- “I’ll govern ‘unburdened by doctrine’” – The Spectator has reproduced the text of Keir Starmer’s first speech as Prime Minister outside Downing Street.
- “Starmer kept cool when told he’d won, while staff roared like football fans” – The new PM kissed his wife amid rapturous cheers as news of Labour’s victory rolled in, reports the Times.
- “Starmer’s Cabinet: Thornberry ‘snubbed’ and McFadden made enforcer” – The victorious Labour leader is building his team – and alongside the anticipated appointments are one or two surprises, says the Telegraph.
- “Sir Patrick Vallance: From Covid adviser to science minister” – Sir Patrick Vallance has been made a peer and given a job as a junior science minister in Starmer’s first Government, reports the Standard.
- “Starmer kills off Rwanda plan on first day as PM” – Labour insiders tell the Telegraph that the Tory Rwanda scheme is effectively “dead”, given Labour promised to scrap it.
- “Migrants vow to cross from France ‘as soon as possible’ after Labour victory” – Speaking to the Telegraph, some migrants near Dunkirk have welcomed Starmer’s victory and say they’ll make the journey across the channel as soon as they can.
- “How Starmer pulled off a triumph with three million fewer votes than Corbyn” – Starmer has promised to fix Britain, but with no clear plan to do so, says Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
- “The elite liberals on our screens could barely stomach that Reform was the big story of the night” – Allison Pearson’s highlight of the wall-to-wall coverage of the election on TV was the mainstream media being forced to give Nigel Farage’s upstart party its due, she says in the Telegraph.
- “The seeds of Starmer’s downfall have already been sown” – This was not a vote for the Labour party, but a rejection of the entire political class, writes Sebastian Milbank in the Telegraph.
- “Labour election result most distorted in history” – Labour has won nearly two-thirds of the seats with third of popular vote, the most distorted election result ever, according to the Telegraph.
- “What I think – detailed thoughts on a historic election, the morning after” – Matt Goodwin gives his thoughts on the election result for his Substack.
- “The Tories have only themselves to blame” – Douglas Murray in the Spectator thinks he know where blame lies for the Tories’ historic defeat.
- “British politics goes Continental” – Labour won big. But the rise of small parties proves we’ve entered a new political era, says Luke Hallam in Persuasion.
- “The centre-Right is dying a slow death. It is an epochal change for politics across the West.” – The results of the U.K. election are in and Labour has carried the day. Does this mean the end of the centre-Right across Europe? asks Eugyppius on Substack.
- “Labour’s hollow victory” – On his Substack, Jack Watson reflects on the election result.
- “What the polls got right – and very wrong” – Voters delivered the big Labour victory everyone expected — but the industry must reckon with how its predictions varied so wildly, says James Kanagasoorium in the Times.
- “My 10-point guide to bashing Labour” – In the Mail, Boris Johnson sets out his 10-point plan for defeating Labour in 2029.
- “There’s no shortcut for the Tories. A divided Right will never win an election again” – Pretending that Labour’s majority is built on sand is a pure coping mechanism, says David Frost in the Telegraph.
- “Early runners and riders to replace Sunak as Tory civil war begins” – The battle lines were drawn before dawn broke when critics rounded on the ex-Prime Minister, as senior Conservatives lambasted him for failing to listen to voters, says the Mail.
- “Who could replace Rishi Sunak? The potential Tory successors” – With so many rivals in the Conservative Party losing their seats, the odds are looking better for the leadership candidates still standing, reports the Times.
- “The Tory blame game: Scorned MPs rage at peerage for Sunak ally” – The ex-Prime Minister has been accused of rewarding aides who led a duff campaign after giving a peerage to Liam Booth-Smith, according to the Telegraph.
- “Next Tory leader needs to win over Right and shift party to the centre, says George Osborne” – The former chancellor’s suggestions come after ‘true blue’ seats like Kensington and Chelsea fell to Labour, reports the Telegraph.
- “The Tory ‘wets’ are finished. Good riddance” – There is one silver lining to this catastrophic defeat, says Sherelle Jacobs in the Telegraph. The Party is now more cohesively Right-wing.
- “Moment furious Labour MP Jess Phillips takes on pro-Palestinian mob” – The Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley suffered jeers by pro-Palestinian supporters after she beat a Muslim independent by just 693 votes, reports the Mail.
- “The terrifying pro-Palestine campaign that hurt Labour – and threatens democracy” – Some of the party’s biggest names have complained of shocking intimidation and abuse by those campaigning “for Gaza”, according the Telegraph.
- “The pro-Palestine independents who turned the Gaza war on Keir Starmer” – Barrister Ayoub Khan, who quit the Lib Dems over Gaza, is the new MP for Perry Barr, according to the Mail.
- “The successful Muslim Vote campaign is a snapshot of the future of British politics” – No one anticipated how many pro-Gaza independents would be elected to Parliament, writes Rakib Ehsan in the Telegraph.
- “Britain can no longer ignore the new sectarianism” – Suella Braverman was monstered when she raised concerns about British politics drifting towards sectarianism, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph. But the election has proven her right.
- “‘The worst election I have ever stood in’” – Sectarian politics is now a reality in England, says Ed West on Substack, quoting Jess Phillips.
- “Jeremy Corbyn wins as an independent: ‘I’m the one they couldn’t put down’” – The member for Gaza, sorry, Islington North, has been re-elected, defeating his Labour opponent, reports the Times.
- “SNP figures left reeling after ‘cataclysmic’ election night” – The SNP won just nine of the 56 Scottish constituencies declared yesterday after voters deserted them following a series of scandals and controversies, says the Mail.
- “Donald Trump congratulates Nigel Farage on election win” – The next President of the United States has congratulated Farage on his election win, but not Starmer, says the Telegraph.
- “The culture war is about to get a lot worse” – The Tories deserved to lose, but the Labour landslide will keep the ‘woke’ movement on life-support for another few years, laments Andrew Doyle on Substack.
- “Disney heiress withdraws donations to Democrats until Biden is replaced” – Abigail Disney says the Democrats will “not receive a single dime” until they “bite the bullet” and get rid of the 81-year-old President, according to the Telegraph.
- “What did reporters who cover the White House know, and when did they know it?” – As President Biden lurches toward a withdrawal from the 2024 election that seems likelier by the hour, questions need to be asked about the media’s role in hiding his mental decline, says Alex Berenson on Substack.
- “Letter to a Liberal: Your Media Lies to You” – Biden’s senility was long known, but the media gaslighted the public until the gas finally ran out and they could no longer protect him, writes Paul D. Thacker in the Disinformation Chronicles.
- “How long until the ‘Joe must go’ faction prevails?” – If President Biden wanted to quash demands for him to step aside in favour of Kamala Harris after his devastating debate against Donald Trump, his July 4th appearance will not have helped, writes Freddie Gray in the Mail.
- “Church of England fears parish backlash over £100m slavery fund” – Bishop concedes there is anecdotal evidence that anger about the scheme has led to people stopping giving to their local church, reports the Times.
- “Right-wing AfD debanked by angry German grandmothers” – An option to donate has been removed from the AfD’s website in a victory for a debanking campaign group in Germany, says the Telegraph.
- “Fifty attacked in French election violence — and officials fear riots” – A strong police presence is planned for the second round of voting in France on Sunday, with officials fearing riots if the National Rally wins, according to the Times.
- “Who swamped the comps? Not us” – Refugee parents from the private sector have been promised a “welcome in a brilliant state school”. Mr Chips is dubious.
- “Thin-skinned megalomaniac rich bully wants Chinese style firewall for Britain” – Dale Vince briefed the Guardian this week that he is suing Paul Staines, editor of Guido Fawkes, for repeating a phrase Vince used in an interview on Times Radio. Guido has more.
- “Orwell hits the highways” – In Zero Hedge, Tyler Durden reveals that the EU has mandated that all new cars will now have to include Automatic Speed Limiters, preventing them from exceeding the speed limit.
- “At last I’m free” – Steve Baker clashes with Ed Balls and George Osborne on breakfast TV in an exchange many people on X think he got the better of.
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