UK election
Sunak calls snap UK election as Conservatives face thrashing at poll
In power since 2010, the Tories have tanked in opinion polls on the back of a post-COVID cost-of-living crisis and successive political scandals.
- by Rob Harris
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UK politics
UK politics so much funnier than fiction, comedy writer finds it ‘hard to match’
The Tories are in a spot of bother as the UK heads to an election. A possible catastrophic defeat would be both self-inflicted and richly deserved.
- by Rob Harris
Opinion
Rishi Sunak
Tories may throw Sunak overboard, but rearranging deckchairs can’t save this ship
Are the Tories mad enough to roll another leader? My spies inside the Conservative Party tell me this is a real possibility.
- by George Brandis
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Meet my friend, the UK Labour candidate seeing Red amid Tory death spiral
Winning back the “Red Wall” seats seized by Boris Johnson is the key to Labour’s path to government. I caught up with one of the party’s brightest hopes.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
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It’s a strange day in politics when a PM does the opposition’s hard work
In defining the next UK general election as an opportunity for change, Rishi Sunak handed Labour the best soundbite of its campaign.
- by George Brandis
From the Archives, 1997: Blair’s New Labour avalanche
Twenty-five years ago, the 18-year Conservative era of British politics came crashing down when Tony Blair’s New Labour swept to power after securing one of the biggest electoral victories in the nation’s history.
- by Shaun Carney
Boris Johnson 'plans to move House of Lords'
The British PM has promised to ramp up investment in the north of England after making large gains there during the election.
'Assorted weirdos' and misfits wanted for Boris Johnson's team
The British government is looking to hire a number of people including data scientists, software developers, and "weirdos and misfits with odd skills".
Boris Johnson's Brexit bill sails through key Westminster vote
Boris Johnson insists he can seal a major new trade and security deal with the European Union in less than a year.
- by Bevan Shields
Boris Johnson eyes Australia in biggest overhaul of foreign policy 'since the Cold War'
The Prime Minister said the UK could copy elements of Australia's foreign interference and espionage laws to counter covert operations by Russia and China.
- by Bevan Shields
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Analysis
Win by 'one-nation Conservative' Johnson widens a UK fault line
Much will now depend on the Prime Minister's negotiations for a final farewell to the EU.
- The Age's View