Keir Starmer has sacked Angela Rayner from her roles as Labour’s party chair and national campaign coordinator after the humiliating loss of the Hartlepool byelection. The worse-than-expected defeat in Hartlepool, which saw the Conservatives take the seat with a majority of almost 7,000, shocked Starmer’s team and led to recriminations at the top of the … Read more
History was made in Scotland on Saturday as the country elected its first woman of colour to serve as a member of the Scottish parliament (MSP). Kaukab Stewart won her race for the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the Glasgow Kelvin constituency, describing the achievement as an “honour”. “It is without doubt an honour to … Read more
Andy Burnham has been re-elected as mayor of Greater Manchester with 67.3% of the vote. His Conservative opponent, Laura Evans, came second with 19.6%. Named the “king of the north” for his defiant stance against the government during Greater Manchester’s second Covid wave in autumn, the former Labour health secretary benefited from high name recognition, … Read more
The arts are being screwed over. Again. If we keep allowing this to happen, there will be an atrophying of the national soul the like of which the UK has never seen. The added insult is that this latest round of cultural vandalism is being wreaked under the guise of a bogus battle between the … Read more
The Scottish National party is closing in on a historic fourth consecutive victory in the Scottish parliament elections, with the question of whether it secures an overall majority now resting on a handful of seats. The former Scottish secretary David Mundell told BBC Scotland he was anticipating a SNP majority, suggesting the party would pick … Read more