UK election
Sunak v Starmer: How different are the men who want to run Britain
The contenders in the much anticipated July election will be doing their best to argue the other guy can’t be trusted.
- by William Booth
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UK
Sinking Sunak steers Tories towards iceberg as MPs jump overboard
Nearly 80 Conservative MPs will not seek re-election on July 4, that’s nearly a quarter of all Tories serving under the British prime minister now.
- by Rob Harris
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Opinion
Britain’s best hope is a PM with the charisma of frozen peas
A boring prime minister in Keir Starmer may be the best Britain can hope for if it’s to end the omnishambles era.
- by Nick Bryant
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Analysis
Besides rain and bad polls, Sunak also must contend with ghosts
Two key figures, adored and detested by their respective tribes in equal measure, will make life harder for Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.
- by Rob Harris
Analysis
UK
Diminished and drenched, Rishi Sunak seems impatient for his own demise
The British PM is attempting to pull off a turnaround that would be unique in modern political history. It’s not off to a convincing start.
- by Rob Harris
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
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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
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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