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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
He’s cautious,a bit bland and with no big vision,but he’s ousted the crooked Conservatives in this chaos-weary country.
The tumultuous Thatcher years were memorialised in song and literature,but this current generation of Tories are probably best forgotten.
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.
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.
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.
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”.