After weeks of speculation of a move against him,it appears even Sunak’s colleagues have lost hope that changing the leader could do anything ahead of the general election in the UK.
In defining the next UK general election as an opportunity for change,Rishi Sunak handed Labour the best soundbite of its campaign.
Keir Starmer is on track to be the next British prime minister – and an encounter with a protester appears to have done him a favour,according to supporters.
Labour is widely expected to win next year’s election. But Rishi Sunak is not going to die wondering and is playing the carbon card.
Britain has become Limboland,a nation in which one of its most famous tea-towel epigrams is in danger of becoming a looping incantation:Keep calm and carry on.
The move,put forward by Labour leader Keir Starmer,now risks plunging the opposition back into a round of vicious factional disputes.
The Conservative government has a mountain to climb if it is to retain power at the next Westminster election,but 18 months is an eternity in politics.
The former PM responds:the Barangaroo timeline cuts away at ‘sensationalism’
Sir Keir Starmer,likely to be the next British prime minister,might be dreary but his proposal to abolish the House of Lords is radical.
Less than 24 hours after Sunak’s vow,four people died after a small boat crossing the English Channel ran into trouble.
The Labour leader will seek to replace it with an elected upper chamber that has a higher proportion of Scottish seats.