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UK Election Analysis: Labour’s Landslide Victory & Reform’s Right-Wing Surge Redraws The Political Map

The UK’s political map has been significantly redrawn. After 14 years in power, the Conservative Party has been routed by Keir Starmer’s Labour, suffering heavy losses not only to their traditional enemy but also to the Liberal Democrats and the upstart right-wing Reform UK. The result has the…

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Breaking Baz: David Hare, British Playwright & Filmmaker, Casts An Unsparing Eye Over The UK General Election & Reveals He Is Working On A Drama About “The Great Question Of The 21st Century”

EXCLUSIVE: David Hare, one of the UK’s foremost playwrights and a double Oscar nominee, is in an unsparing mood about the state of UK politics. This comes as leaders of the country's two major parties parry in the cut and thrust of the July 4 general election. Hare's view, he tells Breaking Baz, is…

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Jon Stewart Wades Into Row Over UK Election Hopeful’s Israel Tweets: “Dumbest Thing The UK Has Done Since Electing Boris Johnson”

Jon Stewart has waded into a row about the UK Labour Party blocking election candidate Faiza Shaheen from running for Parliament over her historical tweets relating to Israel. Stewart shared a Twitter (now X) post from former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, in which Hasan claimed that Shaheen had been…

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J.K. Rowling Slams UK Labour Leader For Treatment Of Female Politician

It's been three short days since UK prime minister Rishi Sunak announced the country would be going to the polls on July 4th for a general election, and J.K. Rowling has made her presence felt on social media, slamming the opposition leader for his treatment of a gender-critical politician in his own…

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International Insider: Cannes Conclusion; UK Election Call; Ari Emanuel Berates Netanyahu

Good afternoon Insiders, Jesse Whittock back again to take you through the week’s news in the entertainment industry, as the Cannes Film Festival nears its close. What More Cannes I Say? ANTONIN THUILLIER/AFP via Getty…

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Sky News Reporter Live Broadcasts Being Forcibly Ejected From Conservative Election Campaign Event

A Sky News journalist was forcibly removed from an event at which UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak launched the Conservative election campaign. Political correspondent Darren McCaffrey was muscled out of the room live on air, just as Sunak was about to take the stage at an event at London’s Excel…

Rishi Sunak’s Election Speech Drowned Out By Pouring British Rain & Protester Blasting D:Ream’s ‘Things Can Only Get Better’

Farcical scenes in Britain, where Rishi Sunak’s speech announcing a July 4 election was drowned out by rain and a protester blasting D:Ream hit Things Can Only Get Better. As the prime minister delivered his address to the nation, he was getting visibly drenched by a spring shower, while he had to…

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