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‘A horrible place’:This gloomy town shows why angry voters are lurching to the right

Working-class Wigan has long been a UK Labour stronghold,but of the 25 seats up for grabs at the recent local elections,24 went to populist leader Nigel Farage’s Reform party.

  • David Crowe

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Britain’s Reform Party leader Nigel Farage poses with his poll card at a polling station.

The rules of political engagement were rewritten this week,starting with Farage

Two days before One Nation won Farrer,Farage’s Reform party triumphed in the UK.

  • George Brandis
Labour MP Catherine West and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

‘I will begin a leadership election’:Australian-born UK MP lobs grenade to blast out Starmer

Catherine West,a dual British-Australian citizen,took the extraordinary step in a bid to force cabinet ministers to dump Starmer and choose a new leader.

  • David Crowe
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to step aside.

British voters turn right towards Farage – but Starmer refuses to go

Voters have slashed their support for the governing Labour Party in council elections. But the PM says he’s not walking away,even as his colleagues blame him for the backlash.

  • David Crowe
Former DJ John Locke says he has lost faith in the Labour Party under Keir Starmer.

On these angry streets,voters deliver a very British backlash

Barely two years since winning power,Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a landmark drubbing in local elections with the tepid economy and immigration fuelling voter discontent.

  • David Crowe
Keir Starmer

Starmer is a ‘dead man walking’ – and he’s not even on the ballot

The British public vote in local government elections on Thursday,May 7. But there’s a bigger issue at stake.

  • David Crowe
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Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage

Desperate leadership moves raise stakes for Starmer,Farage in UK elections

Fearing the worst,some Labour insiders are agitating for a leadership spill to topple British PM Keir Starmer as soon as possible.

  • David Crowe
Britain’s King Charles with US President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House during his visit last week.

His Majesty and our travesty:Amid No Kings protests,Charles trumped the tyrant president

Nobody cared what Charles had to say last time he visited America because all eyes were on Princess Di,the Sloane Square Cinderella. This time,he was the Cinderfella.

  • Maureen Dowd
A screenshot from police bodycam of the Golders Green arrest.

UK Greens leader retreats in row with police after antisemitic attack

Zack Polanski apologised for sharing a social media post rebuking police over the tactics used to stop a man who had allegedly stabbed two Jewish men in London.

  • David Crowe
Police officers stand in the area where two people were stabbed in Golders Green.

Britain raises terror threat level after two Jewish men stabbed

The UK government raised the threat level to “severe”,its worst rating in almost five years,meaning another attack is highly likely in the next six months.

  • David Crowe