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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicUK elections

Topic: UK elections

UK elects record number of 26 Indian-origin MPs & 264 women to House of Commons

Labour politician Rachel Reeves has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st female to hold the post. Of the Indian-origin MPs, 6 belong to Conservative party, including Rishi Sunak.

Lack of party discipline, first domino fell with Brexit — what went wrong for UK’s Conservatives

Rishi Sunak-led Conservative Party has had its worst showing in UK general elections, winning as few as 121 seats and seeing its vote share drop by 20 percentage points.

Modi congratulates Labour’s Keir Starmer for ‘landslide win’ in UK elections

The Prime Minister also praised the Indian-origin outgoing PM Rishi Sunak for his active contribution in deepening India-UK ties.

Voting begins in the UK, Britons expected to reject Sunak, bring Labour Party to power

Opinion polls predict a landslide victory for Starmer's centre-left party, suggesting many voters want change after turbulent years under the Conservatives, leading to 5 PMs in 8 years.

Will Starmer-led Labour score landslide win? Britons vote to seal fate of Sunak’s Tories

Sunak’s Tories are fighting to finish 2nd, ahead of Liberal Democrats. Both Labour & Tories have promised to complete negotiations for a free trade agreement with India.

Bungee jumping, water sports, rollercoasters — UK Liberal Democrat leader’s fun-packed poll campaign

Ed Davey is using quirky escapades to communicate his party’s messaging & take digs at opponents. Opinion polls predict Liberal Democrats may win up to 50 seats as opposed to 11 in 2019.

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to stand as independent in UK election

Corbyn was suspended in 2020 following a report into how anti-Semitism complaints were handled under his leadership.

Sunak calls snap general elections. UK to head to polls on 4 July

Conservative Party is behind Labour by almost 20 points according to national polls. After 14 yrs of govt, Sunak defied expectations for an autumnal election to instead hold it in July.

UK PM Rishi Sunak promises to build 1 million homes by next election

Sunak said his government would concentrate on building in inner-city areas where demand was highest, including a new urban quarter in Cambridge to boost its role as a science hub.

New UK PM Rishi Sunak pledges to lead Britain through economic crisis

The 42-year-old former hedge fund boss, who has only been in elected politics for 7 years, has been tasked with bringing an end to the infighting and feuding at Westminster.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.