Sinking Sunak steers Tories towards iceberg as MPs jump overboard
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UK election

Sinking Sunak steers Tories towards iceberg as MPs jump overboard

Nearly 80 Conservative MPs will not seek re-election on July 4,that’s nearly a quarter of all Tories serving under the British prime minister now.

  • byRob Harris

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Besides rain and bad polls,Sunak also must contend with ghosts
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UK election

Besides rain and bad polls,Sunak also must contend with ghosts

Two key figures,adored and detested by their respective tribes in equal measure,will make life harder for Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.

  • byRob Harris
Diminished and drenched,Rishi Sunak seems impatient for his own demise
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UK election

Diminished and drenched,Rishi Sunak seems impatient for his own demise

The British PM is attempting to pull off a turnaround that would be unique in modern political history. It’s not off to a convincing start.

  • byRob Harris
Sunak calls snap UK election as Conservatives face thrashing at poll

Sunak calls snap UK election as Conservatives face thrashing at poll

In power since 2010,the Tories have tanked in opinion polls on the back of a post-COVID cost-of-living crisis and successive political scandals.

  • byRob Harris
‘Day of shame’:Sunak apologises for Britain’s infected-blood scandal

‘Day of shame’:Sunak apologises for Britain’s infected-blood scandal

A six-year inquiry has found the deaths of about 3000 people and the infections of some 30,000 others could have mostly been avoided. The PM has vowed compensation.

  • byAurelien Breeden
Netflix boss misled parliament over truth of Baby Reindeer story,MP claims

Netflix boss misled parliament over truth of Baby Reindeer story,MP claims

A Scottish National Party MP wants the streaming giant to substantiate its claims that a stalker who inspired the fictional character was convicted.

  • byAlex Barton
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One more time,with feeling:The reinvention of David Cameron
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One more time,with feeling:The reinvention of David Cameron

The former British prime minister’s shock return to politics was cynically received by the public. Now he’s got less than a year to rewrite his legacy.

  • byRob Harris
‘More time to learn’:Ashes hero drops out of race for UK parliament

‘More time to learn’:Ashes hero drops out of race for UK parliament

After a series of gaffes,former England cricketer Monty Panesar has now said he will no longer contest the seat for parliament one week after announcing his run.

  • byRob Harris
Sunak closer to the scrapheap after Tories smashed at local elections
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Sunak closer to the scrapheap after Tories smashed at local elections

After weeks of speculation of a move against him,it appears even Sunak’s colleagues have lost hope that changing the leader could do anything ahead of the general election in the UK.

  • byRob Harris
Ashes hero Monty Panesar wants to be an MP,but he’s already got himself in a spin

Ashes hero Monty Panesar wants to be an MP,but he’s already got himself in a spin

The former England left-arm spinner conducted a series of awkward interviews after declaring he would stand as a candidate at the next general election.

  • byRob Harris
Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting ID

Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting ID

Johnson introduced the contentious new laws that mandate photo ID when voting while he was PM despite railing against the idea when he was a newspaper columnist in 2004.

  • byRob Harris