What will Rishi Sunak do next after devastating election loss? Rishi Sunak has been re-elected as MP for Richmond and Northallerton but he has decisions ahead about his future and his next job The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024
OPINION - This election was a brutal revenge shellacking for the many sins of the Conservatives No, it really isn’t like 1997. Not even close. The morning after that landslide, I met a pillar of the Tory party in the office. He beamed at me: “Doesn’t feel like we’re under a Socialist tyranny, does it?” The sense of buoyancy which followed Sir Tony Blair’s victory did… Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024
Ex-prime Minister Liz Truss Loses Seat At UK Election Liz Truss, Britain's shortest-serving prime minister, suffered further political ignominy Friday when she sensationally lost her seat in parliament at the British general election. International Business Times · Jul 5, 2024
‘Theresa May made the whole country rally against migrants’: UK rapper Berwyn on poverty, perseverance and hostile politics He moved from Trinidad to Romford and was almost lost in the drug trade. Now Mercury-nominated and on a major label, the musician explains the trauma of those years – and his anger at being demonised by the Tories The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
Voices: Tory downfall: The 9 reasons it has all gone wrong for Rishi Sunak A series of world events, poor decisions and fatal gaffes conspired to see Rishi Sunak lead the Tories to the worst electoral defeat in his party’s 346-year history The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024
Keir Starmer: what we know about Britain’s new prime minister and how he will lead All prime ministers bring their own personality and approach to the job. Each has a different style of leadership, which can shape how things work and what gets done. Herbert Asquith famously summed it up when he said being prime minister is all about “what the holder chooses and is… The Conversation · Jul 5, 2024
Theresa May given peerage and Therese Coffey gets damehood in surprise dissolution honours list The former prime minister will take a seat in the House of Lords The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2024
Sunak’s chief of staff and Theresa May among Tory peerages in dissolution honours Close Sunak ally Liam Booth-Smith elevated to Lords while Keir Starmer nominates eight retiring MPs The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024
Alister Jack given knighthood – but no peerage – in dissolution honours list ALISTER Jack is to receive a knighthood in Rishi Sunak’s dissolution honours list ... The National (Scotland) · Jul 4, 2024
Did that really happen? 14 years of chaotic Tory government How the occupants of No 10 brought us austerity, Brexit, Partygate and an economic crash The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024
From attack pillows to tortured metaphors: the ups and downs of the UK election campaign rollercoaster As the campaign nears its end, we look back at the highlights and low points from the past six weeks The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024
UK's landmark postwar elections: When Boris Johnson sought and got a mandate to 'Get Brexit Done' In the fall of 2019, the recently-appointed Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an election that was about one issue: Brexit The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2024
Wednesday briefing: Can Keir Starmer hope to keep his family out of the spotlight? In today’s newsletter: The Labour leader has kept details about his wife and children private, but that could prove difficult with a move to Downing Street The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024
Sleaford Mods, the 1975, Fred Again: the songs that sum up each year of Tory government Dave’s lament for the Grenfell atrocity, Dua Lipa’s bedroom disco for a locked-down nation, Kneecap’s Badenoch-riling rap, Elbow’s hymn for asylum seekers … here are the tracks that defined 14 years of Conservative rule The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024 How the Tory war on immigration backfired For more than a decade, Conservatives have promised to crack down on illegal migration and slash the number of legal arrivals. Their repeated failure has infuriated voters – and further demonised immigrants to the UK
The National (Scotland) · Jun 30, 2024 'She understands Scotland': Scottish Tories parachute in Theresa May THE former prime minister Theresa May has been spotted campaigning with the Scottish Conservatives in Aberdeenshire and Perth.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024 ‘A lot of people haven’t stood up to the forces of darkness’: Anna Soubry on her mission to make Starmer PM The former minister opens up about her ex-colleagues, her infamous Nigel Farage impression, and why she’ll do anything to help Sir Keir succeed
The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024 Tories blame Sunak for this implosion, but they are fooling themselves. The rot goes back decades Since Thatcher was deposed, there has been an absurd yearning to magic her back into existence. Their rightwing obsession stems from that, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
International Business Times · Jun 27, 2024 UK Election Campaign Enters Final Straight Britain goes to the polls next week in a general election that looks set to end 14 years of Conservative rule marked by economic turbulence, Brexit, political scandal and upheaval.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024 And it’s over to Mel Stride. Again. Where are all the other Tories? Ladbrokes? The work and pensions secretary’s colleagues must be trapped under something heavy because no one but Stride is pulling their weight
The National (Scotland) · Jun 25, 2024 Health Secretary says Tories would make gender identity a reserved issue THE UK Health Secretary has said the Conservative Party would seek to weaken the devolution settlement by making gender recognition a reserved…
Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2024 OPINION - The truth about tax no party will tell you It’s going... up
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024 Former Tory minister vows to vote Labour over party’s climate failures Exclusive: Chris Skidmore, ex-energy minister, says Rishi Sunak’s bid to turn net zero into culture war issue is ‘greatest tragedy of his premiership’
Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2024 Farage would be carrying Trump's bags around US if Sunak had called autumn poll, says top Tory Lord Barwell, who was No10 chief-of-staff to Theresa May, said the July 4 election was a ‘terrible mistake’
Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2024 Rodreguez King-Dorset, creator of Windrush Secret: "The Windrush scandal isn't over" The creator of Windrush Secret on one of the Tories’ defining scandals and why we never seem to learn from history.