December 2024
- Analysis
- UK politics
Musk is ‘ready to bankroll’ UK populist Farage. Is Australia next?
The Reform UK leader is potentially in line for a massive injection of support from the X owner. Could the billionaire be looking at Down Under, too?
- Hans van Leeuwen
July 2024
Japan, Philippines sign defence deal amid China tensions
Japan and the Philippines sign deal to boost security; New housing loans fall in value by 1.7 per cent to $28.8 billion. How the day unfolded.
- Lucy Slade
Newcomer Starmer set to be mobbed at NATO summit
Britain’s new prime minister will travel to a NATO summit this week in Washington, where he will represent a rare point of centrist stability among unsettled allies.
- Mark Landler
- Opinion
- Gaza Strip
How The Muslim Vote’s sectarian insurgency over Gaza shocked Britain
Across the country, Sir Keir’s party was enjoying a famous victory, but a powerful counter-current flowed from a single cause, rooted in a single demographic group.
- Jake Wallis Simons
Work-free Friday nights ‘unrealistic’ for CEOs
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he tries not to work past 6pm on a Friday. Some of Australia’s top CEOs say that wouldn’t fly in their world.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why things could get even worse for the Tories
If the Conservative Party doesn’t come to an understanding with Reform there is a real chance Reform could replace it as the main party of the right at the next election.
- Simon Heffer
- Analysis
- Analysis
Voters didn’t flock to Starmer and he knows it
Labour can claim a big mandate after its landslide victory, but the UK’s new government must also quickly prove itself, after winning just 34 per cent of the vote.
- Updated
- Jim Pickard
Fixing broken Britain needs ‘tough decisions’, Starmer warns
The new prime minister held a cabinet meeting on Saturday to kickstart his bid to resuscitate the country’s ailing public services and tight finances.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Albanese congratulates Keir Starmer on emphatic victory
The two prime ministers discussed the AUKUS submarines agreement, climate change policy and the war in Ukraine.
- Tom McIlroy
How Angela Rayner became one of Britain’s most powerful women
She grew up in dire poverty caring for a sick mother on a council estate. But Angela Rayner’s drive to succeed propelled her to the top of the Labour Party.
- Louise Carpenter
- Opinion
- Opinion
The fight for the UK right has begun
Surrendering to the Faragist path rather than taking it on and defeating it would herald the end of the centre right and a capitulation to unserious politics.
- Robert Shrimsley
Shares up as UK treasurer vows to ‘work hand-in-glove’ with business
The FTSE 250 touched its highest level since April 2022 as Sir Keir Starmer became prime minister, powered by a rally for home-building stocks and property companies.
- Updated
- Chris Price, Alex Singleton, Ben Riley-Smith and Szu Ping Chan
‘We will fight until you believe again’: Starmer vows to fix Britain
Keir Starmer has officially become the UK’s new prime minister after a landslide victory in the polls and says he will lead a government focused on public service.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Muslim vote was a disaster for Starmer and could be for Albanese
An analysis of the 23 seats in the UK where Muslim Vote candidates opposed Labour, resulted in an unmitigated disaster for the party. Repeated here, it would be a wipeout for Labor in western Sydney.
- John Black
- Opinion
- Opinion
Starmer can help Britain redeem itself
With a towering majority, a well-disciplined team and a ruthless instinct for power, Keir Starmer can restore some of the respect the Tories destroyed.
- Adrian Wooldridge
Labour’s sweeping victory in Britain is terrible news for Peter Dutton
The UK general election was fought over problems that are familiar to many Australian voters, which is why the outcome looks bad for the Coalition.
- Aaron Patrick
- Analysis
- Analysis
Gaza backlash and other key lessons from UK’s election
Gaza has shaken up the left, populism is shaking up the right. Labour’s majority is less secure than it seems, but Keir Starmer’s dullness could be an asset.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
Former PM Liz Truss loses her seat
Labour claims majority; Rishi Sunak calls Starmer to concede; the country’s shortest-serving leader loses her seat. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Andrew Hobbs and Lucy Slade
Knives out: Tory collapse sparks bitter blame game
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under fire after an exit poll shows the Conservative Party is set for the worst result in its history.
- Updated
- Lucy Fisher
- Updated
- Rishi Sunak
‘Politicians are being voted out’: Warning for incumbents in UK result
Geopolitical and polling experts said the British poll showed fragmentation and populism, trends that could play into Australia’s 2025 election.
- Tom McIlroy and Patrick Durkin