Despite the new prime minister’s polling bump, Labour remains vulnerable on immigration. The post The ‘Burnham Bounce’ Is Real But Fragile appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage The ‘Burnham Bounce’ Is Real But Fragile Despite the new prime minister’s polling bump, Labour remains vulnerable on immigration. UK Special Coverage Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images Ever since Andy Burnham set his sights on Downing Street, he has presented himself as a normal, down-to-earth bloke. With his northern accent and smart-casual dress sense, it is hard not to contrast him with the rest of the Westminster elite, at least in style if not in substance. Since he ousted Keir Starmer in July, there has been a steady drumbeat of policy announcements, all…Open
Local elections show Reform surging and the establishment parties receding. The post The Teal Tide Washes Over Britain appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage The Teal Tide Washes Over Britain Local elections show Reform surging and the establishment parties receding. UK Special Coverage (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) This week’s English local elections are nothing short of revolutionary. The right-populist Reform UK has not simply gained ground in the Labour Party’s former heartlands—it is swallowing them up wholesale. The populist juggernaut is routing the mainstream, establishment parties. In normal times, most people in the UK would pay very little attention to their local-council elections. Turnout tends to be embarrassingly low.…Open
President Trump is headlining Turning Point USA's (TPUSA) event in Arizona on Friday afternoon, as Republicans seek to bolster support ahead of November. The “Build the Red Wall” event comes at a time when Trump's backing among young voters is slipping as the conflict in Iran persists and as affordability concerns continue to mount. A recent Yale Youth Poll shows that 68 percent of voters aged 18-22 disapprove of his job as president, along with 72 percent of those aged 23-29. His remarks come less than a week after Vice President Vance spoke at a separate TPUSA event in Athens, Ga., where he acknowledged young voters' criticism of Trump's Middle East policy.
