UK Election

Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield parlimentary by-election was significant not simply because he won, but also because of how he won.

Opinion & Features

Andy Burnham’s victory may change Labour’s politics, but not Britain’s business direction

Regulations exert a powerful influence over 10 Downing Street

2026-06-23T03:31:16.000Z

Supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris at a campaign rally. Devastating as the election defeat feels to many US Democrats, they can look internationally, including to the UK, for inspiration.

Opinion & Features

Pathway to power for US Democrats has UK signposts

SINCE Donald Trump’s US presidential election win, some leading Democrats have turned on one another in recrimination. However, now is the time for the party to look to the future, not the past, and o...

2024-11-14T22:00:00.000Z

Newly elected British MPs in the House of Commons Chamber on Jul 9. The writer describes the country's electoral system as perfectly Churchillian: the worst of systems except for all the plausible alternatives.

Opinion & Features

In praise of first-past-the-post

With many labelling this year’s British election as historically unrepresentative, calls to reform or abandon the first-past-the-post system are ringing loudly. But the case against the UK system is d...

2024-07-29T21:00:00.000Z

Voters exit a polling station in London. In what was billed as a pivotal moment for the country, 40 per cent of the electorate did not bother to exercise their right to choose an MP or government.

Opinion & Features

UK electoral system in dire need of reform

Extraordinary UK election result shows how broken it is

2024-07-08T21:00:00.000Z

Keir Starmer, the new Labour prime minister, has ruled out rejoining the EU customs union or single market in his lifetime.

Opinion & Features

Britain’s ‘change election’ changes nothing

Much will stay the same, because the new Labour government will largely follow Conservative policy in four key areas, including spending and borrowing, and restoring relations with the EU

2024-07-08T07:36:59.000Z

In his first speech as the leader of the world’s sixth largest economy, Keir Starmer pledged action to fix the country, even as he warned that improvements would take time.

International

Who are the team set to govern Britain under new PM Starmer?

KEIR Starmer led Britain’s Labour Party to a landslide victory in the 2024 parliamentary election, taking over from the Conservatives after 14 years in opposition.

2024-07-05T16:13:29.000Z