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July 06, 2024

Starmer ushers in new era with vow to renew Britain

New prime minister says he will rebuild country 'brick by brick' as the Labour Party lands huge 176 seat majority

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Reeves and Rayner step out of shadows to take top jobs

Starmer picks first female chancellor as he rewards old team

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This heralds a new political age, not a new Labour dawn

All general elections are historic, but some are more historic than others. When we look back at the 2024 election in years to come, it will undoubtedly prove to be one of the most momentous ever, not least because it reveals in so many ways quite how much the country has changed.

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Partygate and Truss lit the flame that torched Sunak

Labour's success is spectacular. The party's likely overall majority of 176 almost matches the majority of 179 that Tony Blair secured in 1997. Yet it was not a surprise. For most of the campaign, polls of vote intention consistently put Labour 20 points ahead, narrowing only a couple of points at the end.

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Size of Labour's landslide is down to one man: Farage

A broken Rishi Sunak took responsibility for the Conservatives' historic defeat, and a jubilant Keir Starmer said there was \"nothing preordained\" about Labour's remarkable victory. But neither man acknowledged that the scale of Labour's landslide was also down to someone in neither main party: Nigel Farage.

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Do these results prove our voting system must change?

Even a cursory examination of the election results shows that Britain's first-past-the-post system produces some spectacularly disproportionate and arguably unfair outcomes.

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For the Lib Dems, the good times never seemed so good

The Liberal Democrats were almost dead after the coalition and the tuition fees fiasco, writes Sean O'Grady. But after a spot of bungee jumping and aqua aerobics, look at them now

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Fallen serial winners facing mother of all identity crises

The Conservatives' perilous state was illustrated when some party figures were privately relieved the exit poll on Thursday night gave them just 131 MPs. \"I'll take that,\" one MP said. Some opinion polls had put the Tories a humiliating third place behind the Liberal Democrats. Their worst result in history could have been even worse. The relief will not last long, once the scale of the defeat sinks in.

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SNP says independence is a 'hard sell' after 38 seats lost

The SNP has just 18 months to save the case for Scottish independence after suffering a drubbing in the general election, its Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has admitted.

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Irish reunification back on the agenda as DUP falters

One of the most significant successes in the general election is of a party that will not be represented in the House of Commons. The historic achievement, instead, will be used by Sinn Fein in its campaign to get Northern Ireland out of the United Kingdom.

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Executioner's song heralds brutal humiliation of Truss

The scalp of the first former prime minister since 1935 to lose their seat was the greatest 'Portillo moment' on the bloodiest of nights for the Conservatives, says Sean O'Grady

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Has Harris got what it takes to win if Biden bows out?

The VP is now polling better against Trump than her boss and is the obvious choice if he goes, writes

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France ‘on edge' as election is rocked by violent attacks

France's election campaign has seen more than 50 violent attacks on candidates and activists, a senior government minister has warned, as the country braces for a crunch final round of voting.

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Jailed Putin critic is moved to Siberian prison hospital

Jailed British-Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza has been transferred to a Siberian prison hospital, his wife has said.

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Sunak's error? Promising too much and delivering too little

After such an emphatic - if not downright rude - rejection by the electorate, it takes more than a little imagination to recall the day that Rishi Sunak became prime minister. On 25 October 2022, Sunak stood outside No 10 and made his first speech in charge of the country. In it, he made his first mistakes, too.

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Why markets welcomed the scale of the Starmer victory

Barring some unforeseen event, things really may be about to get better for UK plc under a new PM, says Chris Blackhurst

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Spain saved by late header as hosts Germany bow out

There's no second summer fairytale for Germany, as it's instead Spain who have the happy ending. For now. Mikel Merino ensured they rose above it all, with a brilliant header in the 119th minute. The big question as to whether they go and actually win Euro 2024 is what the cost of this 2-1 victory over the hosts will be. Toni Kroos didn't get his grand farewell, either, as he instead contributed to a match that often turned ugly.

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France win shootout to dispatch gifted Portugal

France won 5-3 on penalties

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Straight-sets victory eases Raducanu into fourth round

As Emma Raducanu hoisted up a backhand lob on the run that almost brushed the rafters on Centre Court, the Wimbledon crowd held their breath as the ball began its descent.

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Tiafoe takes Alcaraz to the brink in five-set cliff-hanger

The bare facts are that Carlos Alcaraz is through to the fourth round of Wimbledon and Frances Tiafoe is not, but that does not begin to explain the theatre that unfolded under Centre Court's closed roof. The crowd hung on every ball in a match soundtracked by gasps and hollers, as the third and 29th seeds put on a show.

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