Keir Starmer
High-profile BBC newsreader avoids jail over indecent images of children
Huw Edwards, who announced the death of Elizabeth II and fronted several major news events, was handed a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.
- by Rob Harris
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Opinion
Opinion
Why Larry the cat of 10 Downing Street wishes Starmer hadn’t won the election
This all seems a gigantic first-world problem for Larry, who could be on the mean streets of Ohio getting eaten by Trump’s illegal immigrants.
- by Michelle Cazzulino
‘It will be painful’: In major speech, British PM paints gloomy picture
Keir Starmer tells Britons their country is in a societal and economic “black hole”, and warns of rising taxes and spending cuts.
- by William Booth
Opinion
Political unrest
The spirit of the London Games has gone up in flames. Brace for Paris to torch the legacy
As we saw in London and Sydney, the celebratory multicultural and liberal triumphs of the Games are quickly followed by illiberal kickbacks.
- by Nick Bryant
‘Stop the boats’ anti-immigrant rioters chant as London eyes hostile states
With further demonstrations planned this week, the riots are a test of British policing and the country’s judicial and prisons system, which were already creaking at the seams.
- by Alex Wickham and Siraj Datoo
Opinion
UK politics
Can a rookie PM stop the riots without adding fuel to the fires?
Labour has responded judiciously to the recent ‘far-right thuggery’. But can it fix the UK’s immigration issues without giving Nigel Farage political oxygen?
- by Tim Soutphommasane
‘Far-right thuggery’: British rioters set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to do what it takes to “bring these thugs to justice” after another day of far-right violence in the UK.
- by Pan Pylas
Opinion
Political leadership
For once, we will vote at the polls on policy, not politics
This rare period of unity within both alternative parties of government means the next election will, refreshingly, be focused on ideas.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
Energy
Energy policy is becoming Australia’s own Brexit, and proving just as intractable
If the Coalition isn’t making up the policy as it’s going along, then it’s doing a Vegas-level impression of a political outfit that is.
- by Shaun Carney
Opinion
Global economy
The UK and France now have to deal with very uncertain futures
Two very different election outcomes last weekend have produced very similar challenges that the governments will struggle to deal with.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
How Anthony Albanese helped Keir Starmer win his way to Downing Street
Political gurus worldwide often look to the US to live out a West Wing-style fantasy, but UK watchers say it is Australia that really sets the tone in Westminster.
- by Rob Harris
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