Labour ‘working to get support back’ after losing votes over Gaza stance Analysis shows almost 18% drop in party’s vote in areas of England where more than a fifth are Muslim The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
SNP activist aims to challenge John Swinney for party leadership Graeme McCormick claims he will gather requisite number of signatures to force contest instead of unopposed coronation The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
Momentum’s future hangs in balance after co-chair resigns and quits Labour Exclusive: Party insiders say departure of Hilary Schan could mark start of end for grassroots leftwing group The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
Rishi Sunak to face pressure to shift right after disastrous election results Suella Braverman says Conservative party will be lucky to have any MPs unless it adopts harder line on immigration and rights The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
Labour can be proud of its local election results, but there’s still a way to go Letters: Bernie Evans bemoans the party’s centre-right policies and lack of radicalism to really inspire voters. Plus letters from Lyn Dade, Keith Flett, Jimmy McCluskey and Dr Mark Wilcox The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
Lib Dems gain most council seats in last five years, party’s data shows Party has gained 768 seats, Labour 545 and the Greens 480, while the Conservatives have lost 1,783 The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
We pay a lot more for a lot less, and people know it. That’s why Sunak’s Tories were thrashed in these elections Come to Thurrock and things get clearer. People feel victims of a terrible injustice, says Guardian columnist John Harris The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
Anti-monarchists hold demonstration against King in Trafalgar Square Anti-monarchy campaigners gathered in Trafalgar Square on the first ‘Republic Day’. Evening Standard · May 5, 2024
Tory rebel Braverman urges Sunak to change course after election blows The senior Tory urged the Prime Minister to move to the right in response to the poll defeats. Evening Standard · May 5, 2024
If Tory hopes rest on the UK economy, they could go the way of the monasteries Three key economic indicators loom large but none offer great hope for the Conservatives’ survival The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
Why Labour leapt on board with private open access train providers The party’s move made it look pro-business, but some say the system makes for inefficient use of our rail network The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
Suella Braverman says no time to oust Sunak so he must ‘own this and fix it’ Former home secretary says PM’s ‘plan is not working’ and he needs to change course after local elections drubbing The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
Sometimes our take on human nature trumps our political allegiances. Good As I found during last week’s assisted dying debate, it’s not wrong to agree with the other side The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
Braverman tells Sunak to ‘own’ dismal election results and ‘fix it’ but says it’s too late for Tories to change leader – as it happened Former home secretary says Tory voters are ‘on strike’ and are ‘not coming out to support us’ in wake of dire local and mayoral election results The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
Evening Standard · May 5, 2024 Andy Street loses West Midlands mayor vote in election blow for Conservatives The Conservative loss was part of a double blow for the Prime Minister after Labour’s Sadiq Khan secured a historic third term as Mayor of London.
The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024 The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the leftists who took their lead from Tony Benn An absorbing study of the radical left makes a convincing case for their cultural victories but romanticises the Jeremy Corbyn years
The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024 Unite warns it will hold back funds if Labour weakens plan on workers’ rights Union leader Sharon Graham says Keir Starmer risks ‘limping into Downing Street’
The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024 Unfair jail sentences – one more example of demonising society’s ‘morally unfit’ The IPP scandal should not be seen in isolation. It is all part of today’s politics by vilification
Evening Standard · May 4, 2024 Rishi Sunak defiant in ‘taking fight to Labour’ despite shock election losses The Prime Minister insisted his plan was the right way forward, after the Tories lost the West Midlands mayoral contest to Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour.
The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024 For the record Hounslow say no to Ulez | Breonna Taylor | Richard Tice | Bristol West
The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024 Andy Street’s West Midlands defeat shows the heavy baggage of brand Tory Running as a ‘pseudo-independent’ in a region in which Labour faced its own hurdles was not enough to keep Tory mayor in office
The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024 Sadiq Khan’s win ‘bucks trend’ of Muslim voters rejecting Labour over Gaza, say party figures Resounding victory in London mayoral race came despite media reports suggesting it would be a close contest
The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024 Desperate Tories left in disarray as Labour celebrates seismic swing Rishi Sunak’s government tries to limit the damage as the Conservatives’ worst fears prove correct in the English local elections
The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024 Local elections drubbing shows time is nearly up for the Conservatives Rob Ford was part of the BBC team analysing the local election results as they poured in over the past 48 hours. Here he tells how a dramatic set of results for the government unfolded
The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024 Stunning Labour triumphs in London and West Midlands leave Sunak reeling Keir Starmer says the prime minister has no option but to call a general election