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Labour leadership truce holds for now but clock is ticking for Starmer
PoliticsThe Guardian20d ago

Labour leadership truce holds for now but clock is ticking for Starmer

Countdown to May has begun and dejected Labour MPs want to see in that time that PM is capable of change When Labour’s Scottish leader, Anas Sarwar, urged Keir Starmer to stand down two weeks ago, Starmer’s closest advisers presented him a choice: fight, flight or hand over his destiny to his party by calling a leadership contest. The prime minister chose the first option and his Downing Street team sprung into action to contain the threat. At the moment of greatest peril for Starmer, MPs pee...

Power, proximity, and a judge’s letter
Politicsthe-shift-news23d ago

Power, proximity, and a judge’s letter

On Tuesday morning, when I saw The Times’ front page story,  I stubbornly clung to a fleeting hope that the headline Judge (and former Labour MP) Wenzu Mintoff had written to Cabinet lobbying in favour of his appointment to Chief Justice was some sort of elaborate hack. A spoof. Or maybe a dastardly deed perpetrated … Continued

‘She did kill. There’s no grey area there’: Labour MP Naz Shah on the day she and her mother were arrested for murder
PoliticsThe Guardian25d ago

‘She did kill. There’s no grey area there’: Labour MP Naz Shah on the day she and her mother were arrested for murder

The politician was 18 when she and her mum were hauled off to a police station for the killing of the man she’d considered an uncle. What happened next would shape her future. She talks Labour’s woes, making mistakes, and why it’s finally time to share her own traumatic story • Read an extract from Naz Shah’s memoir here Naz Shah found it thrilling when she was arrested on suspicion of murder. “I’ll be honest with you, I had fun. It was the most excitement I’d ever had in my flipping life. I’...

Labour MPs in talks to defect to Green Party
PoliticsThe Guardian7d ago

Labour MPs in talks to defect to Green Party

Several Labour MPs are reportedly in discussions with the Green Party about potentially defecting, though no immediate moves are expected as MPs seek guarantees for reselection in their constituencies.

Precisely why should parliament have the final say?
Politicsthe-shift-news13d ago

Precisely why should parliament have the final say?

The recent debate between Labour MP Ramona Attard and PN MP Darren Carabott produced a constitutional puzzle worth pausing over. Attard insisted that Parliament should have the final say in key institutional decisions – a statement delivered with the certainty of the guy with the beard descending from Mount Sinai with those prototype iPads. It … Continued

UK Labour Party Embroiled in China Spy Scandal
Politicsla-repubblica14d ago

UK Labour Party Embroiled in China Spy Scandal

Three men have been arrested in the UK on suspicion of being Chinese spies, causing embarrassment for the Labour Party. One of the arrested individuals is reportedly the husband of a Labour MP, and the other two are former advisors to Labour leader Keir Starmer.

Don’t be fooled by recent good news, the UK economy is still in a precarious state
BusinessThe Guardian26d ago

Don’t be fooled by recent good news, the UK economy is still in a precarious state

Labour MPs may clamour for bolder spending, but – like their Tory and Reform counterparts – they ask for the unaffordable Too many Labour MPs want it all, and no amount of pleading from the top of government about the depleted public finances seems to make a difference. The mainly leftist MPs want all the wrongs of the last 15 years put right and quickly. Their next opportunity to demand more cash arrives when Rachel Reeves delivers her spring statement on 3 March. Continue reading...