🇬🇧 Discussion: UK Politics

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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

 

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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.

 

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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

 

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Kemi 'sandwiches aren't real food' badenoch is back at it again!

I swear everything she says is the strangest hot take

 

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Ed Miliband pledges ‘most ambitious reforms to UK energy system in generations’

Energy secretary to set out plan to boost renewable energy supply, such as building canopies of solar panels on outdoor car parks

www.theguardian.com

 

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Housing must take priority over nature, says Starmer in green belt reform plan

Councils given mandatory targets to deliver 370,000 homes a year in England, including through review of green belt boundaries

www.theguardian.com

 

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All eyes on Prince Andrew after alleged Chinese spy controversy

Royal sources say Charles is still considering whether to ban his brother from family’s Christmas Day walk

www.theguardian.com

Who is H6, the Chinese businessman with links to Prince Andrew?

What do we know about former civil servant who some claim is regarded as a close confidante of the Duke of York?

www.theguardian.com

 

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Judge finds UK unlawfully detained Tamils stranded on Diego Garcia

Government could face huge bill for damages after keeping more than 60 asylum seekers in ‘hellish’ conditions

www.theguardian.com

 

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Farage meets Musk at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion amid rumours of $100m donation

Donation could be the largest in British electoral history as tech billionaire continues his feud with Keir Starmer

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Mauritius wants to rethink a deal with the UK over remote islands housing a key US base

The British government says it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important military base, to Mauritius

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Andrew Tate proposes 'Big Brother-style' prison in controversial UK election bid

Andrew Tate, a controversial social media figure who is under investigation for human trafficking, has officially announced his plans to run the “next UK Prime Minister election”.

www.nationalworld.com