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100 days of Starmer: How Labour’s big win went off the rails

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After just a few months in office, the new British government is finding life tough.

Keir Starmer’s reset shows his premiership is already in crisis

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Less than 100 days after taking office, the prime minister has already been forced to shake up his team.

Tony Blair’s tips for a Tory revival

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Former Labour prime minister says Conservatives must unite and heed concern over immigration.

What Westminster (Massachusetts) really thinks about the US presidential election

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A small town in Massachusetts is as politically divided as its London namesake.

Keir Starmer’s Labour conference speech: 7 things we learned

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PM forgoes ‘easy answers that may move a crowd’ but bungles a statement on Gaza.

When UK party conferences go wrong

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Despite the best efforts of party bigwigs, Britain’s annual gatherings of political animals frequently descend into chaos.

Tech policy: 20 people to meet at Labour conference

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We break down the 20 figures inside and outside government shaping Labour’s tech policy.

Kamala Harris campaign told how to win by UK Labour strategist

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Deborah Mattinson — a fixture of the U.K. polling scene — will travel to Washington D.C. next week to brief the Harris-Walz team.

Tuesday briefing: Why the far right’s success in German state elections can’t be written off as a local phenomenon any more

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In today’s newsletter: Alternative für Deutschland have deployed Nazi rhetoric throughout their rise – and they are pulling the mainstream further to the right• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. For the first time since …

Putin needs guitar lessons and Trump is ‘f***ing funny’: The political wisdom of Oasis’ Liam and Noel Gallagher

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Oasis are getting back together. Good news for music fans, bad news for those hoping the Gallagher brothers might turn their hand to politics.

French left looks to UK Labour as a model for booting out Mélenchon

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France’s centrist socialists are eyeing Britain’s experience of how to purge the hard left.

Can Britain’s Labour Party teach Kamala Harris how to win?

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From immigration to housing and confronting the left, new U.K. PM Keir Starmer appears to offer a playbook for victory to the Democrats in the U.S.

British MPs appeal to Azerbaijan government to free detained academic

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In letter to Ilham Aliyev, campaigners urge release of Gubad Ibadoghlu after pre-trial process halted indefinitelyA group of British MPs have called on the Azerbaijan government to free an academic from the London School of Economics and Political Scie…

As riots rage back home, Keir Starmer is a smash hit with the French

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But it will take more than a serenade to woo Paris.

Me and J.D. Vance are just the same, says Britain’s left-wing foreign secretary

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David Lammy insists he “gets on” with Donald Trump’s controversial new running mate.

Britain finally has a female chancellor. It only took 800 years.

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Meet Rachel Reeves: the chess-playing former banker who needs to get the U.K. economy rolling.

Labour’s new tribes: 7 gangs to watch in the class of 2024

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Hundreds of the party’s brand-new MPs are finding their feet in the British parliament following its landslide election victory.

Britain’s new power list: 12 people you need to know in the UK Labour government

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer is now in office. These are the people who really matter in his government.

How Britain voted: Charts and maps

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We analyze the results which radically changed the UK’s electoral map.

Why a disillusioned, angry Britain voted for change

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A tour of Britain’s provincial towns reveals a restless nation with no love for its political class.

How the Tory election campaign melted down in six disastrous weeks

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Rishi Sunak played a bad hand appallingly — and paid a terrible price.

Jeremy Corbyn leads left-wing Gaza revolt against Labour

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Independent MPs set to be thorn in PM Keir Starmer’s side over the Middle East.

Labour’s election victory is weaker than you think

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Conservative annihilation may not be the most consequential outcome of the 2024 U.K. general election.

Who is Keir Starmer? Britain’s incoming prime minister is complex, unknowable, aggrieved

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A trip north with the U.K.’s most powerful leader in a generation.

Watch the UK election like a pro

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It’s set to be the most consequential British general election for a generation. POLITICO takes you through what to watch out for and exactly when to tune in.

Revenge of the moderates? UK’s Labour set for landslide win in general election

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While French voters ponder the temptation of the far-right, across the Channel they are also campaigning, only there it feels like revenge of the moderates. Out with Little Britain Brexiteers, out with Jeremy Corbyn’s hard left. In with a more genteel…

Gaza is still the hottest election issue in these parts of Britain

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Labour Leader Keir Starmer faces intense pressure in heartland constituencies over his equivocation about war in the Middle East.

An American’s guide to the 2024 UK election

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We can’t give you a felon and an old guy on July 4 — but we do have a gambling scandal. And Nigel Farage.

Days from power, Keir Starmer remains a mystery to Britain

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As the U.K. general election approaches, new polling shared with POLITICO shows continuing questions over PM in waiting.

The next king of Scotland

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Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar is following in the footsteps of his legendary political father.

Biden plagiarized him in the 1980s. Now Neil Kinnock wants the president to take a few more notes.

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A Q&A with Neil Kinnock, who inadvertently tanked Biden’s first presidential run and sees some similarities between the British left and the U.S. left.

London’s neighboring county Essex is turning red

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Essex has demonstrated enduring loyalty to the Conservative Party. But in this July’s election, even this bastion of working-class Toryism looks imperiled.

How Britain’s Conservatives lost their heart and soul

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Trends point to an historic collapse of the Tory vote in rural, semi-rural and suburban seats, the like of which England has maybe never seen before.

Senior Tories line up to denounce Nigel Farage’s defence of Putin’s war

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Conservatives are desperate to halt the rise of Reform UK, which is splitting their party in twoRishi Sunak and a string of senior Conservatives have condemned Nigel Farage for claiming the west provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine, amid a growing …

Ireland is dreaming of a UK Labour landslide

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Irish eyes are smiling at the prospect of Keir Starmer in Downing Street surrounded by Irish-savvy aides.

Rishi Sunak says he is ‘incredibly angry’ about betting allegations in BBC Question Time election special – as it happened

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Prime minister says suspects must face ‘full force of law’ if found guilty; Labour, SNP and Lib Dem leaders speak during programmeThe next question comes from Linda, who says Davey’s antics during the election campaigns (fun photo opportunities, often …

Rishi Sunak was a broken man on BBC Question Time

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As the leaders of the main UK parties faced a studio audience, a hangdog prime minister fighting for reelection looked like he was preparing for the end.

UK Green Party snaps at Labour heels from the left

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The Greens’ election manifesto is packed with policies designed to appeal to left-leaning voters disaffected with the Labour Party.

5 takeaways from Labour’s ‘Captain Caution’ manifesto

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Keir Starmer is promising change from 14 years of Tory government. In fiscal terms, it’s not so much — for now.

General election live: Sunak refuses to say if aide who bet on election date knew about timing

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PM says it ‘would not be appropriate’ to say whether Craig Williams knew that he was going to call a July electionTeachers and health workers: what do you think of the manifestos?Sign up for Election Edition, our UK election newsletterFollow tonight’s …

UK Labour’s Keir Starmer arrives on the world stage

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A D-Day furore for his rival lets the Labour leader play PM in waiting. But questions remain over his party’s defense plans.

What’s the point of a manifesto?

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As Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer prepare to launch their manifestos, host Sascha O’Sullivan takes a look at what goes into the making of the crucial documents that spell out each party’s plan for government. Former Tory adviser Cleo Watson recalls how it all went wrong for Theresa May at the 2017 election when a […]

UK Labour talks up nuclear weapons to banish Corbyn’s shadow

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Keir Starmer says he would be prepared to use nuclear weapons, unlike his predecessor.

Tony Blair’s reinvented Labour Party pursues a risky ideological ‘purge’

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On the center-left of British politics, current leader Keir Starmer wants to show voters Labour is ready for office again. Not everyone’s on board with his methods.

UK Labour’s fight with the left risks spinning out of control

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The main opposition party is way ahead in the polls as a July election looms — but it’s spent days fighting itself.

Jeremy Corbyn will stand against Labour in UK election

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‘We have to stand up and say we’re not taking this anymore,’ says ex-leader booted out of the party under Keir Starmer.

Meet Keir Starmer: Britain’s next prime minister?

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The buttoned-up lawyer is about to roll up his sleeves on the campaign trail.

UK general election: Everything you need to know

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Britain’s summer election is on. Here’s your bluffer’s guide.

Tory MP Natalie Elphicke in shock defection to Labour

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Elphicke is the second Conservative MP to cross the floor in two weeks.

How can Labour fix Britain’s ‘economic failure’ without rejoining the EU? | William Keegan

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Starmer wants to make Tory policy on the economy a central theme of its election campaign … without mentioning BrexitNow, let me get this straight. We have a fissiparous, Brexit-supporting government, many of whose MPs are stepping down, convinced that…

Cops step in as Gaza protest hits Nancy Pelosi’s Oxford speech

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Campaign group holds silent protest at prestigious English university.

British politics is hooked on Trump-style begging emails

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Threatening subject lines and big red donor buttons litter Britain’s inboxes — but could the pleas turn genuine supporters off?

Labour on course to win more than 400 seats and majority of 154, suggests poll – as it happened

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YouGov polling suggests Conservative party could face worse result at general election than it suffered in 1997 under John MajorDelegates at the National Education Union’s annual conference in Bournemouth have voted for a motion saying Ofsted should be…

Leak inquiry: what happens when Westminster’s secrets are spilled

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This week, Aggie Chambre looks at the art of the leak and asks — why do people do it, and what happens when your political secrets are exposed? Former Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green talks about helping to leak Home Office secrets when Labour was in charge. Aggie hears from journalist and author Isabel Oakeshott about […]

With Theresa May’s exit, UK Conservatives face green leadership vacuum

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Environmentally minded Tories fear losing influence after the general election.

Gaza war comments, ghosts of past anti-Semitism rows haunt UK’s Labour Party

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Voters in the northern English town of Rochdale go to the polls Thursday in a by-election that has roiled the Labour party with a new anti-Semitism controversy. Britain’s main opposition party was the clear favourite until its candidate was disowned f…

UK’s Tories tear themselves apart over Islamophobia

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A row over a suspended MP has triggered a days-long debate in the governing party about anti-Muslim hatred.

PMQs scorecard: Sunak gets nasty on eve of Starmer’s by-election nightmare

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The debate came on the eve of the Rochdale by-election.

Keir Starmer’s Gaza problem

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Labour leader continues to feel the heat from his party over his stance on the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

All Keir Starmer’s Labour U-turns in one place

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POLITICO lists 26 (and counting) key walkbacks in Starmer’s spell as opposition leader.

How Britain learned to love Keir Starmer’s ‘boring, snoring’ right-hand woman

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Rachel Reeves’ low key approach seems to be striking a chord with voters.

How UK Labour stopped worrying and learned to love Davos

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Keir Starmer has sent his biggest hitters to the World Economic Forum as the party burnishes its business credentials.

How Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Liz Truss and more do Christmas

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POLITICO London Playbook rounds up the festive traditions of Westminster’s power players — in their own words.

Spooked by Nigel Farage, Rishi Sunak goes hard on immigration

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Tory MPs are freaking out about the possible return of Mr. Brexit

Keir Starmer breaks the great Labour taboo: Praising Margaret Thatcher

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Starmer is just the latest Labour leader to attempt to tap into the Thatcher legacy in order to woo Tory voters.

UK Labour Party admits it’s not ready for government — yet

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“We’d be fucked if there was an election tomorrow,” party officials say, as talks with civil service put on ice.

PMQs scorecard: Rwanda and reshuffle rows on a tough day for Rishi Sunak

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Sunak and Labour’s Keir Starmer trade jibes over migration, inflation, the Middle East, David Cameron, and, er, Elon Musk.

Labour frontbencher quits in protest at Keir Starmer’s position on Gaza cease-fire

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Imran Hussain said he wants to advocate for a ceasefire but ‘cannot sufficiently, in all good conscience, do this from the frontbench.’

Rishi Sunak plots pre-election tax trap for Labour

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Could the Conservatives derail Keir Starmer’s apparently smooth path to victory with a tax giveaway next year?

No 10 says 40% of trains must always run under new laws to limit impact of strikes to be brought in by Christmas – UK politics live

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Government aiming to limit rights of railway workers, ambulance staff and border officials to go on strikeRishi Sunak has not accepted that Suella Braverman’s description of rough sleeping as a “lifestyle choice” was offensive – although he declined to…

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