UK Labour's landslide comes with its own perils: experts
5 months, 2 weeks ago

UK Labour's landslide comes with its own perils: experts

Hindustan Times  

Labour on Friday secured a huge majority in the UK's general election, giving it a massive mandate but also a few headaches once celebrations die down. UK Labour's landslide comes with its own perils: experts Before the vote, the Conservatives warned voters not to hand Labour party leader Keir Starmer the "blank cheque" of a "supermajority", but as prime minister he will now have a majority of over 170 and five years up against a demoralised main opposition. The thumping win also gives Labour "a nice reservoir of talent" with which to fill government roles, albeit with the risk of disappointing more MPs who miss out, said McNulty, who became an MP during Labour's 1997 landslide. However, a "supermajority" does not have any constitutional significance in the UK, as it does in the United States, explained King's College London professor Vernon Bogdanor. "A government with a majority of 30 can do more or less what it wants, just as much as a government with a majority of 200," said Bogdanor, one of the country's leading constitutional experts.

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The size of Labour’s landslide is down to one man: Nigel Farage
5 months, 2 weeks ago

The size of Labour’s landslide is down to one man: Nigel Farage

The Independent  

A broken Rishi Sunak took responsibility for the Conservatives’ historic defeat, and a jubilant Keir Starmer said there was “nothing preordained” about Labour’s remarkable victory. As John Curtice, the election experts’ expert, told the BBC: “This does look like an election the Conservatives have lost and lost primarily because of the votes they lost to Reform… Around two-thirds of the …

UK elections: Sunak's campaign in last stage, Labour's Starmer eyes victory
5 months, 3 weeks ago

UK elections: Sunak's campaign in last stage, Labour's Starmer eyes victory

Hindustan Times  

Rishi Sunak has covered thousands of miles in the past few weeks, but he hasn’t outrun the expectation that his time as Britain’s prime minister is in its final hours. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgement on Sunak’s 20 months in office and might elect a Labour government this time Watch: This Is …

Major polls predict Starmer’s Labour on course for stunning UK election win
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Major polls predict Starmer’s Labour on course for stunning UK election win

Al Jazeera  

London, United Kingdom – Barring a major upset in the coming hours, the Keir Starmer-led Labour Party is on course to win Thursday’s general election in the United Kingdom by a record landslide, two major polls suggest. “This election will be like none we have seen before with Labour set to reverse their worst result since 1935 to potentially a …

Labour have been predicted to win a landslide, but the reality is just 132,000 voters in key seats could stop this. Use our tactical voting guide to prevent Britain under Starmer becoming a... ONE-PAR
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour have been predicted to win a landslide, but the reality is just 132,000 voters in key seats could stop this. Use our tactical voting guide to prevent Britain under Starmer becoming a... ONE-PAR

Daily Mail  

As Winston Churchill stepped forward towards the microphone, the crowd was in a raucous, restless mood. Whatever Labour pretend, tomorrow’s vote is not a referendum on the past 14 years of Tory rule but a decision as to which party should be in charge for the next five years. Starmer’s own approval ratings are dismal: polls by Ipsos and YouGov …

The number that spells trouble for Keir Starmer
5 months, 4 weeks ago

The number that spells trouble for Keir Starmer

The Independent  

Keir Starmer is on course for a huge majority – but some pollsters think Labour could win 450 of the 650 Commons seats with less than 40 per cent of the vote. John Curtice, the doyen of election experts, has a warning for Labour: “You must not assume that your dominance of the House of Commons is a reflection of …

Starmer denies Labour will lurch to the Left if party wins election
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Starmer denies Labour will lurch to the Left if party wins election

The Telegraph  

Sir Keir Starmer has denied that the Labour Party will lurch to the Left if it wins the general election. The Labour leader insisted that he was “not going to be deflected” in his pursuit of “wealth creation” – despite winning the leadership in 2020 by making an array of Left-wing policy promises such as vowing to increase income and …

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer says he’ll end the era of ‘gestures and gimmicks’ if he wins power
6 months, 1 week ago

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer says he’ll end the era of ‘gestures and gimmicks’ if he wins power

Associated Press  

MANCHESTER, England — The left-of-center politician aiming to become Britain’s prime minister in three weeks’ time said Thursday he will lead a government that’s both “pro-business and pro-worker” and restore stability after years of economic and political turmoil. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said that if he’s elected on July 4, he will end the “desperate era of gestures and …

After years in opposition, Britain’s Labour Party senses it’s on the verge of regaining power
1 year, 2 months ago

After years in opposition, Britain’s Labour Party senses it’s on the verge of regaining power

Associated Press  

LONDON — Members of Britain’s opposition Labour Party gather in Liverpool on Sunday for their annual conference with an unfamiliar feeling: optimism. This is a step on the journey.” Labour’s landslide 1997 election victory under Tony Blair — the peak of its popularity — was a quarter-century ago, and the party has suffered four straight election defeats. “And now the …

By-election triumph for Labour – but Starmer still has a mountain to climb
2 years ago

By-election triumph for Labour – but Starmer still has a mountain to climb

The Independent  

On the face of it, Labour’s performance in the Stretford and Urmston by-election was nothing short of magnificent. The small Liberal Democrat vote might have been squeezed by a little tactical voting for Labour, though this doesn’t seem to have been the case with the slightly bigger Green vote. So we have a big swing to Labour, at about 11 …

These local election results suggest Keir Starmer could be prime minister
2 years, 7 months ago

These local election results suggest Keir Starmer could be prime minister

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The English local election results suggest …

Keir Starmer has forced me to do something unthinkable with my vote
2 years, 7 months ago

Keir Starmer has forced me to do something unthinkable with my vote

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As Aaron Bastani writes, Starmer’s dishonesty …

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