Only four in 10 Tory voters from 2019 back Sunak – poll Opinium’s latest research for Observer finds voters deserting the Conservatives for Reform and Labour in equal numbers The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2024
A Labour government could face teachers’ strikes, union warns National Education Union chief Daniel Kebede says Labour pledges are ‘a long way from the scale of change’ needed The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2024
All hail the ‘mimbys’: the open-minded voters who might just save Labour’s housing plans With millennials now a political force, Starmer should focus on building houses, because that builds hope, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2024
Legal assessment of Israel’s actions in Gaza risks being subsumed in Tory row Conservative supporters of Israel want David Cameron to dial back criticism and accept defeat of Hamas is in UK’s interest The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2024
‘We’re ready to make another leap’: Greens eye victory in Bristol council election As the largest group on the council the party’s hopes of victory are high and candidates are relishing the battle to win power The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2024
Sunak’s Conservatives face years of oblivion. Changing leader will solve nothing Two historians argued in the 1990s that nine conditions defined the likelihood of Tory defeat. Almost all of them hold today, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2024
Labour no longer a ‘party of protest’ says shadow minister after drop in members Darren Jones says party had more members under Jeremy Corbyn but now has to make ‘difficult decisions’ to prepare to govern The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2024
Greens hope breakthrough in Bristol will bring second MP Poll predicts Green co-leader Carla Denyer will win in new Bristol Central seat by siphoning off votes from disillusioned left The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2024
Boris and Carrie Johnson have a second-hand holiday on the slopes Carrie Johnson proudly boasted online that she found ski gear steals for the children on Vinted Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2024
OPINION - Arrest JK Rowling? No, cheer her free speech fight over Scotland's new hate crime law The lesson of Scotland’s new hate crime law, unleashed on a baffled nation on April Fool’s Day, is that free speech needs perpetual vigilance. When your back’s turned, the nutters — step forward First Minister Humza Yousaf — will introduce restrictions on what ordinary people say and think which could… Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2024
Winning over the Times and the Sun won’t decide the next election – but Starmer’s Labour can’t kick the habit Despite the polls, the leader wants them on side for an endorsement. Yet why bother if it would make little difference to voter numbers?, asks First Edition editor Archie Bland The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024
Twenty Labour councillors quit party in protest at leadership Group in Lancashire claim national party ‘wants to control anything that any councillor wants to say’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024
Tuesday briefing: What next in Gaza as Israel ends its al-Shifa hospital siege In today’s newsletter: After 14 days, the IDF has withdrawn from the site it says was home to Hamas fighters – but Benjamin Netanyahu plans to press ahead The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024
Four in five Labour members back Keir Starmer, polling shows Leader’s ejection of far-left members has changed composition of party since 2020, as belief in general election win grows The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024 The Guardian view on Labour doing God: faith communities can play a part in national renewal Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer is not a believer, but he is right to recognise the value of religious organisations’ commitment to the common good
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024 Britain is usually excited when it boots out a tired old government. Not this time There is a disconnect between the UK’s main two political parties and their supporters – and its origins go back much further than the past few years, says Andy Beckett
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024 Keep your shirt on, Keir, all this bluster over Nike’s St George’s Cross is a false flag The Labour leader jumped on the critical bandwagon about the sports giant’s colourful new update of the England team’s kit, but the real outrage is the profiteering price tag
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024 A Labour government will have five years to fix the NHS or face the unthinkable Public satisfaction with the health service is at an all-time low, so now might be time to reconsider what we expect from it
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024 Rachel Reeves the chess player has an eye on the economic endgame The shadow chancellor is often criticised for her centrist positions, but Labour’s plan for a long-term rescue is a vital difference between the parties
The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2024 Labour membership falls by 23,000 over Gaza and green policies Party claims financial position still strong as it continues to hold a commanding lead in opinion polls
The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2024 Sadiq Khan pledges new Erasmus-style overseas study scheme for London youngsters City’s mayor outlines ‘internationalist’ vision in manifesto as he bids for third term in May
The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2024 The EU quandary: Labour’s efforts to build good relations and keep red lines Top team has narrower list of asks for Brussels after Starmer’s determination to take heat out of Brexit for his party
The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2024 Keir Starmer faces discontent as Labour MPs reject union jack election flyers Exclusive: Members say flag may alienate ethnic minority voters as some associate it with far right
The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024 Labour looks to local polls as dress rehearsal for general election Mayoral races may be important indicator of Starmer’s political momentum as party seeks to turn 20-point national lead into results
Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2024 OPINION - Keir Starmer vows to do levelling up, but better. Will voters buy it? It is a joke told and retold with such regularity that I'm a little self-conscious about resorting to it so early in a newsletter. Woody Allen says it best as Alvy Singer in the 1977 film, Annie Hall: