UK Local Elections
— What to expect for Labour and Conservatives in England and Wales, as the pressure keeps mounting on Boris Johnson? What about Northern Ireland where Sinn Féin are favourite to become the largest party?
Keir Starmer
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party. A former lawyer, he has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party since 2020 and has been the Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015. He became prime minister on 4 July 2024.
COMMENT
— What are the media and journalists pushing the Starmer Beergate story distracting their readers from just a few days before the local elections?
UK Politics
— A new survey shows a strong link between trusting the prime minister and trusting the government, Parliament and political parties.
Brexit
— Professor Chris Grey’s Brexit analysis on Brexiters demanding concrete results while their slogans get exposed by reality. With discussion of financial services, gene editing, CE marks, alcohol duties, ‘Making Brexit Work’, and lashings of Jacob Rees-Mogg.
OPINION
— I want to be in the EU, but I tend to think Keir Starmer is right that there is no way to do it (for the foreseeable future) and that therefore it is a pointless fight – especially as waging that fight is playing right into the hands of the Tories.
Brexit
— As the false claims made about the benefits of Brexit are gradually being found out, Brexit isn’t suffering from a failure to control the narrative. It’s suffering from failure, Professor Chris Grey writes.
Downing Street Parties
— Boris Johnson is sort of sorry – but the caveats are key. There is little doubt that his apology only occurred because the PM had no other choice – the evidence was too strong. But we can be sure that he will stick to this argument like glue.
Analysis
— What’s behind the appointments to Labour’s front bench?
