The right must consider the possibility that the new prime minister may in fact be good at politics. The post Burnham, Populist? appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Burnham, Populist? The right must consider the possibility that the new prime minister may in fact be good at politics. UK Special Coverage Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images Since Andy Burnham assumed the office of Prime Minister on July 20, most of the right-leaning publications and commentators in the United Kingdom have greeted his every policy pronouncement as vague, insubstantial, and/or impossible to carry out. Those criticisms are largely spot-on. But the tribally-driven dishonesty characteristic of what now passes as political coverage and analysis dictates that those…Open
Nigel Farage has criticized new Prime Minister Andy Burnham's government for pursuing a "leftward shift" without a voter mandate and called for an immediate General Election.
Nigel Farage has criticized new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government for pursuing a “leftward shift” without a voter mandate and called for an immediate General Election. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage has called for an immediate General Election now Andy Burnham has become Britain ‘s new Prime Minister, arguing that the new premier lacks a public mandate to pursue major political and economic reforms. Speaking to supporters in Norfolk, England, the Reform UK leader said Burnham’s administration would move the country “further to the left,” predicting higher taxes, increased government borrowing, and policies that would cost households the equivalent of thousands of pounds. DETAIL: Farage noted that…Open
Newly-elected Labour Member of Parliament for Makerfield and likely-next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Andy Burnham is considering scrapping Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms.
Labour Member of Parliament (MP) and likely next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Andy Burnham is contemplating scrapping incoming immigration reforms intended to stop “Boriswave” migrants from settling in Britain indefinitely. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Newly elected Labor Member of Parliament (MP) and likely next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Andy Burnham, is considering scrapping Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s incoming immigration reforms. KEY QUOTE: “He sees it as a matter of fairness and will not want to impose the changes retrospectively,” said a source close to Burnham. DETAIL: The immigration reforms put forward by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Homeland Security…Open
Are there ears to hear the former prime minister’s Fire Sermon on what Labour must do to remain viable? The post Blair’s Bombshell appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Blair’s Bombshell Are there ears to hear the former prime minister’s Fire Sermon on what Labour must do to remain viable? UK Special Coverage Labour’s most successful former leader, Tony Blair, has just thrown a hand grenade into the stuttering Labour leadership race. In a five-thousand-word j’accuse, published by his Institute for Global Change, Blair criticizes the tax-and-spend orthodoxy of the current Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer while also excoriating the radical posturing of his wannabe challengers, Wes Streeting, the former health secretary, and the favorite, Andy Burnham, the mayor of…Open
It is not clear any would-be challenger would fare better than Starmer. The post Britain Has a Prime Minister in Purgatory appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Britain Has a Prime Minister in Purgatory It is not clear any would-be challenger would fare better than Starmer. Imagine if a group of disaffected Republican congressmen could get together to bring down a president of the United States—just like that—by getting 20 percent of their colleagues to nominate someone new. Under the U.S. Constitution, the president, as head of state, has his own mandate for a four-year term. But in Britain, a prime minister remains the prisoner of his party and remains in office only with the consent of his or her backbenchers. That is one reason why Britain has had six prime ministers in the last 11 years, and why it is about to…Open
Angela Rayner, who resigned last year after paying the wrong rate of tax on an apartment purchase, said an investigation found she had not done so deliberately.
British Health Secretary Wes Streeting has stepped down from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's government and called for a leadership contest following heavy election losses for the governing Labour Party.
British Health Secretary Wes Streeting has stepped down from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government and called for a leadership contest following heavy election losses for the governing Labour Party last week. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s now-former Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, resigned from Cabinet on Thursday, criticizing the premier’s leadership of Britain’s governing Labour Party, citing “drift” and a lack of vision. His resignation follows Labour’s poor performance in local and regional elections across England, Scotland, and Wales last week, which saw the party lose heavily to Nigel Farage’s Reform Party and, to a lesser extent, the far-left Green Party. DETAIL: In his…Open
Time is running short for the embattled prime minister. The post Starmer Agonistes appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Starmer Agonistes Time is running short for the embattled prime minister. UK Special Coverage Last week, in one of its worst-ever local election results, Labour lost 1,400 seats to Reform UK, lost Wales to the nationalist Plaid Cymru, and failed to prevent the secessionist SNP winning a fifth consecutive term of government in the Scottish Parliament. Keir Starmer’s government was rejected by everyone, everywhere, all at once. Here is one former Labour Party insider, Patrick Maguire, reflecting on the Labour prime minister’s response: [Starmer offers] another eight years of nothingness, of learnt…Open
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's premiership is hanging in the balance following heavy losses for the governing Labour Party in local and regional elections last week, with dozens of Labour Members of Parliament (MPs) signing a letter calling for his resignation.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership is hanging in the balance following heavy losses for the governing Labour Party in local and regional elections last week, with dozens of Labour Members of Parliament (MPs) signing a letter calling for his resignation. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a leadership crisis following a disastrous showing for the governing Labour Party in English local elections and Scottish and Welsh legislative elections last week. Dozens of Labour Members of Parliament (MPs) including some frontbenchers —MPs who also serve as government ministers—are calling for his resignation. Over 80 Labour MPs are reported to have signed a letter by Catherine West…Open