British Prime Minister Keir Starmer expected to resign Mon.
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Keir Starmer’s unpopularity has led the U.K.’s Labour Party to a humiliating defeat in local elections. Now, with five major parties competing for votes, the far right could be well positioned for a general-election victory.
A Labour Party deputy who spent years in opposition, he criticized Conservatives and members of his own party, and was at the heart of major political moments. By Alan Cowell Roy Hattersley, a Labour Party fixture in the British political firmament who ...
The counting has barely started, but the spinning is already in overdrive, with the political consequences already clear, writes Sean Whelan.
“First of all, they are very complicit in the genocide in Gaza,” says Ishan, a young Muslim in Manchester, asked about the Labour government. “That’s a big thing.” As the conflict in Gaza has ground on, Britons’ views of Israel have hardened.
Ministers say Starmer will set out his intentions on Monday morning with an autumn departure the most likely option
