‘Island of strangers’ speech echoes of past discordant voices over immigration Keir Starmer’s latest salvo over curbing migration to the UK has resurrected unsavoury ghosts from the past The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2025
Starmer ‘completely rejects’ claims he echoed Enoch Powell in migration speech The Prime Minister warned the UK risked becoming an ‘island of strangers’ if migration controls were not tightened. Evening Standard · May 13, 2025
Everything we know about the arson attacks targeting Keir Starmer as three men are charged Three men, two Ukranians and one Romanian, have been charged with fires at homes linked to the prime minister The Independent UK · May 13, 2025
Keir Starmer property fires: Everything we know about north London 'arson attacks' A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life Evening Standard · May 13, 2025
Robert Jenrick claims UK ‘already island of strangers’ in rare support for Starmer Sir Keir found himself in unusual political company as the former Tory immigration minister – who has typically been at loggerheads with the Labour leader on migration – defended the PM’s remarks The Independent UK · May 13, 2025
UK ‘already an island of strangers’, Jenrick claims as PM faces backlash The plans, which are expected to reduce the number of people coming to the UK by up to 100,000 per year, include reforming work and study visas. Evening Standard · May 13, 2025
Robert Jenrick reveals he has received death threats and says abuse aimed at MPs is ‘not unusual’ Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick says he has received death threats and that it is “not unusual” for politicians to receive abuse. The Independent UK · May 13, 2025
Jenrick calls for removal of kettles from all high-risk prisoners after attack The shadow justice secretary’s warning comes after Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s allegedly poured boiling water over an officer. Evening Standard · May 12, 2025
Keir Starmer Under Fire as Hundreds of Convicted Migrants May Dodge Deportation Jenrick has called on Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to back his proposed bill that would block the new sentencing guidance and to remove those responsible The Fashion Central · May 11, 2025
Southport killer’s prison monitoring ‘downgraded before alleged attack’ Axel Rudakubana was jailed for a minimum of 52 years in January for the murders of three girls. Evening Standard · May 10, 2025
There are three ways moderates could yet save the Tories. One is to renounce Brexit As Kemi Badenoch makes a bad situation worse, I’ve been speaking to centrists desperate to stop the rot, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2025
Half of Reform voters say local election vote was a protest in clear warning to Starmer and Badenoch After disastrous local election results, Tory MPs hoping to install Robert Jenrick as new leader risk being disappointed as research suggest he would not beat Nigel Farage’s Reform The Independent UK · May 6, 2025
Tory MPs to meet to discuss ousting Kemi Badenoch ‘before it is too late’ Exclusive: After disastrous local elections, many Tory MPs have concluded that Badenoch cannot lead them into the next general election The Independent UK · May 5, 2025
Talk of replacing Kemi Badenoch is a distraction from the Tory party’s real problems THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Yet another change of leader would only make the Conservative Party’s predicament worse The Independent UK · May 3, 2025
The Independent UK · May 2, 2025 Tory plotting already underway to replace Kemi Badenoch as leader after local elections disaster Exclusive: Senior Tories plan to ask Robert Jenrick to make a bid to become Tory leader
The Independent UK · May 1, 2025 Senior Tories warn against deals with Reform as party braces for local election losses Exclusive: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch under growing pressure over her stance towards Nigel Farage’s party
The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025 Keir Starmer pokes fun at Robert Jenrick’s leadership ambitions with marathon jibe Sir Keir Starmer joked about Tory MP Robert Jenrick's leadership ambitions during Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) on Wednesday (30 April), when he referenced last week's marathons in London and Manchester and said the shadow justice minister "is still running".
The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2025 Kemi revels in a Conservative electoral drubbing – in Canada of course Never mind potential losses at home, the Tory leader was loving the fall of Robert Jenrick’s heroes across the pond
Evening Standard · Apr 29, 2025 Tory plight could worsen, warns William Hague as Nigel Farage's Reform firms up poll lead The Conservatives are predicted to lose hundreds of council seats on Thursday, May 1
The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2025 Sound the alarm for a KemiKaze breakfast, then hit snooze for the Starmer roadshow It’s local elections week and the party leaders are putting their faces out there, whether we want to see them or not
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2025 Tories urged not to ‘panic’ into uniting with Reform or removing Badenoch Former ministers warn that leader must not be ‘pushed off course’ as Conservatives expect disastrous local elections
The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025 Kemi Badenoch says no deal with Reform as she brushes off ‘stitch ups’ The Tory leader said her job is ‘not to give the party away’.
The National (Scotland) · Apr 25, 2025 Labour claim Tory-Reform pact 'plain for all to see' LABOUR have claimed it is “plain for all to see” that the Tories and Reform UK are preparing to work together, after a top Conservative argued…
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2025 Is one-nation Toryism dead? Not yet, but it can’t let Reform and the right provide all the answers The complacency of the traditional left of the Conservative party is allowing the voices they abhor to take over, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2025 Robert Jenrick rules out Tory pact with Reform UK Shadow minister dismisses alliance with Nigel Farage’s party and asks critics of Kemi Badenoch to ‘give her a break’