Burnham could beat Farage in a general election, new poll suggests Greater Manchester mayor beats Reform leader in head-to-head polls by 14 percentage points, according to pollsters The Independent UK · May 19
Sadiq Khan backs Starmer as he warns Labour rebels against leadership contest Mayor of London tells The Independent Labour must ‘change the pace of delivery’ from now on The Independent UK · May 19
Date confirmed for Westminster by-election to fill Stephen Flynn's former seat THE date of the by-election in Stephen Flynn’s former Westminster seat has been confirmed ... The National (Scotland) · May 19
Farage accused of ‘dodging scrutiny’ over funding of home purchase after gift from billionaire IN FULL The Independent UK · May 18
Farage accounts ‘not consistent’ with claim he paid for £1.4 million house with I’m A Celeb fee Political opponents of the Reform UK leader have called for ‘transparency’, accusing him of ‘dodging scrutiny’ over a £5 million from Thai-based billionaire Christopher Harborne The Independent UK · May 18
Farage claim he bought £1.4m house with I’m a Celebrity fee under scrutiny Accounts for Reform UK leader’s media company suggest money was not withdrawn at time of property purchase The Guardian - UK · May 18
What to know about the political chaos engulfing the UK's Labour Party and efforts to unseat Starmer Beleaguered British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is trying to return to the business of running government The Independent UK · May 18
A new Ireland is an alternative to a Reform-led UK – Stormont Opposition Matthew O’Toole said a Reform Government will have a ‘seismic consequence’ for the people of Northern Ireland. Evening Standard · May 18
How shady Facebook profiles are posting positive fake news stories about Nigel Farage IN FULL The Independent UK · May 18
Revealed: The Facebook accounts using AI to promote fake ‘good news’ stories about politicians Exclusive: Posts which ‘weaponise empathy’ are garnering hundreds of thousands of reactions online – as fact checkers warn false narratives are being ‘churned out at an industrial scale’ The Independent UK · May 18
Starmer: I’ll back Labour Makerfield by-election choice 100% – whoever they are The Prime Minister said he would support the contender ‘whoever they are’ to see off the threat from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK The Independent UK · May 18
Voices: Starmer, Burnham, Streeting or Rayner? Tell us who should lead Labour into the next general election POLL: With Labour descending into fresh infighting over Brexit, leadership manoeuvring and fears of a growing threat from Nigel Farage and Reform UK, our latest poll asks readers who they believe should shape the party’s future The Independent UK · May 18
Wannabe prime ministers are nakedly ambitious to run the UK, but why? That is the burning question As Starmer, Burnham, Streeting, Rayner, Polanski and Farage line up, I say ambition for power is no bad thing. It’s what they would do with it that counts, says author Stefan Stern The Guardian - UK · May 18
Starmer’s opponents are paving way for Labour’s destruction, Lammy warns Foreign secretary dismisses Streeting’s call to overturn Brexit as ‘sixth form debate’ and says it will pave way for Farage The Independent UK · May 18
The Independent UK · May 18 Tories should make pact with Reform in bid to defeat Burnham in by-election, Jacob Rees-Mogg suggests Former Tory cabinet minister says the two parties should ‘work together in the national interest’ – but Kemi Badenoch has ruled out the move
Evening Standard · May 18 Starmer ‘fights on’ with no timetable for departure, Lammy says The Prime Minister’s deputy David Lammy said Labour would lose the next general election if infighting continued.
Evening Standard · May 18 Labour civil war: Keir Starmer vows to back Andy Burnham 100% in by-election despite Manchester Mayor's coup threat ‘I am focused on the job that I was asked to do, which is to serve my country and to carry out my duties as Prime Minister,’ says Sir Keir Starmer in a sign he will fight any attempt to topple him
The Guardian - UK · May 18 The result of normalising Reform’s ideas? Neighbour is turned against neighbour ‘Concern’ about immigration has now morphed into policing how ethnic minorities exist in our communities, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
Evening Standard · May 17 Starmer’s Government returns to Westminster amid leadership rivals’ Brexit row Reform UK, which is the second placed party in Makerfield, plans to make hay out of Mr Burnham’s historic support for rejoining the EU.
The Guardian - UK · May 17 Why I deserve a share of Farage’s £5m gift Brief letters: Lookalike curse | Guilty pleasures | Harold Macmillan’s wisdom | Prehistoric dentistry | Upstairs on the buses
The Independent UK · May 17 It's official: Wes Streeting of the Labour Party wants to be Britain's next prime minister Wes Streeting's ambition to head the British government was one of the worst-kept secrets in U.K. politics
The Guardian - UK · May 17 ‘They lost a historic opportunity’: Ken Loach laments Your Party infighting Film-maker and longtime Corbyn ally says ‘poor behaviour’ squandered chance to unite the left in fight against far right
The Conversation · May 17 Starmer’s troubles may be self-inflicted. But voters everywhere are fed up with leaders lacking courage Keir Starmer is the United Kingdom’s sixth prime minster in the past ten years. For a country that likes to think of itself as the birthplace of modern democracy and a model of stability in a turbulent world, this is not a good look.
Evening Standard · May 16 Tens of thousands of people attend two protests as 43 arrested Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom march and the pro-Palestine Nakba Day rally both took place on Saturday with about 4,000 police officers on duty.
The Independent UK · May 16 Key points from Wes Streeting speech as he launches leadership bid with pledge to rejoin EU Wes Streeting gave his first speech since resigning as health secretary on Saturday