PopCons reassemble and Jacob Rees-Mogg is the sanest person in the room The tone is relentlessly delusional – to listen to this lot you’d think the last 14 years were a socialist paradise The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2024
First Female Chancellor and a Surge in Female MPs: How Women are Reshaping UK Politics The recent UK general election has seen an unprecedented increase in female representation, with 263 women elected as Members of Parliament, marking a historic 40% of the total seats. International Business Times UK · Jul 9, 2024
Revealed: Tories made no real gains in any seat at general election Conservatives only saw their vote share rise in a single seat across Great Britain, data reveals The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024
Tories split over timeline to elect leader with Sunak hoping to quit by autumn Some senior figures in party fear appointment of interim replacement for ex-PM could present Nigel Farage with an ‘open goal’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024
Full list of 175 Tory MPs that lost their jobs in election bloodbath Penny Mordaunt, Jacob Rees-Mogg and former prime minister Liz Truss were among the Tory big beasts who lost their seats The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024
No Boris Johnson, no deals with Nigel Farage: it’s time for the Tories to get serious The party must look to a new generation and restore its reputation for economic competence The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024
What we learned from the UK's general election that will shape politics over the coming years The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a resounding victory in a general election The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2024
‘This is going to be a disaster’: inside the Tories’ chaotic election campaign From the surprise decision to call a snap election to the divisions inside the doomed campaign machine The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024
Keir Starmer prepares to hold first Cabinet meeting after vowing to rebuild Britain in landslide victory The new PM is set to meet with the first Labour cabinet in 14 years on Saturday Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024
Football, faith and Fabianism: what books by the new frontbenchers tell us about the way Labour will govern Ed Miliband’s ideas are more radical than his party’s; Emily Thornberry is alarmed by Trump; Rachel Reeves has an unlikely role model. What else do the new cabinet’s tomes reveal? The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
Keir Starmer enters No 10 vowing to rebuild Britain ‘brick by brick’ New PM says government ‘will fight, every day, until you believe again’ and give security to working-class families The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
‘Everything has been so tribal’: Glasgow reflects on Labour’s clean sweep A switch away from the SNP was for many a tactic to get the Tories out – a desire expressed even by non-voters The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
The National view on GE2024: A new start for Scottish independence? DOUGLAS Ross. Jacob Rees Mogg. Liz Truss. Penny Mordaunt. They, and countless more, lost –they deserved to lose. It felt good. The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024
Labour bounceback, Tory collapse: five key takeaways from the general election Lib Dem strategy was vindicated, Greens and Reform had their best night, while Labour’s victory had its flaws The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
International Business Times · Jul 5, 2024 New UK Government Faces Tough Economic Challenge Britain's new Labour government on Friday pledged immediate action to grow the economy after the centre-left party won a landslide general election victory.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 Bellringers and running the bar dry: inside Labour’s night of elation Exit poll began celebrations at party HQ and Tate Modern that culminated in Keir Starmer’s walk into Downing Street
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 A Labour landslide, Tory turmoil and Green shoots. What a night In today’s newsletter: Whether it was a new government, the success of independents, or a farewell to Truss, in the end this election had something for everyone
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 ‘We needed change’: mixed feelings in City after Labour sweeps London Party wins seat that includes financial district and much of central London for first time in its history
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 Rishi Sunak departs with a brief nod to his achievements – mostly imagined As Larry the Cat sees off another PM, Sunak suffers the ultimate kick in the teeth as the sun comes out for Starmer
Marie Claire · Jul 5, 2024 7 key moments from the UK General Election in pictures 7 key moments from the UK General Election in pictures
The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024 ‘Lefty lawyer’, Mark Darcy inspo but ‘lacking star power’: How American media covered UK’s new PM Labour’s landslide win was branded a ‘power shift’ by Fox News while The Washington Post described new Prime Minister Keir Starmer a ‘lefty lawyer [who] defended vegan anarchists’ but is ‘no Winston Churchill’
Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024 OPINION - This election was a brutal revenge shellacking for the many sins of the Conservatives No, it really isn’t like 1997. Not even close. The morning after that landslide, I met a pillar of the Tory party in the office. He beamed at me: “Doesn’t feel like we’re under a Socialist tyranny, does it?” The sense of buoyancy which followed Sir Tony Blair’s victory did…
The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024 What we learned from the UK's general election that will shape politics over the coming years The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a resounding victory in a general election
France 24 · Jul 5, 2024 Keir Starmer names top cabinet posts after Labour's sweeping election victory Keir Starmer replaced Rishi Sunak as prime minister after an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Friday, a few hours after the Labour party's landslide victory in the UK general election. Starmer later unveiled his new cabinet, which included Britain's first female finance minister.
The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024 Strikes, HS2 & Covid: Simon Calder on the highs and lows of the last three Tory transport secretaries The Man Who Pays His Way: Highlights of the reigns of Shapps, Trevelyan and Harper