‘Frockgate’:Keir Starmer’s love for freebies ends his short-lived honeymoon
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UK politics

‘Frockgate’:Keir Starmer’s love for freebies ends his short-lived honeymoon

The PM had hoped for a quiet summer after his election triumph. The calm is being disturbed by the controversy about him accepting gifts worth tens of thousands of pounds.

  • byRob Harris

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How Anthony Albanese helped Keir Starmer win his way to Downing Street

How Anthony Albanese helped Keir Starmer win his way to Downing Street

Political gurus worldwide often look to the US to live out a West Wing-style fantasy,but UK watchers say it is Australia that really sets the tone in Westminster.

  • byRob Harris
Ditching Boris sowed seeds of shambolic Tory defeat
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Opinion

Ditching Boris sowed seeds of shambolic Tory defeat

Everything went downhill for the UK Conservatives after the political assassination of Boris Johnson two years ago. It was a spectacular act of political self-harm.

  • byGeorge Brandis
King Charles asks Starmer to form government after Labour election landslide

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 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

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
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So long UK Conservatives,and thanks for all the memes
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UK politics

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

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
Fool Britannia:Brits hoping for a return to the Blair-era glory days are dreaming
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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
‘Farage our saviour?’ Divisive Brit’s bid to win over his country’s worst resort town

‘Farage our saviour?’ Divisive Brit’s bid to win over his country’s worst resort town

Long the butt of jokes,Clacton-on-Sea,a 90-minute train ride north-east of London,is at the forefront of British politics ahead of the July 4 election.

  • byRob Harris
‘Stupid error of judgement’:Labour candidate sacked for betting against himself to win

‘Stupid error of judgement’:Labour candidate sacked for betting against himself to win

Kevin Craig said he had intended to give “any winnings to local charities” when he made the bet a few weeks ago “when I thought I would never win this seat”.

  • byRob Harris