Keir Starmer
UK health minister sacked after wishing for elderly constituent’s death
The Labour MP from England’s north-west also shared racist and antisemitic comments in a WhatsApp group called “Trigger Me Timbers”.
- Rob Harris
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Starmer in the middle: Trump wedges British PM
Keir Starmer is stuck between a rock and a hard place in the growing transatlantic spat between the US and the European Union.
- Joe Barnes and Ben Riley-Smith
Trump pressures Europe to fix its own defences
Europe knows after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that it needs to spend more on defence. Donald Trump’s election has only made that imperative more urgent.
- Jeanna Smialek and Steven Erlanger
Trump’s after Greenland? He might have to ask the British if they want it first
Donald Trump has made clear to Denmark that he wants to place Greenland under American control, but he may need to check with Keir Starmer.
- Dominic Penna
- Analysis
- UK politics
How Elon Musk put a decades-old UK sex abuse scandal back on agenda
In a series of vitriolic posts, the tech mogul has falsely accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other Labour MPs of enabling Britain’s grooming gangs, a decade-old scandal involving a series of child sex abuse cases.
- Rob Harris
- Opinion
- Social media
Meddling Musk should discover his limitations. He’s not the messiah
How can a multibillionaire be an “everyman”? Elon Musk can – but he should appreciate that this is his strength.
- Parnell Palme McGuinness
Trudeau, Biden and Ardern are done. What’s eating the global left?
Australia may be an island, but it is not immune to the systemic forces sweeping across global politics.
- Matthew Knott
Liz Truss threatens Keir Starmer with legal action over claims she ‘crashed the economy’
The letter states that the request “is made in the context of the basic levels of civility which is due between senior politicians”.
- Rob Harris
- Editorial
- Elon Musk
Memo to an increasingly unhinged Elon Musk: You’re not in charge of the world
On the eve of President-elect Donald Trump being inaugurated for a second term, his wingman is proving a worrying curtain-raiser.
- The Herald's View
- Opinion
- Democracy
Was 2024 democracy’s annus horribilis? Actually, that may be yet to come
More than half the world’s population had the opportunity to vote this year. That’s good news. But disaffection with democracy itself is growing. That’s not so good.
- Nick Bryant
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