#british-politics

#british-politics

Only six years ago, at the 2019 election, the Conservatives and Labour got 76% of the vote between them, coming first and second in both votes and seats, as they have at every general election since 1922. Yet in most opinion polls now, the two parties around which politics is usually arranged at Westminster, in the media, and in the minds of millions of voters, activists and party donors have a combined support of less than 40%.

Cast your mind back to the furore when the shadow justice secretary, Robert Jenrick, was revealed to have said that he didn't see another white face in the Handsworth area of Birmingham. It was reported as if it would be of real consequence to his political future but enough time has passed, I figure, to confirm that it was not. Why did some seriously consider this a turning point?

Cork's Morgan McSweeney is one of the most powerful Irishmen in the world as Keir Starmer's chief of staff. But now he faces mounting challenges

Theirs was a small-P political household. His dad was a social worker, his mum worked for various charities. She was from Mauritius, and now on the telly, the National Front were saying they were going to send people who weren't born in Britain home in six months. I was petrified that my mum was going to get sent home. The ambient racism of 70s and 80s Britain permeated everything. I just remember being scared, Lowles says.

Strategic incoherence gnaws at Britain's global actions, with its historical role intersecting diminished circles of the Commonwealth, Europe, and the US now offering no coherent strategy.

The sudden announcement by Zarah Sultana to co-lead a new party with Jeremy Corbyn aims to challenge the current state of British left-of-centre politics.

"Age and education have displaced class as the main demographic dividing line in British politics, indicating a shift towards multidimensional political views."

It was a moment in time when petrified politicians lurched from crisis to crisis, scrambling desperately to control the narrative as their endless gaffes derailed even the vaguest attempts to change this country for the better.

The debate on immigration in Britain hinges on three beliefs: too many foreigners are arriving, past governmental incompetence, and the possibility of reducing numbers without economic detriment.