Leader Rishi Sunak is standing down and the Conservative Party has to find a new leader to begin the fightback. Who will take over?
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Labour’s Keir Starmer becomes the new UK prime minister after 14 years of Conservative rule.
With exit polls predicting a landslide win, new PM Keir Stamer’s dull but steady approach seems to have paid off, and the disastrous Conservative rule comes to an end.
The Conservative party has been voted out of office in a Labour landslide.
Follow along with The Conversation’s coverage of the general election results.
The Conservatives have run out of steam. Should Labour win – and it’s highly likely it will – the task facing a Starmer government will be stern and far-reaching.
When the serious melds with the absurd, it’s easy to react in the wrong way.
Rishi Sunak hasn’t visited a hospital yet, which is a very unusual move for a prime minister.
Sunak referred to “I” and “me” while Starmer was more likely to say “we” and “us”.
Polling hasn’t improved for the UK’s Conservatives throughout the campaign. meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron appears to be heading for electoral disaster.
Questions were posed on gambling, gender and out-of-work benefits.
Whether illegal or not, the gambling scandal engulfing the Tory party is only the latest example of morally indefensible behaviour.
Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Ed Davey and John Swinney faced a live studio audience, some of whom ended up losing their temper with the politicians.
Cleo Watson, former co-deputy chief of staff to Boris Johnson, was fined in the infamous “PartyGate” scandal involving gatherings held at government buildings while the United Kingdom was under a pandemic…
Tax evasion crackdowns, efficiency savings and welfare cuts are easy political sells – but getting these measures to deliver large amounts of revenue is much more difficult.
Rishi Sunak hasn’t actually lost this election yet – but you wouldn’t know it after listening to his colleagues.
Data from Ukip’s performance in 2017 shows that once a certain tipping point is passed, Reform is indeed a significant threat to the Tories.
The two party leaders were asked about child benefit, dentists, immigration and affordable housing.
These so-called ‘mega polls’ all give Labour massive majorities – but all of different sizes. What’s going on?
The 2024 D-day commemorations sent a message of European unity but missed the opportunity to acknowledge Ukraine’s contribution to the defeat of Nazism.
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