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For months, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government has been under intense pressure from scores of its own members to demonstrate more robust support for Palestinians, especially in Gaza. But a terrorist attack at a synagogue on Thursday in Manchester, England, which led to the deaths of two people during prayer services on Yom Kippur, exposed a competing political reality for Mr. Starmer: the growing anger among Jews in Britain who believe his government is doing far too little to protect them from hate and antisemitism. The police have said the synagogue attack was carried out by Jihad al-Shamie, a...

The prime minister has called for protesters to “respect the grief of British Jews this week” after the Manchester synagogue attack. Ahead of a planned demonstration against the ban on Palestine Action this Saturday, Keir Starmer wrote in the Jewish Chronicle that activists should recognise this is a time of mourning. “Peaceful protest is a cornerstone of our democracy – and there is justified concern about the suffering in Gaza – but a minority have used these protests as a pretext for stoking antisemitic tropes,” he wrote. “I urge anyone thinking about protesting this weekend to recognise and respect the...

Labour has seen a slump in support since Keir Starmer stepped up his personal abuse of Nigel Farage, a survey found yesterday. The Prime Minister has launched a series of scathing attacks on the Reform leader in recent days, branding him the 'enemy' on Saturday, calling his migration policies 'racist' on Sunday and using his Labour conference speech to question his patriotism. Sir Keir stepped up the offensive again yesterday, claiming Mr Farage is responsible for the Channel crisis – and even describing the dinghies packed with illegal migrants as 'Farage boats'.

Keir Starmer has opened another front in his war on Reform by blaming Brexit for the Channel migrant crisis - saying the UK is being assailed by 'Farage boats'. The PM made the claim about the impact of cutting ties with the EU as he scrambled to claw back Nigel Farage's huge poll lead. But he also went into retreat after brutal barbs in his Labour conference speech, stressing the Reform leader is not a racist. The PM described Mr Farage as 'formidable' as he denied that the swipes put safety at risk. With Labour facing meltdown in the polls,...

A year ago, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won the largest majority in Parliament this century and consigned the Conservatives, Labour’s historic rival, to its worst defeat. Now, after 15 months in power, Starmer has become the most unpopular British prime minister on record. Although previous leaders have joined despised foreign wars, bungled responses to a pandemic and nearly sent the economy into meltdown, none have been as unpopular as Starmer, according to Ipsos, a leading pollster. Just 13% of voters say they are satisfied with Starmer, while 79% are unsatisfied. Labour has “suffered the worst-ever fall in support for a...

Starmer delivering keynote address at Labour conference PM says UK faces choice between Labour or Reform UK He questions whether Nigel Farage 'loves' Britain Tamara Cohen: Starmer urges voters to reject 'politics of grievance' on left and right Major overhaul of NHS with 'online hospital' Target of sending 50% of young people to university scrapped Streeting (HHS Secretary) attacks 'con artist' Farage for 'poison'

Labour members have voted to accuse Israel of genocide in defiance of Sir Keir Starmer. Delegates at the Labour Party conference voted in favour of the motion even though the Government’s official position is the Israeli government’s actions do not amount to genocide. The emergency motion called on the Prime Minister to accept the findings of a recent United Nations report which found that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and back comprehensive sanctions on Israel and a full arms embargo. David Lammy, the Deputy Prime Minister, on Sunday accused Left-wing figures demanding the Government declare a genocide in Gaza...

Starmer appealed to his Labour Party colleagues to have more trust in the government and display a united house, warning them to prepare for the “fight of our lives” amid Nigel Farage’s poll-topping Reform UK party threat. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged his Labour Party to stop “navel gazing” and display unity amid threats from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, which has been consistently topping British polls for weeks. The British premier told his party members as they gathered for their annual conference in Liverpool to unite for the “fight of our lives” and stand for British values amid...

If this year’s Labour conference turns out to be Keir Starmer’s last as party leader, he would not be alone in breathing a sigh of relief. For all the parties, conference is the highlight of the political year, the event to which everything else has been leading. It’s an opportunity to encourage and energise the troops for the fight ahead and provide an invaluable platform for the leader to set out his stall on his own terms. But for Labour, its second conference since coming to office risks turning a spotlight on the many hurdles that Starmer needs to negotiate...

Prime Minister Mark Carney joined British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the leaders of several other centre-left governments at a conference in London on Friday where much of the discussion revolved around how to tackle the rise of the far-right and deal with U.S. President Donald Trump. The day-long Global Progress Action Summit focused on a range of issues including immigration, how to regulate artificial intelligence and election strategies for progressive parties. The summit has been organized by a collection of left-leaning groups, including the Center for American Progress, which has ties to past Democratic administrations, and Labour Together, a...

Keir Starmer's controversial decision to recognise a state of Palestine could lead to demands for the UK to pay more than £2 trillion in reparations to the country, legal experts have said. Sir Keir has said the UK will press ahead with the move, which is expected to be announced ahead of his visit to the UN this week, unless Israel meets certain conditions, including agreeing to a ceasefire in Gaza and reviving the prospect of a two-state solution. It has been condemned by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch for 'rewarding terrorism', while the US Government says that it will have...

If you want a state, kill some Jews. That’s the sick message Sir Keir Starmer has just broadcast to the world. He says his recognition of a State of Palestine while Hamas continues to hold half-starved Jews in its dank tunnels and still dreams of annihilating the Jewish State is not a ‘reward for terror’. He isn’t fooling anyone, possibly not even himself. Somewhere in the recesses of what remains of his moral sensibility, even he must know that bestowing legitimacy on a ‘state’ part-ruled by a neo-fascist militia is an act of lethal cowardice that benefits no one but...

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state in a statement on Sunday afternoon. The move comes after the prime minister said in July the UK would shift its position in September unless Israel met conditions including agreeing to a ceasefire in Gaza and committing to a long-term sustainable peace deal that delivers a two-state solution. It represents a major change in British foreign policy after successive governments said recognition should come as part of a peace process and at a time of maximum impact. The move has drawn fierce criticism from the Israeli...

VIDEOAt a recent press conference in Great Britain with President Trump and Keir Starmer, the British Prime Minister brilliantly one-upped Trump on the subject of illegal immigration. After Trump finished talking about how the USA under his leadership has cut illegal immigration to zero while deporting hundreds of thousands since January 20, Keir Starmer put that record to shame by bragging that he had just deported ONE, count 'em ONE, illegal alien from Britain under the "One-In-One-Out" policy. How it works is that when Britain deports an illegal alien it must also import another illegal alien to replace the one...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is moving forward with plans to introduce digital identification systems as part of efforts to overhaul the country's asylum and immigration system, with an announcement anticipated as early as his party's conference this month, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The finer details of the scheme were still being ironed out and the timeline could change, the report added, citing two people briefed on the matter. Immigration and asylum remain at the heart of Britain's political debate, with the government under pressure to curb record migrant arrivals in small boats, while also addressing the strain...

A new poll will make grim reading for Keir Starmer, with Labour's popularity seemingly tumbling even further. Find Out Now's Voting Intention tracker surveys the public on who they would vote for if an election were called tomorrow. Their latest polling, conducted on September 17 and 18, shows the governing party on its lowest ever share of the vote (16%). It represents a drop of -3 since September 10, according to the firm. Little more than a year after Sir Keir's landslide victory, Labour is now level with the Tories, who also got just 16%. But it's good news for...

Donald Trump suggested Sir Keir Starmer should involve the military in tackling the small boats crisis as he warned illegal migration could "destroy countries “from within”. The US president said he had discussed the UK’s efforst to control illegal migration with Sir Keir at the Prime Minister's country residence Chequers at a joint press conference held by the two men at the end of his two day state visit. He highlighted his own record in securing the borders in the US and suggested the UK faced a similar challenge. Trump said: "What I saw happening, with millions of people pouring...

On the second day of their state visit to the United Kingdom, President Trump headed to Chequers to meet with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, first lady Melania Trump stayed in Windsor for a couple of engagements. First, she joined Queen Camilla for a tour of the Royal Library and Queen Mary doll’s house. Then she joined Kate, Princess of Wales, for a program in Frogmore Gardens with Squirrel Scouts, ages 4-6. The women helped the young Scouts earn their “Go Wild!” badges. See the day in photos here.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to formally recognize a Palestinian state after US President Donald Trump completes his state visit to the United Kingdom, The Times reports. The unsourced report says that Starmer plans to recognize Palestine even before several countries, led by France, will do so at the United Nations summit in New York next week amid concern over the ongoing war in Gaza. The Times says that Starmer is under massive pressure from within his Labour party to make the move, but will hold off on doing so until Trump leaves so that the issue doesn’t dominate...

Britain will “never surrender” to far-right protesters who use the English flag as cover for violence and to instil fear, Keir Starmer has said, condemning attacks against police officers and racist harassment. The prime minister said the St George’s flag “represents our diverse country” and he would not tolerate people being “intimidated on our streets because of their background or the colour of their skin”. MPs and anti-fascist groups had urged the prime minister to speak up against some of the rhetoric of the largest nationalist protest in decades, organised by the far-right activist Tommy Robinson, whose real name is...