🇬🇧 Discussion: UK Politics

[blueharvest]

He should be de-Royaled.

At the very least...

 

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Kemi Badenoch wins Tory leadership election

Conservative party announces Badenoch has beaten rival Robert Jenrick in ballot of party members

www.theguardian.com

 

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How Elon Musk Helped Fuel the U.K.'s Far-Right Riots

Elon Musk helped drive unrest in the U.K. via his social media platform X — and could do so in the U.S. as Election Day nears.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

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Trump tariffs would halve UK growth and push up prices, says thinktank

NIESR warns British economy would be one of the worst affected by protectionist policies

www.theguardian.com

 

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Analysis: How Trump victory leaves Starmer isolated on the world stage

Analysis: With the UK out of the EU and a highly hostile White House administration across the Atlantic, no British prime minister has been more isolated in modern history

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Nigel Farage’s Clacton prepares to roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump

Donald Trump will soon be back on Air Force One – but can the Essex seaside town expect an unlikely visit from the presidential motorcade, thanks to the president-elect’s British cheerleader-in-chief? David Maddox reports

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

Starmer plots to thwart Trump on Ukraine

Prime Minister and Emmanuel Macron to hold talks on boosting weaponry ahead of new administration

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

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Starmer told to deploy Nigel Farage in bid to woo Donald Trump and Elon Musk

The favourite to be Britain’s next ambassador to the US has called on the prime minister to take a more pragmatic approach to dealing with Donald Trump and Elon Musk

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Starmer told to deploy Nigel Farage in bid to woo Donald Trump and Elon Musk

The favourite to be Britain’s next ambassador to the US has called on the prime minister to take a more pragmatic approach to dealing with Donald Trump and Elon Musk

www.independent.co.uk

Hard to be pragmatic when dealing with idiots.

 

[blueharvest]

John Prescott, pugnacious deputy U.K. prime minister to Tony Blair, dies at 86

Prescott was known as a plain-speaking politician who bridged the divide between the traditional left-wing and the modernizers in the Labour Party.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Sadiq Khan invites Donald Trump to celebrate Pride in London

The London mayor had a long-running row with Donald Trump during his first term in the White House

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Starmer deploys royals to charm Gulf leaders in hopes of new trade deal

As King Charles and Prince William roll out the red carpet, human rights campaigners say they must press for reforms

www.theguardian.com

 

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Starmer warned a UK-US trade deal would ‘destroy Britain’s family farms’

Warning comes as farmers prepare to descend on Westminster for a second time to protest planned changed to inheritance tax rules

www.independent.co.uk