Tories install Kemi Badenoch as first black leader of Conservatives
UK politics

Tories install Kemi Badenoch as first black leader of Conservatives

Kemi Badenoch will become the new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party,vowing to return the once dominant party to its founding principles to win back voters who handed the Conservatives their worst election defeat in July.

  • byElizabeth Piper andAndrew MacAskill

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Eight memorable moments from the UK election campaign
UK politics

Eight memorable moments from the UK election campaign

From bungee jumping to Count Binface,in the weeks before Labour’s landslide win,the British election generated no shortage of remarkable scenes.

  • byRob Harris
King Charles asks Starmer to form government after Labour election landslide
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UK election

King Charles asks Starmer to form government after Labour election landslide

Rishi Sunak has stood down as leader of the Conservatives after Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party swept to power,all but wiping out the ruling Tories.

  • byRob Harris
UK election 2024 as it happened:Rishi Sunak concedes defeat to Keir Starmer;Labour to form majority government
UK election

UK election 2024 as it happened:Rishi Sunak concedes defeat to Keir Starmer;Labour to form majority government

The polls have closed in the UK and Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is poised to take power,sweeping away Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives after 14 years.

  • byRob Harris,Jessica McSweeney,Nick Ralston andAngus Thomson
When I met Starmer,he’d have won my ‘least likely PM’ vote. Look at him now
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UK election

When I met Starmer,he’d have won my ‘least likely PM’ vote. Look at him now

He’s cautious,a bit bland and with no big vision,but he’s ousted the crooked Conservatives in this chaos-weary country.

  • byKathy Lette
So long UK Conservatives,and thanks for all the memes
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UK election

So long UK Conservatives,and thanks for all the memes

The tumultuous Thatcher years were memorialised in song and literature,but this current generation of Tories are probably best forgotten.

  • byRob Harris
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Three years ago Keir Starmer considered quitting politics. Now he’s Britain’s PM
UK election

Three years ago Keir Starmer considered quitting politics. Now he’s Britain’s PM

The Labour Party has swept to power,ousting the Tories after 14 years. But Starmer will have a lot of work getting voters to believe in his leadership.

  • byRob Harris
‘A new chapter’:Labour forecast for record-breaking win as polls open in UK election
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‘A new chapter’:Labour forecast for record-breaking win as polls open in UK election

Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun newspaper has endorsed the opposition Labour Party rather than Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives.

  • byRob Harris
JK Rowling,David Tennant clash over gender issues in UK election
UK politics

JK Rowling,David Tennant clash over gender issues in UK election

The stoush between the entertainers comes amid a now-familiar political debate on transgender policy,with the issue becoming a key battleground in the UK election.

  • byRob Harris
Fool Britannia:Brits hoping for a return to the Blair-era glory days are dreaming
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UK election

Fool Britannia:Brits hoping for a return to the Blair-era glory days are dreaming

Where Tony Blair arrived at a point of hope,Keir Starmer enters at a point of despair. The excitement and pride of 1997 have given way to deep cynicism and Brexit division.

  • byGary Nunn
Rishi Sunak hurt and angry over Reform volunteer’s racial slur
UK politics

Rishi Sunak hurt and angry over Reform volunteer’s racial slur

Nigel Farage said he was dismayed by the language but later said the volunteer was an actor involved in “a political setup” to undermine his party.

  • byAlistair Smout andAndrew MacAskill