‘Disproportionate’ UK election results boost calls to ditch first past the post Campaigners for electoral reform say outcome has renewed pressure for proportional representation The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024
Is UK bucking Europe’s trend of moving to the right? Labour’s landslide victory gave hope to progressives worldwide but may be as much practical as ideological The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024
Suella Braverman losing support as potential party leader, Tories say Robert Jenrick, Priti Patel and Kemi Badenoch, who have all ruled out deal with Reform, seen as more viable candidates The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024
‘Nobody can fix the country’: voters in former Blair town sceptical of change Let down by broken Tory promises of levelling up, some in Newton Aycliffe and across north-east turned to Reform The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024
Labour candidate defeated by Farage reveals safety fears during campaign Jovan Owusu-Nepaul tells of vitriol from Reform supporters and says he was concerned for safety of those around him The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024
Braverman warns Tory party will cease to exist unless it neutralises Farage and Reform The Tory leadership contest has kicked off with a warning that the Conservative Party could cease to exist as an electoral force if things do not change The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2024
Labour put ‘safe’ seats at risk to target marginals. It paid off – but there’s a cost The party’s landslide victory on only 34% of the vote was a masterpiece of electoral Jenga. But the taller the tower, the weaker the base, writes Robert Ford The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024
‘Everyone is fed up’: Reform sets sights on Labour stronghold Barnsley – but Farage still divides opinion Labour has long had a grip on the South Yorkshire town but Reform is hot on the party’s heels after taking a third of the vote in Barnsley South The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024
‘Honeymoon will be very, very short’: rightwing media is set to turn on Starmer The new Labour government won’t have long to prove itself before the press holds its feet to the fire, as the Sun has promised The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024
As a former minister, I have seven lessons for the Tories if we want to regain power Work must begin immediately if voters are ever to believe that the Conservatives will be fit to govern Britain, writes Damian Green The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 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 The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2024
Farage does not want ‘Tory poison’ in his party as he plans Reform’s path to power Exclusive: Nigel Farage mapped out his plans over a 4am cup of tea – and it does not involve the Tories The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2024
Nigel Farage just 364,474 votes shy of becoming leader of the opposition, analysis shows Reform UK won 14 per cent of votes in Thursday’s general election, but has gained just five MPs, due to the even spread of its support around the country The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2024
Behind Labour's UK win: Chaos reigns Yes, Keir Starmer won a massive majority as the Tories collapsed — but the stage is set for a far-right comeback Salon · Jul 6, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024 David Cameron and senior Tories push back against swift leadership contest As Tory MPs prepare bids, former PM and George Osborne say candidates should prove themselves in opposition
The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2024 Voter turnout at general election was lowest since 2001 – politics live as it happened Keir Starmer ‘restless for change’ as he vows to take action on prisons on first full day as PM
The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024 ‘This is going to be a disaster’: inside the Tories’ chaotic election campaign From the surprise decision to call a snap election to the divisions inside the doomed campaign machine
The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024 Starmer ushers in new era with ‘urgent mission’ to renew Britain after Labour’s triumphant return to power New prime minister says ‘Our work is urgent and we begin it today’ as Labour land huge 176 seat majority
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 He won the votes, now Starmer just needs to win over the people Aware of apathy for Labour, prime minister must deliver growth as he balances a tricky coalition of interests
France 24 · Jul 5, 2024 Can Labour repair the United Kingdom’s fragmented asylum system? One of the challenges facing Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government is reforming a costly and dysfunctional asylum system. Rob McNeil, deputy director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, spoke to FRANCE 24 on the new government’s possible next steps to address record levels of irregular migration…
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 Labour convinced voters it was the safest choice – but now it has to govern with competence Keir Starmer’s broad but shallow victory means it will spend five years fighting off challenges from the right and left
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 ‘God help us’: mixed feelings as nine seats in Kent go Labour Some disenfranchised voters submitted a protest vote for Reform fearing immigration wouldn’t be slowed
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 Keir Starmer enters No 10 vowing to rebuild Britain ‘brick by brick’ New PM says government ‘will fight, every day, until you believe again’ and give security to working-class families
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 ‘We’re coming for Labour’: Reform’s small seat count conceals size of its threat Nigel Farage’s party won more than 4m votes and came second in 98 seats, of which 89 were won by Labour
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 The Guardian view on Labour’s landslide: becoming the change the country needs Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer has the Commons strength to be daring. That means fulfilling hopes he did little to excite