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May 16, 2026 | Since Brexit, Britain has had six prime ministers and is about to have a seventh — and not one of them has fixed the economy. Not one.

The ‘SS British Economy’ continues to sink, and changing the captain won't save the ship.

In this video I explain why: The UK economy is falling behind the economy of every major European nation.

Labour vs the People | Why Burnham, Streeting or Miliband Will Be a Disaster | Spiked Podcast

May 14, 2026 | Nick Tyrone, Fraser Myers and Georgina Mumford on Starmer’s crumbling premiership, the naffness of Wes Streeting and the pointlessness of Andy Burnham

Britain’s Starmer Says He Will Not Resign

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to continue in office as he met with cabinet members. Dozens of Labour Party lawmakers had urged him to step down after heavy losses in local elections.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain dared his critics on Tuesday to formally challenge him if they had the support to do so, opening a high-stakes cabinet meeting by telling ministers that he intends to get on with the business of governing.

“The Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered,” Mr. Starmer said, according to a statement from his office. “The country expects us to get on with governing. That is what I am doing and what we must do as a cabinet.”

Mr. Starmer was facing a fast-moving rebellion within his party after it suffered major losses in last week’s local elections in England, and in parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales. Dozens of Labour Party lawmakers have publicly urged him to set out a timetable for his resignation to allow a contest to find his successor.

Miatta Fahnbulleh, a junior minister, resigned from the government just as the cabinet meeting started, writing in a post directed at Mr. Starmer on social media that “the public does not believe that you can lead this change — and nor do I.”

But the prime minister appears unwilling to go quietly. In his remarks to his cabinet, he repeated comments from a speech on Monday in which he warned that a leadership fight would not be good for the country.

If Mr. Starmer refuses to quit under pressure, his critics would need to gather at least 81 Labour lawmakers to coalesce around a potential rival. That would formally trigger a leadership contest. It was unclear on Tuesday morning whether they had enough support to make that happen.

Some of Mr. Starmer’s fiercest critics do not want him to leave office immediately, but rather to announce that he will step down in the fall. That would give the party time to organize a contest to succeed him that might include Andy Burnham, the mayor of Manchester, who appears to have political momentum behind him. But Mr. Burnham would need to win a seat in Parliament first in a special election, something that was certain to take weeks if not months. Live Updates » | Michael D. Shear and Stephen Castle | Reporting from London | Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Pressure on Starmer Mounts as Dozens of Labour Lawmakers Call on Him to Quit

THE NEW YOTK TIMES: The chances of a leadership challenge against Prime Minister Keir Starmer appeared to rise sharply on Monday as several government aides announced their resignations.

Screenshot taken from this NYT article. | Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London on Monday. “I get it. I feel it. And I take responsibility,” he said of last week’s results. | Carl Court/Getty Images
Dozens of Labour Party lawmakers called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign on Monday, effectively rejecting their leader’s efforts to quell a mutiny in the party ranks and raising the likelihood of a bruising leadership battle.

Mr. Starmer began the day with a speech he hoped would quiet the brewing rebellion, acknowledging the anger expressed by voters last week when they overwhelmingly rejected Labour Party candidates in elections across England, Scotland and Wales.

“That hurts and it should hurt,” he said. “I get it. I feel it. And I take responsibility.”

But the speech appears to have done little to appease Labour Party members who blame Mr. Starmer’s deep unpopularity with voters for historic defeats in the contests for municipal council seats and control of the Scottish and Welsh parliaments.

By the end of the day on Monday, news organizations had tallied more than 70 Labour lawmakers who publicly said they wanted a fresh start. Several junior government aides resigned to protest his decision to stay on. » | Michael D. Shear | Reporting from London | Monday, May 11, 2026

Royaume-Uni : face à la colère des travaillistes, Keir Starmer tente de sauver sa peau et d’éviter un putsch

Cette capture d'écran provient de cet article. | Malgré le désastre, Keir Starmer (ici, samedi, à Londres) a assuré qu’il ne jetterait pas l’éponge, afin de ne pas « plonger le pays dans le chaos ». ALISHIA ABODUNDE / Getty Images via AFP
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - Après la déroute aux élections locales, le chef du gouvernement britannique organise sa riposte et a étonnamment nommé à ses côtés l’ancien premier ministre Gordon Brown.

Le premier ministre britannique est sous le feu. Après la retentissante défaite travailliste aux élections de jeudi, les appels émanant de son camp et appelant à sa démission se multiplient. Pour contrer la menace, celui qui a exclu de s’effacer tente de persuader qu’il va changer et a fait étonnamment appel à l’un de ses anciens prédécesseurs à Downing Street, Gordon Brown.

Tout le week-end, les cris d’alarme et de colère ont couru dans le camp travailliste, sous le choc de la déroute et de l’humiliation. Le Labour a été étrillé en Angleterre par le grand vainqueur du scrutin, le parti Reform UK de Nigel Farage. Il a perdu près de 1 500 sièges de conseillers aux élections locales, notamment dans les régions ouvrières du nord et du centre de l’Angleterre. Reform a gagné quelque 1 450 sièges, Nigel Farage célébrant « un tournant historique dans la politique britannique ». » | Par Arnaud De La Grange, correspondant à Londres | dimanche 10 mai 2026

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Au Royaume-Uni, Keir Starmer fragilisé après la cuisante défaite des travaillistes face au parti de Nigel Farage

LE FIGARO : Le premier ministre exclut de démissionner, même si le Labour a subi de lourds revers dans ces élections locales qui avaient valeur de test et confirment la fragmentation du paysage politique britannique.

Les pertes sont lourdes, très lourdes même, mais le premier ministre britannique entend rester au front. Keir Starmer a promis de poursuivre le combat, afin de tenir sa promesse d’apporter le « changement » en Grande-Bretagne, malgré les revers subis par son parti aux élections locales. Mais il apparaît de plus en plus fragilisé, alors que le grand vainqueur du scrutin, le parti Reform UK de Nigel Farage, a souvent laminé les travaillistes dans leurs fiefs traditionnels.

Ces résultats du Labour pourraient être les pires jamais obtenus par un parti aux élections locales depuis le début du siècle. Le parti au pouvoir pourrait perdre quelque 1200 sièges en Angleterre, un résultat qui se rapproche des prévisions les plus pessimistes. En moyenne, le vote travailliste a chuté de 16 points par rapport à 2022, et même de 19 points par rapport à 2024. Cette baisse est particulièrement marquée dans les bastions du parti du centre et du nord de l’Angleterre ainsi que dans les quartiers à forte population musulmane. Plus de 5 000 sièges d’élus locaux étaient en jeu en Angleterre tandis que des scrutins renouvelaient les parlements gallois et écossais. La perte du contrôle du Pays de Galles pourrait être un revers historique. » | Par Arnaud De La Grange | vendredi 8 mai 2026

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Ces résultats ne devraient surprendre personne. C'était un désastre annoncé. Keir Starmer semble ignorer l'essence même de la mentalité britannique, du mode de vie britannique. De ce fait, sa politique autoritaire ne reflète pas les aspirations de l'électorat. Si Starmer veut redresser la barre, il doit abandonner sans délai toutes ses politiques absurdes et intrusives, et surtout, il doit relancer une économie atone. Et ce, de toute urgence ! — © Mark Alexander

Andrew Neil: Labour Together’s Smear Campaign Against Our Journalists Is ‘Totalitarian’

Feb 16, 2026 | “It was the kind of smear propaganda that totalitarian governments authoritarian governments use.”

The Cabinet Office used to be the Rolls Royce of the British civil service, says Andrew Neil. Now, it’s “barely a Trabant” that can’t be trusted to look into the smear campaign against Sunday Times journalists by Labour Together.


Keir Starmer is clueless! He loves his bans and restrictions. This social media ban for under-16s will probably turn out to be a disaster and his generational smoking ban most certainly will. In any case, these are parenting issues, not government-interference issues. — © Mark Alexander

Piliers de la vie britannique, les pubs menacés par la réforme de la sécurité routière

LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - En abaissant le taux d’alcool autorisé au volant, le gouvernement travailliste est accusé de mettre en danger les établissements ruraux, souvent déjà en proie à des difficultés économiques.

Les pubs, donc la patrie, sont en danger. L’Angleterre s’enflamme au sujet de cette sacro-sainte institution, alors que le gouvernement présente un projet de loi pour lutter contre les morts sur la route. Il prévoit notamment un abaissement du taux d’alcool autorisé au volant. La mesure mettrait en danger les pubs ruraux. La polémique fait rage et l’affaire est devenue politique, le patron de Reform UK, Nigel Farage, dénonçant l’assassinat programmé de ces piliers de la vie communautaire.

En publiant sa « Road Safety Strategy », Downing Street vante la première grande initiative de sécurité routière depuis plus de dix ans. « Elle doit permettre de sauver des milliers de vies sur les routes britanniques » assure la ministre des Transports, Heidi Alexander, qui précise que cela se fera en luttant contre la conduite en état d’ivresse, en améliorant la formation des jeunes conducteurs et en instaurant des examens de la vue obligatoires pour les conducteurs âgés de plus de 70 ans. L’objectif est de réduire de 65 % le nombre de décès et de blessures graves sur les routes d’ici à 2035, avec un objectif encore plus ambitieux de 70 % pour les enfants de moins de 16 ans. » | Par Arnaud De La Grange, correspondant à Londres | mercredi 7 janvier 2026

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Putain ! Encore des restrictions ! Les gouvernements travaillistes n'ont jamais su que gâcher nos joies ! Interdiction de fumer ! Interdiction de boire ! Si vous devez boire, buvez moins ! Interdiction de manger ceci ! Interdiction de faire cela ! Interdiction d'écrire ceci et cela ! Qu'on instaure une interdiction de fumer pour toutes les générations ! Qu'on interdise de fumer dans les terrasses de bars ! Les gouvernements travaillistes n'ont jamais su que tuer la joie ! Keir Starmer est un maître en la matière. Quel pays morne et déprimant est en train de devenir la Grande-Bretagne ! — © Mark Alexander

Truth To Power: Labour: From Landslide to CHAOS in 14 Months

September 13, 2025

So many western politicians are USELESS these days! Why? Because they go into politics for all the wrong reasons. They enter politics to MAKE MONEY, MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES, FOR THE PRESTIGE IT OFFERS THEM, and FOR POWER. These are all the wrong reasons to enter politics!

In years gone by, before the age of the career politician, people went into politics AFTER BEING SUCCESSFUL in their chosen fields. They had made their money, so now they wanted to GIVE SOMETHING BACK—THEIR SERVICE—TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO THEIR COUNTRY.

Because they generally had plenty of money behind them, they were generally not bribable, or at least far less so.

Further, in years gone by, people entered politics from all kinds of professions and fields, so they brought with them into politics a plethora of skills and knowledge. Then, all was changed; then graduates started coming out of universities and going into politics to make their careers, make money, and make a name for themselves. This is when things started to go awry. This is when people started going into politics for all the wrong reasons. We can all see the results this change has brought with it! — © Mark Alexander

Rob Groves: Is This Labour’s Most AUTHORITARIAN Move Yet?

Aug 2, 2025 | The Labour government has gone full authoritarian, banning the direct action group Palestine Action as a “terrorist organisation” and criminalising peaceful protest. Elderly citizens are being arrested for holding Palestinian flags and Private Eye cartoons. In this week’s Truth To Power, I expose Labour’s chilling embrace of Tory anti-protest laws, and how it’s destroying civil liberties in Britain.

Starmer Says 16-year-olds Should Be Able to Vote because They're 'Old Enough to Pay Taxes'

THE GUARDIAN: Keir Starmer has defended giving 16 and 17-year-olds the vote in UK parliamentary election on the grounds that teenagers pay tax. He told ITV News:

“I think it’s really important that 16- and 17-year-olds have the vote, because they are old enough to go out to work, they are old enough to pay taxes, so pay in.

And I think if you pay in, you should have the opportunity to say what you want your money spent on, which way the government should go.

So I’m really pleased we are able to bring more young people into our democracy and give them a chance to have a say over how their taxes are paid and what they are going to be used for. » | The Guardian | Thursday, July 17, 2025

Such hypocrisy! The same argument could be made for the right to smoke. If a man is old enough to fight for his country, if a man is old enough to get married and sire children, then he is also old enough to decide whether he wishes to smoke, or not.

Giving such young people the right to vote is a very cynical political move. Labour prime ministers are fond of reducing the voting age because young people are generally more inclined to be left-wing and therefore vote Labour. It was a Labour prime minister before who reduced the voting age — it was reduced from twenty-one to eighteen. And that was Harold Wilson some fifty years ago. Starmer is behaving true to form.

For what it is worth, in my humble opinion, regardless of political leanings, sixteen-year-olds are far too young to vote. Far too young, too! What does a sixteen-year-old know about politics? – © Mark Alexander

Labour’s Islamic Blasphemy Laws | spiked podcast

Feb 7, 2025

This is an OUTRAGE! If this ridiculous law is passed, it will have to be REPEALED asap. – © Mark Alexander

Authoritarian Labour's Attack on Free Speech in Pubs Strikes at the HEART of British Culture

Oct 18, 2024 | NCF (New Culture Forum) Founder & Director Peter Whittle addresses Labour's latest attack on British pubs.

Labour's Plans to End Democracy: David Starkey

Jun 30, 2024

The Beginning of Labour's Police State: David Starkey

Aug 7, 2024 | This video was recorded before the events in Southport.

Rob Groves – Truth To Power: Are Labour Really Plotting to Undo Brexit?

Aug 3, 2024 | Removing the two-child cap on Universal Credit and social security in the UK would cost the government 2.5 billion pounds this year according to the Resolution Foundation. And would alleviate deep poverty for over a million children. But we’re told that we can’t afford 2.5 billion pounds. Apparently, however, we CAN afford Brexit, which costs the UK 32 billion pounds a year, according to the Office of Budget Responsibility!

It’s so obvious that the Labour government needs to ditch Brexit, which is proving to be a drag anchor on the British economy. But is it likely to happen, and what would the process look like?

Großbritannien-Wahl: Gewinner, Verlierer und Überraschungen | DW Nachrichten

Jul 5, 2024 | Großbritannien hat einen neuen Premierminister: Labour-Chef Keir Starmer fegt seinen konservativen Vorgänger Rishi Sunak mit einem Erdrutschsieg aus dem Amt. Nach 14 Jahren Tory-Regierungen will Starmer jetzt den Politzirkus á la Boris Johnson beerdigen und bodenständige Arbeit für sein Land machen. DW-Korrespondentin Birgit Maaß über den großen Sieg von Labour und die genauso großen Erwartungen an die neue Regierung.

John Curtice: By-election Results Leave Tories with Mountain to Climb

BBC: This was another disappointing election night for the Conservatives, with two by-election defeats and two gains for Labour.

Not only did they lose Kingswood, where Labour needed a relatively modest 11-point swing. They also lost Wellingborough, where an 18-point swing was required for the seat to change hands. » | Sir John Curtice, Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University | Friday, February 16, 2024

Alhamdulillah! Somebody give them some poison to finish them off! Take pity on them! Put them out of their misery! Once and for all. They’ve had fourteen years in office and not only have they given us that ridiculous Brexit — which I will never forgive them for, especially depriving me and my compatriots of our European citizenship — but they have heaped misery and poverty on so many Brits and heaped millions and billions on the one percenters. The economy is in an appalling mess. Chaos abounds. A new Victorian Era beckons, to boot. And the best Sunak can come up with is tax cuts for the rich, a perpetual smoking ban for young adults, lies and delusion. He cares not a jot for the working poor who have to go to food banks to feed their children, or for the homeless who are destitute and who have to sleep rough on our streets. Sunak was raised in a bubble, was educated in a bubble, and lives in a bubble. The man is shameless. How on earth can he sleep at night?

I used to be a dyed-in-the-wool Tory voter. After this mess and after robbing me of my European citizenship, I shall never vote for them again.

I dislike Labour; but I despise the Tories.

As a Welshman, I am beginning to think that the best thing that could happen for Wales is to become an independent country in Europe, just as the Republic of Ireland is. Being independent in the EU has brought prosperity to Southern Ireland. It could do the same for my country: Wales. – © Mark Alexander

Michael Lambert: The UK Has No Future Outside the EU

Feb 3, 2024 | It is now four years since the UK finally left the EU. The period since Brexit under an incompetent and corrupt Conservative government has brought economic decline, social division and poverty to millions. Every week brings more economic bad news. Under Rishi sunak, the Tories are deeply divided and the prime minister has resorted to regularly lying in order to defend his lamentable record of incompetence.

Labour will inherit an economy in severe difficulty and decline and, even though it is widely accepted that Brexit is responsible for many of our problems, Keir Starmer has repeatedly insisted that under his leadership, the UK will never seek to rejoin the Single Market, the Customs Union of the European Union or agree to freedom of movement, or attempt to return to membership of the EU. Britain, however, has no future outside the EU and seems destined to continually decline.

Michael Lambert: STARMER - Sitting on Fences

Oct 14, 2023 | Last week was the Labour party conference in Liverpool. The mood was optimistic since it is now widely expected that Labour will form the next government with Keir Starmer as prime minister.

In his keynote speech, Starmer failed to mention many of the major issues facing the country such as global warming, AI, fraud and electoral reform. He spoke about various reforms including ending non-dom tax relief, ending tax relief for private schools and reform of the planning system to facilitate the building of many more houses. However, in a speech marked by meaningless management speak he said very little about how all of his proposed reforms were to be paid for.

Towards the end of his speech, he did acknowledge that growing the economy would entail expansion of business. The current Tory cabinet and the 31-strong shadow cabinet have virtually no business experience and it is doubtful if they really understand that backing new small businesses is crucial to the success of the economy and is the only way that all of the reforms Starmer wants to make can be financed.