Tag Archives: Wes Streeting

21Jun/26

The King of the North Arrives in Westminster: Can Starmer Survive Labour’s Internal Civil War?

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The Brewing Labour Leadership Showdown

Sun, Jun 21 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — Following Andy Burnham’s decisive Makerfield by-election victory, the Labour Party is on the precipice of a historic and potentially brutal leadership showdown. With Burnham now possessing the required parliamentary seat to launch a challenge, his allies are pushing for an expedited handover of power, arguing that his landslide win proves he is the only politician capable of defeating the populist threat from Reform UK. Continue reading →

23Feb/26

The Reckoning of Peter Mandelson: Criminal Arrest, Institutional Fallout, and Political Crisis

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Criminal Investigation and Arrest Following the damning revelations in the unsealed US Department of Justice files, the Metropolitan Police launched a formal investigation into Mandelson for misconduct in public office—a serious common law offense carrying a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. On February 6, 2026, detectives executed search warrants at his properties in Camden (London) and Wiltshire, seizing electronic devices and documents. This evidence-gathering culminated on February 23, 2026, when Mandelson was formally arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

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01Dec/25

Racism never went away – it simply changed shape

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Lars Cornelissen, Manchester Metropolitan University; Independent Social Research Foundation

Prime Minister Keir Starmer thinks that racism is returning to British society. He has accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of sowing “toxic division” with its “racist rhetoric”.

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24Nov/25

Is racism becoming more acceptable in the UK?

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Simon Goodman, De Montfort University and Rahul Sambaraju, University of Edinburgh

Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to address allegations of racism in Reform UK, and antisemitic and xenophobic comments and bullying allegedly made by Farage while he was at school. Farage has denied the accusations.

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