UK politics
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How a firebrand plumber triumphed for the Greens and infuriated the UK right
Hannah Spencer walked through communities each day with a big smile, bright clothes and her four greyhounds. She was an antidote to the anodyne political class.
- David Crowe
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- Epstein fallout
Ex-British cabinet minister Peter Mandelson released on bail amid Epstein leaks probe
The UK Labour insider was earlier arrested at his London home on suspicion of misconduct in public office, days after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was detained on similar grounds.
- David Crowe
Ministers back Starmer after rebels call for leader to quit over Mandelson
The British PM is fighting a Labour rebellion after the head of the party’s Scottish wing called on him to stand down, sharply escalating the pressure for new leadership.
- David Crowe
- Analysis
- Analysis
The ultimate Labor insider stepping into London’s hot seat
The Australian government’s man in the UK is trying to bring two governments closer together even as one of them tears itself apart.
- David Crowe
- Analysis
- Trump diplomacy
In its fury at Trump, Europe can learn from China
There is an anger beneath the careful reaction in Europe over the US president’s demand for Greenland – and it is hardening opinions about how to respond.
- David Crowe
- Opinion
- Opinion
Westminster woes deepen for UK Labour. Sussan Ley should take note
UK politics is fracturing left, right and centre with febrile speculation about an imminent challenge to the PM Keir Starmer.
- George Brandis
- Opinion
- Federal budget
Sex, money and politics: how a taboo subject could trip up the left
Labor and Labour governments aim to make voters feel like they receive more from the government than they put in. But eventually, it’s “ordinary people” who “pay a little bit more”.
- Parnell Palme McGuinness
- Opinion
- Immigration
Britain is now impersonating Australia. It’s all it can do to fend off the far right
British politics seems like a strange echo of our 2010s: that era when our major parties kept axing sitting prime ministers, and asylum seekers were never far from the centre of political debate.
- Waleed Aly
Will the sun ever rise on a British republic?
Despite the royal family’s latest trials and tribulations, Britain’s republicans are still struggling to sell the idea of a future without the monarchy.
- David Crowe