Reform-quake surge forces Starmer to admit his performance is 'disappointing' - as Labour panic at local election result after voters hit back by deserting major parties for Farage

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 12:11 UTC

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Keir Starmer said he wanted to go 'further and faster on the change that people want to see' as results show a huge Reform surge.

This is the beginning of the end for Starmer - the suit so generously purchased for him by Lord Alli has been branded with the yellow stripe of betrayal: DAN HODGES

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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It was only six votes. But when people come to write the history, Keir Starmer's defeat in the Runcorn by-election will probably come to be viewed as the beginning of the end of his premiership.

Donald Trump speech to Parliament during state visit 'likely to get green light' as revolt by MPs 'stalls' despite thousands signing petition

found 2025 › May › 01 (Thu) @ 08:10 UTC

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Keir Starmer invited the US President for a State Visit as part of his charm offensive during a trip to the White House in February.

The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot

found 2025 › May › 01 (Thu) @ 05:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival

It’s no longer even pretending. Last week, the BBC, already the UK’s most pr…

Britain’s Ukraine strategy is about to be tested

found 2025 › May › 01 (Thu) @ 02:45 UTC

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Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have been trying to persuade Trump that Russia is a less than reliable negotiating partner.

It’s the anti net-zero, anti-woke Tony Blair – how was this man ever considered a progressive? | Zoe Williams

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 15:10 UTC

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The former PM has form when it comes to pushing corporate interests and meeting populists halfway

When Tony Blair came out this week to say current net zero policies were “doomed to fail”, there was s…

Tony Blair’s climate crisis views ‘absolutely aligned’ with government policy, Starmer says – UK politics live

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 12:40 UTC

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PM says he and Blair aligned ‘if you look at the detail of what he said’

PMQs is starting soon.

Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.

Donald Trump 'puts UK trade deal on back burner' amid US warnings that Starmer's Brexit 'reset' will block pact

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 10:10 UTC

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Donald Trump is said to have made clear that Britain will not be in the first 'phase' of pacts that he is hoping to strike.

If Starmer is willing to help Trump host a lucrative golf tournament, will he caddy for him too? | Marina Hyde

found 2025 › Apr › 29 (Tue) @ 13:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The prime minister is apparently pursuing ways to land the 2028 Open for the president. With friends like that, POTUS surely won’t be carrying his own clubs

At what point does realpolitik tip over int…

TOM HARRIS: I was a Labour minister - here's why greedy trade unions could BANKRUPT the country and Starmer is powerless to make them see sense

found 2025 › Apr › 29 (Tue) @ 00:20 UTC

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Teachers are threatening to strike. Nurses are threatening to strike. Civil servants, prison officers, police and the Armed Forces are all putting intense pressure on the Treasury.