Labour
5 briefs
Britain's Party System Is Breaking
Reform UK is the biggest winner in the local elections. The real winner is a political system that cannot handle what British voters now want.
UK Goes to the Polls Today. Labour Is Bracing for Its Worst Night in a Generation.
Voting is underway across England, Scotland, and Wales. Reform UK leads national polls at 25%. What today's results mean depends on whether Farage can convert council seats into something durable.
The SNP Is Almost Certainly Going to Win Scotland. The Question Is What Scotland Wins.
Polymarket puts SNP at 99.45% to win the most Holyrood seats. But the SNP enters the election defending a decade of governance failures, a £5 billion budget gap, and an independence movement that has stalled. Winning the election and winning the argument are different things.
Starmer Considers Banning Protests Three Days Before an Election He Is About to Lose
Two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green this week. The Prime Minister says some pro-Palestinian marches may need to stop. His party is braced to lose up to 2,000 council seats on Thursday.
Reform Is Set to Win the Most Council Seats. Britain's Two-Party System Just Broke.
Thursday's UK local elections are the first test of whether Reform's poll lead translates into power. Polymarket says 87.9% chance they win the most seats. Labour could lose three-quarters of theirs.