UK politics
British PM's sausage flub
During an address at a Labour Party conference, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls hostages 'sausages' when speaking about the conflict in Gaza.
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Keir Starmer calls Gaza hostages ‘sausages’ in key Labour speech
The British PM appealed to voters exhausted by years of political and economic turmoil with the message that better times are on the way.
- by Jill Lawless
Analysis
UK
‘Frockgate’: Keir Starmer’s love for freebies ends his short-lived honeymoon
The PM had hoped for a quiet summer after his election triumph. The calm is being disturbed by the controversy about him accepting gifts worth tens of thousands of pounds.
- by Rob Harris
Wedding bells at The Lodge? Only if Albo wins nation’s heart again
For a bunch of reasons, The Lodge would be the place to wed. But first there’s an election to win.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
‘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
The political odd couple taking the podcast world by storm
Former British politician Rory Stewart is one half of a hugely successful show that promotes intelligent policy discussion.
- by Nick Galvin
Opinion
UK
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
Tony Abbott recruited to help stop Sydney Harbour Bridge cycleway
The former prime minister has been approached by some very vocal locals furious about a new bike ramp in Milsons Point.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Private schools are meant to help you get ahead. Not in Starmer’s cabinet
Two-thirds of Rishi Sunak’s cabinet were privately educated, but only one MP in Labour’s new cabinet paid to go to school. It’s a rapid turnaround.
- by Rob Harris
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
Analysis
Analysis
Celebrations will be short-lived for Starmer, he’s got to fix a broken Britain
Britain’s new prime minister faces perhaps the most monumental challenges of any incoming UK leader since Clement Attlee’s Labour Party won in a landslide in 1945.
- by Rob Harris
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