Beyond champagne: the best wines for a celebration Wine choices are often as much a question of mood as food The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
7 key moments from the UK General Election in pictures 7 key moments from the UK General Election in pictures Marie Claire · Jul 5, 2024
‘Lefty lawyer’, Mark Darcy inspo but ‘lacking star power’: How American media covered UK’s new PM Labour’s landslide win was branded a ‘power shift’ by Fox News while The Washington Post described new Prime Minister Keir Starmer a ‘lefty lawyer [who] defended vegan anarchists’ but is ‘no Winston Churchill’ The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024
Emily Maitlis mistakes BBC gardens for graveyard during Stephen Flynn interview FORMER BBC journalist Emily Maitlis appeared to make the mistake of thinking that a guest on Channel 4’s coverage of the General Election had been… The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024
What can we expect from the new Labour government? Here are some of the changes Labour is keen on making, from hiring more teachers and police officers to removing the VAT tax benefit for private schools Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024
Reform UK secure significant Scottish vote share – despite winning zero seats REFORM UK’s wins in England have been among the major stories of this election – but the party’s impact in Scotland has gone largely… The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024
‘At least it’s not the Tories’: Rain, apathy and surprises after UK vote Pro-Palestine independent candidates, Farage’s far-right party each win four seats as Labour achieves landslide victory. Al Jazeera · Jul 5, 2024
The reasons why Nigel Farage and Reform UK have picked up political momentum NIGEL Farage has become an MP on his eighth attempt after riding an increasingly popular right-wing wave in the UK ... The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024
Sunak axed, the cast eviscerated: at last, it’s the Tories’ season finale It was worthy of a TV special. Truss, Rees-Mogg, Shapps, Liam Fox: so many erased after 14 years of dystopian soap opera, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
Keir Starmer promises ‘stability and moderation’ in first speech as PM First Labour prime minister since 2010 promises to serve whole country as he speaks outside No 10 The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
Greens to push Labour to ‘be braver’ on climate, sewage and cost of living Party co-leader and new MP Carla Denyer says election shows voters ‘have had enough of incremental change’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
Larry the Cat: what's next for the famous feline at Downing Street? Larry might just be the most popular figure in British politics, if not the cutest Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024
‘Another one bites the dust’: the best UK election memes From PoliticsJoe to even Ryanair, Labour’s landslide win is being marked across social media The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
OPINION - This election was a brutal revenge shellacking for the many sins of the Conservatives No, it really isn’t like 1997. Not even close. The morning after that landslide, I met a pillar of the Tory party in the office. He beamed at me: “Doesn’t feel like we’re under a Socialist tyranny, does it?” The sense of buoyancy which followed Sir Tony Blair’s victory did… Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 Labour wins big but the UK’s electoral system is creaking Voters turned away from a deeply unpopular party but the true story of this election is more complex
The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024 What we learned from the UK's general election that will shape politics over the coming years The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a resounding victory in a general election
France 24 · Jul 5, 2024 Keir Starmer names top cabinet posts after Labour's sweeping election victory Keir Starmer replaced Rishi Sunak as prime minister after an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Friday, a few hours after the Labour party's landslide victory in the UK general election. Starmer later unveiled his new cabinet, which included Britain's first female finance minister.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 SNP leader says ‘soul searching’ needed after Labour landslide in Scotland John Swinney says Labour’s ‘emphatic victory’ shows Scottish voters are no longer prioritising independence
The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024 SNP admits Scottish independence is ‘a hard sell’ after losing 38 seats Nationalists lose 38 of their 47 seats, threatening to kill off the independence debate for a generation
The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024 Strikes, HS2 & Covid: Simon Calder on the highs and lows of the last three Tory transport secretaries The Man Who Pays His Way: Highlights of the reigns of Shapps, Trevelyan and Harper
The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024 Sinn Fein become biggest party in Northern Ireland at Westminster SINN Fein have become the largest party in Northern Ireland at Westminster for the first time following a bruising night for the Democratic Unionist…
Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024 OPINION - Tory survivors of their electoral Somme face the Nigel Farage question By the time Sir Keir Starmer spoke of the “sunlight of hope” in the early hours, it was more a matter for the Conservatives of who was left standing under the rubble of a Labour landslide than salvaging dignity. Rishi Sunak’s dejected expression said it all — holding his North…
Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024 Tory civil war skirmishes break out as leadership contenders square up after election drubbing Suella Braverman urges shift to Right but defeated Grant Shapps warns party is paying the price for ‘soap opera’
Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024 OPINION - The Standard View: A seismic shift – and an enormous task ahead for Labour A general election campaign that started in the rain ended in the rain — but in between, there has been a seismic shift in the political make-up of Britain. Many will have awoken this morning to find that a weight has been lifted. This may not feel like 1997 to…
Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024 State of the parties: who was where on election night Which was the best election night party?