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Rishi Sunak gambled on his own instincts, and those of his closest advisers. That gamble turned a losing hand into a catastrophe.
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Rishi Sunak gambled on his own instincts, and those of his closest advisers. That gamble turned a losing hand into a catastrophe.
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Ukrainian forces are pulling back along parts of the frontline under fierce Russian pressure; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed the difficult situation on a lack of weapons for his soldiers.
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Today UEFA suspended Turkish football player Merih Demiral for two matches for making a controversial gesture during Turkey’s Euro 2024 match with Austria earlier this week.
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Labour MP David Lammy has been appointed as the UK’s new foreign secretary.
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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg today shot down growing calls in the US to force Ukraine to give up land or future NATO membership in return for Russian leader Vladimir Putin ending the war.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he wanted to use Hungary’s turn at the Council of the EU presidency to bring Europe together. And it appears he has succeeded — just probably not in the way he expected.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a warm Kremlin welcome to Viktor Orbán today, greeting the Hungarian leader as the “president of the Council of the European Union,” even as Brussels disavowed that Orbán was representing the 27 EU countries.
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Sinn Féin, the Irish republican party that wants to abolish Northern Ireland, has become the UK region’s biggest player in Britain’s parliament — even though its MPs refuse to take their seats there.
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The UK's Labour Party has strolled into government for the first time since 2010. While some celebrations are no doubt inevitable, the dust will soon settle and attention will turn to the heavy in-tray of running the country. Our live blog has more 👇
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🚨 BREAKING: Labour leader Keir Starmer has officially become the new British prime minister.
Follow our live blog for updates: trib.al/nM0vuI4
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Jeremy Corbyn was the most high-profile independent to win a seat in the UK’s general election yesterday, campaigning on the Middle East to deal Labour a blow.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrived in Moscow on Friday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a visit roundly condemned by European leaders.
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In some parts of Brussels, conversations have already moved to the other top jobs race. EU Transition Playbook has the rundown 👇
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🚨 BREAKING: Following the UK's general election results, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has resigned.
Follow our live blog for updates: trib.al/MvNMRQE
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Rishi Sunak has officially stepped down as the UK's prime minister.
Follow our live blog for updates: www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
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Rishi Sunak will make a statement in a few moments before he leaves Downing Street for the final time as prime minister, following the results of the UK general election last night. Head to our live blog to follow along:
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Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey’s madcap election campaign ended in success in the UK's vote last night. From paddle boarding to bungee jumping, here's a look back at his pre-election adventures that captured everyone’s attention 👇
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As Britain’s Conservatives woke up to the full scale of their humiliating defeat in the UK general election today, news emerged that former PM Liz Truss had lost her seat in parliament. In many ways, her ignominious exit is the perfect symbol of this election.
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Leaders across Europe have reacted to the UK’s dramatic election, heaping praise on Labour leader and incoming British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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European leaders waking up to Labour’s overwhelming election victory in the UK this morning have shared their reactions to the news. Here's a round-up of what they had to say 👇
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his finance and economy ministers have reached a preliminary deal on a draft budget for 2025, dodging a government meltdown.
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On names, European politics can be super confusing: consider the European People’s Party (the party) and European People’s Party (the group). So thank goodness Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is great at naming things. More in our Declassified humor column 👇
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While accusations of racism and antisemitism continue to dog France's National Rally party, its leader Marine Le Pen has successfully presented herself as a champion of France’s Jews.
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ANALYSIS: Keir Starmer spoke of the “sunlight of hope” as he hailed his landslide victory in the UK general election. But there is a cloud in the sky blotting out a little of the new prime minister’s sunshine.
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COMMENTARY: Only a third of Trump Republicans believe NATO cooperation makes the US safer, as opposed to nearly half of other Republicans and two-thirds of Democrats. So, there is, indeed, cause to be worried.
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Outgoing prime minister Rishi Sunak is set to make a statement at around 10:30 a.m. BST (UTC+1) before traveling to Buckingham Palace and formally tendering his resignation to King Charles.
We'll be following along live, right here: www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
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In today's Politics at Jack and Sam’s, our hosts look at what happened during the UK general election overnight, who the big winners and losers are and if it can get any worse for the Conservative Party. 🎧 Listen now:
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The Scottish National Party had a complete meltdown in the UK general election and are set to be reduced to single-digit seats in parliament after serious Labour gains in Scotland.
London Playbook has more: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...
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The UK general election has left the fabric of Britain looking radically different.
How did the Labour party pull it off?
London Playbook has the rundown: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...
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Rishi Sunak said he will quit as UK prime minister with “goodwill” this morning. That means he'll hand over the reins to opposition Labour Leader Keir Starmer. Read today's London Playbook for a play-by-play on how that will transpire 👇
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Britain awakes to a seismic change election — with Labour's Keir Starmer set to be prime minister by teatime. It means after 14 years, the Conservatives are not only banished from office, but crushed into the ground. London Playbook has more.
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Liz Truss’s political ambitions were brought to a humiliating end this morning as she lost her parliamentary seat in the UK election.
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Nervosité à l'Elysée, échappée du RN en Bretagne. Et sur la moto arrière de Playbook Paris, on fait le point sur les gruppettos possibles à l'Assemblée.
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As he battles the far right at home, the European Union’s protectionist-in-chief, Emmanuel Macron, is on the verge of losing influence over the bloc’s trade policy — after years of driving the agenda.
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The results are in: In the UK general election, former Prime Minister Liz Truss has suffered a stunning defeat in her South West Norfolk constituency, which she held in 2019 with a 26,195 vote majority.
Our live blog has more: www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
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It looks like the pre-UK general election stunts paid off for Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey.
Follow our live blog for more updates: www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
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Lawmakers on the EU’s right flank can easily agree: They all hate the Green Deal. It’s how to channel that hatred that is proving hard.
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In Italy, Giorgia Meloni — a right-wing firebrand who became prime minister in 2022 — has reshaped herself as a constructive conservative leader. If Marine Le Pen was elected president of France, could she be counted upon to make a similar metamorphosis?
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Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is about to be prime minister of the United Kingdom.
He has a long back story.
Dig in: www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
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Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán has immediately tested the outer limits of his Council of the EU presidency, after news broke that he would be meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow today. Brussels Playbook has more.
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Brexit champion Nigel Farage finally became a UK MP this morning — and his insurgent right-wing Reform Party is on the rise. The result will send shockwaves through Westminster, where he is largely seen as a pariah by the MPs of other parties.
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After dominating Scottish politics for years, the pro-independence Scottish National Party is having a terrible morning as votes continue to be counted in the UK election.
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Keir Starmer, a human rights lawyer from a small town in southern England, is about to be prime minister of the United Kingdom. His victory on July 4 was overwhelming. Yet Britain barely knows who he is.
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Britain’s prime minister, for the first time in his life, wasn’t up to the task. Read our farewell to Rishi Sunak 👇
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded this morning that his Conservative party had lost the general election and that Labour would form the next government.
Here's what happens next 👇
Follow our blog for more updates: www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
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🚨 BREAKING: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has conceded defeat in the UK general election. Updates here:
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The official UK election exit poll predicts that Nigel Farage’s Reform is set to get 13 seats, a major win for the right-wing party.
Most polls suggested it would only get three MPs.
Follow our live blog for updates: trib.al/yH5Quei
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For the UK Tories, the result of today's general election will be a disastrous end to PM Rishi Sunak’s audacious snap election gambit.
His party is now on course for its worst result in history.
Sunak is widely expected to resign in the coming hours.
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UK election results: The Labour Party has wiped out the Conservatives in an election bloodbath, according to the exit poll.
If borne out by results, it means the party's leader Keir Starmer will be anointed as Britain’s 58th prime minister — ending 14 years of Tory rule.
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🚨BREAKING: Labour has obliterated the Tories with a historic election win according to the official exit poll.
Full story: trib.al/ZEbeHwJ
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