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Labour rebrands Starmer as global statesman in scramble for votes

Party plans to use Prime Minister’s involvement in Iran peace talks to shore up support before local elections Daily Telegraph 08/04/26 Labour has described Sir Keir Starmer as a global statesman in an attempt to avoid a wipeout at the local elections next month, The Telegraph understands. Party officials are planning to use the Prime Minister’s work on the Iran war to shore up support and keep Sir Keir in office. Although the elections will only directly affect councils in England and devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales, a poor result for Labour will be viewed as a referendum on Sir Keir’s premiership. On Tuesday, Labour issued its first party election broadcast, which depicted Sir Keir against a black backdrop and between two Union flags. The video appeared to be an attempt to recreate an official Government podium, which under electoral law cannot be used for political campaigning. In the video, Sir Keir promised to “de-escalate and bring this conflict to an end”...
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Labour launches campaign against Zack Polanski to defeat Greens

Starmer’s strategists test anti-Green messaging, including leader’s former job as a breast enhancement hypnotist Daily Telegraph 06/04/26 Two years ago, before the last general election, voters could be forgiven for thinking of the Green Party as little more than a band of eco-friendly Leftists. The party’s main policies in 2024 included a faster target for reaching net zero, more NHS investment and an end to university tuition fees – funded by tax rises for the rich. But all that has changed with the election of Zack Polanski, the 43-year-old self-described “eco-populist”, who has lifted the party to tie with Labour and the Conservatives in the opinion polls, just four points behind Reform. Under his leadership, the party’s policy platform has shifted dramatically further to the Left and now features pledges to scrap drug laws, legalise prostitution and lower motorway speed limits to 55mph. Concerned by rising support for Mr Polanski among young people, Muslims and the middle ...
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Labour scrambles for candidates to avoid local elections bloodbath

Leaked emails implore party members to stand for office, telling them that ‘no experience is necessary’ Daily Telegraph 04/04/26 Sir Keir Starmer is desperately recruiting council candidates amid fears of a Labour bloodbath at the local elections next month. Leaked emails obtained by The Telegraph show the Labour Party is scrambling to find candidates to stand in the contests, with one local government committee begging its members to sign up. The leak is the latest in a series of embarrassing blows to the Prime Minister, whose premiership may once again be thrown into question if Labour is, as predicted, decimated at the ballot box in May. The Labour local government committee in Sutton, south-west London, has sent out at least three emails in the past seven days imploring members to stand in the elections. On Thursday, an email sent to Labour members stated: “The deadline for candidate nominations is next week and we still have a number of places left for members to stand for...
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Britain’s Islamo-left is on the march

With ‘anti-fascists’ like these, who needs fascists? Spiked 29/03/26 ‘Love, unity, hope.’ That was the cringe, Hallmark-card message of yesterday’s ‘march against the far right’ in London, organised by the Together Alliance – a coalition of trade unions, hysterical left-wingers and dense celebrities who have memed themselves into believing that the right-populist Reform UK is a ‘far-right party’. I’d barely been on Whitehall for 30 seconds before I saw that most lovely, unifying and hopeful of sights: a sea of flags of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the terror state that has been veiling women, hanging homosexuals and murdering dissidents and Jews ever since 1979. You might think that any self-respecting anti-fascist wouldn’t want to be seen dead with these ayatollah fanboys, apologists for an anti-Semitic dictator with messianic designs on the world. (Now who does that remind me of? It’s on the tip of my tongue!) But you would be wrong. The flags and placards of the late Supreme ...
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Trump mocks Starmer in fresh attack

US president impersonates PM, ridiculing him over aircraft carriers at White House lunch Daily Telegraph 03/04/26 Donald Trump has mocked Sir Keir Starmer as weak over his response to the war with Iran. The US president impersonated the Prime Minister, claiming he had told him he had to “ask his team” about sending “two old broken-down aircraft carriers” to the Middle East. Speaking at an White House Easter lunch, Mr Trump said Britain “should be our best” ally, but had not been during the US-Israeli war with Iran. The president said: “I asked [the] UK, who should be our best. In fact the King is coming over here in two weeks, he’s a nice guy, King Charles. “But should be our best but they weren’t our best. I said ‘you have two, old broken-down aircraft carriers, do you think you could send them over’?” Impersonating Sir Keir with a weak voice, Mr Trump added: “‘Ohhh, I’ll have to ask my team.’ “I said: ‘You’re the Prime Minister, you don’t have to.’ ‘No, no, no, I have to as...
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Miliband’s North Sea crackdown seems more senseless than ever

Iran war leaves Energy Secretary increasingly isolated on his ‘holy’ crusade against oil and gas Daily Telegraph 22/03/26 Ed Miliband and Donald Trump have never been political bedfellows. But on the North Sea, it is no longer just the American president who is at odds with the Energy Secretary. As the war in the Middle East convulses global oil and gas markets, Labour’s crackdown on home-grown production is facing mounting opposition from all sides – including from people once sympathetic to Miliband’s net zero cause. The Government’s ban on new drilling licences and its swingeing windfall tax have been blamed for crippling the UK’s domestic industry while also reducing tax revenues and pushing up carbon emissions. It’s a self-inflicted blow that is now prompting opposition from surprising directions – leaving Miliband looking increasingly isolated. Among those advocating a “drill, baby, drill” approach are not just Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, and Nigel Farage, the...
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Why a major crisis is about to hit the UK

Aside from watching my new book Suicide of a Nation rocket to Number 2 in the Amazon bestseller list - making it the second biggest selling book in Britain behind a children’s Easter book about a fluffy chick - I also spent this weekend watching something else. Matt Godwin newletter 30/03/26 Mounting evidence that Britain is about to be plunged into a major financial and political crisis, which could clear the way for an early general election. I remember Nigel Farage telling me six months ago that he thought the next general election could arrive much sooner than 2029, potentially as early as next year. I was sceptical. But now, amidst the ongoing War in Iran and an intensifying energy crisis, I not only think Farage was right but am also coming to the view it could arrive even sooner. Just look, for example, at the clearest warning sign of all: government debt. Britain is currently spending somewhere around £140 billion a year just servicing our national debt - just paying o...
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