir Keir Starmer insisted "every vote counts" as Labour continue to soar ahead of the Conservatives in opinion polls. Speaking at a campaign event in Wales, the Labour leader said: "We are fighting for every vote and across the country in many constituencies, it will go down to the wire." .
Eamonn Holmes made a savage dig at new prime minister Keir Starmer this morning as he announced the results of the General Election on GB News. The former This Morning star, 64, branded the Labour leader "deadly dull" as he fronted his Vo
British politics has hardly covered itself in glory in recent years. After the shame of the Corbyn years was punctured by the glorious Tory victory of 2019, we were subjected to a veritable gallery of disgrace: soaring immigration, Covid authoritarianism, Partygate, the Truss-Kwarteng interregnum, Gaza fanaticism. But the true nadir was the election of George Galloway in Rochdale.
The former culture secretary clashed with Alastair Campbell and presenter Emily Maitlis
Embarrassing moment followed crushing night for the ex-Tory leader
Mr Galloway pledged to 'make Rochdale great again' - but then lost the constituency just months after he won it
Leading pollster highlighted two key uncertainties in predicting final result
Is the PM expected to resign immediately if he loses his seat, and are there any circumstances in which he could remain in No 10?
The 2024 US Presidential race intensifies. Speculation abounds over potential replacements for President Joe Biden amid increasing pressure from his party and the media to step aside after a jaw-dropping, catastrophic debate against Donald Trump last week. Among the names circulating, a game-changer is emerging: Michelle Obama. Could this be America’s worst nightmare?
As the defeated parties hold their inevitable election inquests, second only to the bloodletting in Tory circles will be that in the Scottish National Party. Reduced from a party whose proud boast was that it had never lost an election in almost two decades, its angry supporters are claiming that this defeat has all but killed off the cause closest to their hearts: independence for Scotland.
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Joe Biden has said he is “proud” to be the first “black woman to serve with a black president” in one of a series of verbal gaffes as the USA celebrated Independence Day.
An SNP era of domination over Scottish politics is over after the party was left with just a handful of seats after a Labour landslide.
Former SNP voters stayed away or swung behind Labour, tired of scandal, policy failure and division
With nearly every constituency declaring, the Tories had lost 250 seats to stand on just 121 MPs, their worst result in history
Today, even before votes have been cast, the recriminations on the right of British politics have begun. Unfortunately, there is no sign as yet that people even understand what has actually happened and why. This makes an effective response impossible.
If there’s one thing that American voters overwhelmingly agree on, it’s that this year’s presidential election presents a stark choice. In the latest CNN poll by SSRS, 91% of registered voters say they see important differences between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, dwarfing even the 77% of voters who said last fall that there were significant divides between the Democratic and Republican parties. Even among the so-called “double haters” – those with unfavorable views of
The leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, has been mentored by Barack Obama. The relationship is likely to continue if Starmer wins the UK election.
Jeremy Hunt has pulled off a dramatic Houdini act – the great escape of the election campaign. When the exit poll forecast a Labour landslide and massive Tory losses, Liberal Democrats at his count were extremely cheerful and hopeful of pulling off their most spectacular victory of election night. Mr Hunt's great escape is a stunning personal triumph and reward for the relentless hard work and campaigning he put in in his new Godalming and Ash constituency over the past six weeks.
The United Kingdom’s decision to hand the center-left Labour Party a parliamentary majority comes at the same time Europe is broadly in the grip of what some call a right-wing populist surge.
As Ukraine bleeds territory to Russia, support from one of Kyiv’s strongest backers looks set to falter if the far right sweep to power in Sunday’s French parliamentary elections.
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