#UK: Starmer's Labour Party Wins Stunning Majority; Sunak To Resign As Tory Leader

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The Labour Party has secured a landslide victory in the UK election to end 14 years of Conservative rule. “We did it!” Keir Starmer, the Labour Party Leader and incoming prime minister, said in his victory speech. “Change begins now.”

Outgoing Conservative Party Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat, saying it has been a “difficult night." He said: "Following this result, I will step down as party leader, not immediately, but once the formal arrangements for selecting my successor are in place."

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#UK: Labour Party Loses Special Election

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The UK's Ruling Conservative Party has given Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party a thumping in a by-election in Northamptonshire.

Jason Smithers, the Tory leader of North Northamptonshire Council, hailed the victory in the Desborough by-election as an "excellent" result for the local party.

According to media, the Conservatives gained 47.3 percent of the vote, a 7.5 percentage point rise, against Labour's 33.6 percent (a six percent rise). The Greens won 11.7 percent and the Liberal Democrat Party gatnered 7.4 percent.

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#UK: Starmer Challenged Over Failure To Support Cease Fire in Hamas-Israel War

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Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer has reiterated his support for a "humanitarian pause" to get help aid into Gaza.

Asked about calls from two Labour council leaders for him to resign as party leader for refusing to back a full ceasefire, Starmer said that was "not my focus."

"My focus is on alleviating the awful suffering of all of those that are caught up in the situation that has developed over the last few weeks," he said.

Like many left leaning parties throughout the world, Labour is balancing traditional support for Palestinians with accusations of an undercurrent of antisemitism that could cost them votes among Jewish and even Christian voters.

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#UK: Labour Party Leader Says Some Women Have Penises

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UK Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer has said some women, as many as one and every 1000 - have a penis this weekend, in an interview that is likely to cause friction within the Labour Party.

The Holborn and St Pancras MP has repeatedly found himself struggling to define what a woman is since taking over the role of Opposition Leader in 2020. Taking a definitive stand on the side of transsexual activists will likely invite withering criticism from conservatives, as both parties prepare to head into elections. 

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#UK: Former PM Blair Urges Current Labour Party Leader To Drop "Woke" Politics

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Former Labour Party Leader and Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged current Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer to reject “woke” politics and present a program for government that is “radical without being dangerous."

A report published by the Tony Blair Institute analyses the impact of class on voting in the 2019 general election and beyond. Based on analysis by the veteran pollster Peter Kellner, it points to particular problems for Labour with two groups: the 26% of voters who fit into the formal definition of middle class; and the 12% who would be defined as working class by pollsters but consider themselves middle class.

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#UK: Labour "Peace Minister" Would Be "Happy" If Putin Disabled UK Nuke Weapons

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UK Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer has been plunged into a political row over a ‘treasonous’ Labour frontbencher who said he would be ‘quite happy’ if Russian hackers knocked out Britain’s nuclear deterrent.

Fabian Hamilton, who serves as Sir Keir’s Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament, tells a political rally that ‘Russian hackers can already hack into the software’ controlling Trident, our independent nuclear deterrent, adding: ‘I’d be quite happy about that.’

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#UK: Poll Shows Labour Well Ahead Of Conservatives

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The Conservative Party has recovered some of its lost lead against the opposition Labour Party, an opinion poll showed last Saturday, but Boris Johnson's personal ratings remain deeply negative as he faces ongoing ethics questions.

Polling company Opinium said Labour's poll rating held at 39% in a January 5-7 survey, unchanged from late December, while support for the Conservatives rose two percentage points to 34%. The Liberal Democrats were on 11% and the Green Party was on 5%.

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Labour Party Leader Starmer Polling Badly

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A recent YouGov survey has found that more than half of the British electorate do not believe Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer is currently up to the top job.

59% of voters, and 55% of Labour voters, feel Starmer is doing "badly," in the role. 

And 61 percent believe Sir Keir does not look like he is PM in waiting, while just 18% think he is.

Twenty one percent of people were unsure.

The polling does not bode well for Starmer as the nation likely heads into an election within a year.

It does, however, match internal party polling.

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#UK: Labour Party Leader Pulls Out Of Ramadan Event Sponsored By Group Boycotting Israel

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Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the UK Labour Party, has pulled out of a Ramadan event after the controversial anti-Israel views of the CEO of the sponsoring organization emerged in the media.

The Jewish Chronicle reported that Starmer was set to attend a virtual Iftar event marking the meal breaking the Ramadan fast, held by a group called the Ramadan Tent Project.

The Labour Party in the UK has struggled in the past with members who have expressed anti Israeli views, some of which have seemed to border on anti-semitism.

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#UK: Labour Party Leader Strikes At Conservative Claim To "Law and Order" Title Ahead of Local Elections

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Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer has said it is “ridiculous” to call the Conservatives “the party of law and order” amid rising crime and falling conviction rates.

Starmer said during a visit to South Yorkshire, his party would put enforcing criminal justice at the center of its local election campaign and make sure that “people feel safe in their own environment."

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#UK: Sir Keir Starmer Wins Labour Party Leadership Election

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Sir Keir Starmer won in the first round of the UK Labour Party's leadership Election, with more than 50% of the votes. He has become Leader of the Opposition, succeeeding Jeremy Corbyn, who announced he was stepping down after the general election in December.

The shadow Brexit secretary and former director of public prosecutions is viewed as more of a centrist than the 'Corbyn' candidate. He had been an advocate for a second referendum on Brexit.

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