BREAKING: More than 10,000 migrants arrive in UK by crossing Channel in small boats this year

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ANALYSIS: Starmer may have launched in Scotland then dropped into a target seat in the North West. But the battlegrounds are not just geographic, they cut across demographic groups too. The handling of Israel-Hamas was a real faultline now for Labour
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Very sorry to hear this. Michael Gove has been one of the most thoughtful, imaginative and capable ministers as well as nimble at the dispatch box.

Parliament is poorer without him.

Blimey - on the heels of Gove, Andrea Leadsom MP announces she is also standing down. Says she will continue to support the Conservative Party (No mention of the PM) during the campaign

Big news tonight - Michael Gove is standing down as the exodus of Tory MPs continues apace. There are now Conservatives quitting ahead if 2024 election than stood down ahead of Blair’s 1997 landslide

The deluge launch drowned out by D:Ream.

A brewery visit with a teetotal PM, so no chance of a piss up.

Now a site visit to something famous for sinking.

Is there a double agent in CCHQ, and were they a headline writer in a previous life? 🤦‍♀️

Our candidates deserve better.

Keir Starmer will take part in a Sky News leaders event in Grimsby

Sky spox : 'Sky News is delighted Sir Keir Starmer has agreed to travel to Grimsby & answer voters questions in a Sky News leader's special event.

'Negotiations are ongoing for Rishi Sunak to attend”

'Scotland is absolutely vital to a Labour government.'

In an interview with Sky's Beth Rigby, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has explained why he believes Scotland is so important ahead of the upcoming general election.

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A bloody excellent #ElectoralDysfunction today & not just because Jess Phillips MP & Ruth Davidson drop the F bomb & Beth Rigby describes the rain as “pissing down”. If you’re an Aussie like me & want to understand the UK election better - look no further. open.spotify.com/episode/1kkAU5…

Starmer taking various questions from workers at a building depot in marginal seat in NW, covering off pensions, potholes, defence spending, leaseholders, NHS. In GE campaigns, public interactions often very controlled but this was unfiltered

As our top drawer Millbank news desk has just pointed out, Evennett’s decision to step down means that 76 Conservative MPs throwing in the towel, exceeding the number who quit ahead of Blair’s 1997 victory

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Some Tory MPs aren't happy about a July election.

Beth Rigby tells Jess Phillips MP Ruth Davidson about a minister who asked if they could submit a no confidence letter about the PM

Digging this back out. In May 2023, Starmer clearly ruled out ANY sort of deal with SNP after a GE, but refused 7 times to do the same about Lib Dems. Asked again a couple weeks back. He ruled out SNP deal but again declined to rule out LD tie up.

Q: You say Scotland is vital & SNP taken voters for granted. But 4/6 first steps around devolved issues, that’s pretty lame isn’t it?
Q: You’re saying Scots have to vote Lab to get Tories out. Not true. Blair won majority with Scottish seats. Are you running version Project Fear?

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On pod, we take you inside mood of Tory party in wake of Sunak’s damp declaration. Am told by multiple sources that minister Andrea Leadsom asked at 1922 meet on Weds if she could submit letter of no confidence in PM

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Starmer with first big campaign event in Glasgow. Says SNP are only a party if protest. “I don’t want Scotland to send a message to Westminster. I want Scotland to send a Labour government”

I stand by this. Number 10 needs to sharpen up its comms game. And fast.

🚨NEW (ELECTION SPECIAL) PODCAST: The media and the UK election: Can Fleet Street still win it? With:

Beth Rigby
Lee Cain
David Yelland
Andy Coulson
Neil Kinnock

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.Ruth Davidson on election launch: ‘You say you’re the man with a plan but if your plan is so great why are you outside in a thunderstorm while the other guy’s inside and dry …. ‘