Gaza ‘siege conditions’ unacceptable, says Lammy as Labour toughens line on Israel Shadow foreign secretary toughens line on Israel-Palestine in light of ‘shocking number’ of dead civilians The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2023
Labour calling for a ceasefire would achieve nothing. So why should it tear itself apart over this? Keir Starmer is not playing politics with the Israel-Hamas war, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023
Gaza hospital blast caused by militants’ rocket, UK agencies believe Rishi Sunak updates MPs on intelligence services’ findings about last week’s deadly explosion The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023
Labour to widen campaign ‘hit list’ after stunning byelection successes Farming areas and central Scottish belt could be added to party’s general election targets The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2023
Keir Starmer's chance to sparkle: Labour leader finally puts his working class credentials to work for him Starmer’s challenge in his speech to the Labour party conference was to present himself as a prime minister in waiting. To achieve this, he had to embody both authority and authenticity, credibility as a leader but also sympathy with the experiences of ordinary Britons. The Conversation · Oct 10, 2023
The Labour donors: from Tory defectors to a supermarket scion With Labour heading into election year ahead in the polls, who are the individuals funding its upcoming campaign? The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023
Starmer acts to protect women who blow whistle on sex-pest bosses Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s former wife Marina Wheeler is to be Labour’s ‘whistleblower tsar’ The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023
New poll shows dissatisfaction with Labour and Tories KEIR Starmer’s Labour Party has maintained its lead over the Tories, according to the latest poll. The National (Scotland) · Oct 6, 2023
OPINION - The Conservatives have vacated the centre ground British elections are won on the centre ground. Whoever occupies that territory generally sweeps to power. This being the case, why doesn’t everyone do it? Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2023
Why Tories are using cars as a political dividing line in the UK Attempt to show Labour as ‘anti-motorist’ at forefront of Conservative pre-election campaign The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023
Questions for strike union official as Labour and Unionist links revealed A KEY official in the only trade union to continue strikes in schools next week is a Unionist campaigner and a high-ranking member of the Labour… The National (Scotland) · Sep 22, 2023
OPINION - Europe-itis has infected Starmer too, and now he’s harder to trust There’s a new parlour game being played in all the pinko-liberal-remainiac north London dinner parties I knock about at. It’s called “But What The F*** Did Sir Keir Starmer REALLY Mean When He Said He’d Make Brexit Work?” Evening Standard · Sep 21, 2023
MPs keep undermining the notion that election will be all about indy Stephen Flynn MP did an excellent job of exposing those twins of Unionist supremacy, Sunak and Starmer. The National (Scotland) · Sep 16, 2023
Abandoning a wealth tax is a ruinous Labour strategy. It’s ‘Blairism without the cash’ The tough choice is not to court big business, but to invest in rebuilding our shattered society, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2023
The National (Scotland) · Aug 13, 2023 SNP by-election candidate challenges Labour to stand up for detained Stirling student THE SNP’s candidate in the upcoming Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election has called the Home Office’s treatment of a local resident…
The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2023 Bidenomics lessons: Labour looks to Democrats as it prepares for power Flagship US programme offers blueprint for Rachel Reeves, in echo of policy cooperation in era of Clinton and Blair
The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2023 Doctors urge politicians to stand firm on schemes to tackle air pollution Exclusive: hundreds of consultants, GPs and others write to Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan over Labour’s position on Ulez
The Week · Aug 2, 2023 Rutherglen by-election: a pivotal moment for Labour in Scotland? The UK is headed for yet another by-election in the constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West, viewed as a bellwether for the strength of Scottish Labour’s recovery – and an indicator of who may win the next general election.
The National (Scotland) · Jul 24, 2023 How the national minimum wage has effectively legitimised low pay in a generation TWENTY-FIVE years ago this month the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 was passed, receiving royal assent to go on the statute book on July 31, 1998.…
Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2023 'Over and out for Rishi Sunak as doubts grow over whether Tories can finish full term' Keir Mudie says a lot of people – even Tories – are starting to say a general election should take place sooner rather than later, and there are reports that Rishi Sunak is finding being PM 'difficult'
The National (Scotland) · Jul 2, 2023 Labour led by right-wing, illiberal group engaged in witch-hunt, says senior MP KEIR Starmer’s Labour party has fallen under the control of a “right-wing, illiberal” faction undertaking a “witch hunt” against the left…
Evening Standard · Jun 15, 2023 OPINION - It’s Starmtroopers vs Rishi’s irregulars in the battle of MP selections It’s by-election season in Westminster — and more’s at stake than simply whether Team Boris’s kamikaze mission to wound Rishi Sunak with three MP resignations will have its desired effect. After the former prime minister and his two supporters – Nigel Adams and Nadine Dorries – quit in a row…
Daily Record · Jun 10, 2023 SNP options on independence are limited and Humza Yousaf must urge patience Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the SNP leadership should dampen down the expectations of party members on independence in the short term
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2023 Labour donor Dale Vince: ‘I do want to influence policy but not by buying access’ Ecotricity founder and Just Stop Oil supporter hits back at Tory attacks as Rishi Sunak claims ‘eco-zealots’ steering Keir Starmer
The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2023 Sue Gray cleared to take up Labour job this autumn Watchdog says former civil servant must wait six months to start job rather than the maximum delay of two years