Watchdog investigates Defra over authorisation of bee-killing pesticide Neonicotinoid was given emergency clearance under Conservative government in 2023 and 2024 The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024
A popular front against fascism emerges There is a potent far-right movement that's threatening democratic governments all over the world Salon · Jul 8, 2024
PM Starmer Wraps Up UK Tour After Visit To N.Ireland New Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday wrapped up a whistlestop tour of the UK, promising Northern Ireland's leaders "a different way of doing politics" following years of Brexit turmoil. International Business Times · Jul 8, 2024
Keir Starmer meets Sinn Fein First Minister as he looks for 'better Brexit deal' KEIR Starmer has said Britain will use contentious post-Brexit trading rules in Northern Ireland as a basis for getting a “better deal” with the… The National (Scotland) · Jul 8, 2024
Can Labour undo Brexit: What has government said about UK’s relationship with the EU? What could a Labour government mean for freedom of movement, trade and security cooperation with Brussels? The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024
Starmer must seize the chance to rethink the UK-Europe relationship – here’s how he can do it In the first general election since the UK officially left the EU, both Labour and Conservative leaders were conspicuously mute about Brexit. There have been some vague aspirations to “seize its opportunities” or “make it work”, but otherwise, nothing. The Conversation · Jul 8, 2024
EU willing to offer Keir Starmer new deal on Brexit, Irish PM says Labour leader vows to improve the UK’s relationship with the bloc including ‘closer ties’ on trading, research and defence, pledging a better outcome than Boris Johnson’s ‘botched’ deal The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2024
Keir Starmer ruled out rejoining the EU. Now he must think again Labour’s new prime minister is in a position of strength in relation to Brexit. He must be bold for Britain’s sake The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024
‘A difficult hand played poorly’: how No 10 slipped from Sunak’s grasp Initial Brexit success was undone by poor strategy and repeated unforced errors, say expert observers The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024
Nigel Farage Elected To UK Parliament For The First Time Nigel Farage, a prominent Brexit figure, secures UK Parliament seat with Reform UK party, shaking up political dynamics. Top News · Jul 5, 2024
Nigel Farage Returns To Lead Political Revolt Nigel Farage's return to UK politics with Reform UK impacts election dynamics post-Brexit. Top News · Jul 5, 2024
Does the UK's change of leaders spell better relations with the EU? The EU on Friday congratulated Keir Starmer on Labour's election win in Britain, with European Council President Charles Michel calling it "historic". But Labour's landslide victory doesn't mean that London will turn back the clock on Brexit. Radio France Internationale · Jul 5, 2024
Twelve charts that show how Labour won by a landslide Conservative collapse ensures Labour is victorious – but the party’s overall vote share has stayed relatively static. These charts explain how the election was won and lost The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
Voices: Tory downfall: The 9 reasons it has all gone wrong for Rishi Sunak A series of world events, poor decisions and fatal gaffes conspired to see Rishi Sunak lead the Tories to the worst electoral defeat in his party’s 346-year history The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024
The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024 Former Brexit minister Jacob Rees-Mogg loses North East Somerset seat to Labour The former minister for Brexit opportunities was first elected to the seat in 2010
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 This election has upended British politics. A strange new landscape is revealed Tribal loyalties and political certainties are falling away, but the Conservatives have been felled by a determined coalition, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024 What do governments abroad want from the UK election? Despite both Labour and the Tories sidelining foreign policy in their campaigns, some foreign leaders are following the outcome keenly
Radio France Internationale · Jul 4, 2024 UK voters expected to make a significant shift away from the ruling Tory party British voters head to the polls this Thursday, with the opposition Labour Party projected to secure a landslide victory. However, experts suggest that the vote is driven more by fatigue from over a decade of Conservative rule marked by erratic policy decisions, political chaos, and a deteriorating economy, rather than…
The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024 Did that really happen? 14 years of chaotic Tory government How the occupants of No 10 brought us austerity, Brexit, Partygate and an economic crash
France 24 · Jul 3, 2024 Revenge of the moderates? UK's Labour set for landslide win in general election While French voters ponder the temptation of the far right, across the Channel they are also campaigning. But there, it feels like the revenge of the moderates. Out with Little Britain Brexiteers, out with Jeremy Corbyn's hard left, in with a more genteel version of the Labour Party. Before 2016,…
The National (Scotland) · Jul 3, 2024 Keir Starmer, 61: 'No return to the single market in my lifetime' Sir Keir Starmer has said he does not see the UK rejoining the European single market or customs union in his lifetime.
Top News · Jul 3, 2024 UK Faces Historic Election As Conservatives' Reign In Jeopardy UK election on July 4: Labour leads, Conservatives challenged, Reform Party gains support, Brexit influences, major shifts in Parliament.
The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2024 ‘Don’t let the Putinistas deliver the Corbynistas’: Boris Johnson’s speech in full The former prime minister claimed a Labour government would increase taxes and would not stand up to Vladimir Putin
The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024 An (incomplete) list of every terrible policy the Conservatives have inflicted on Britain since 2010 Readers, brace yourselves, says the writer Jonn Elledge
The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2024 UK's landmark postwar elections: When Boris Johnson sought and got a mandate to 'Get Brexit Done' In the fall of 2019, the recently-appointed Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an election that was about one issue: Brexit