Green parties suffered major losses in the EU elections, particularly in France and Germany, hit by growing discontent at the bloc’s environmental push and by voters’ shifting priorities. They had notched up their best ever results at the last European Parliament polls five years ago, which were accompanied by mass rallies over climate change. But […]
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Sunak suffers ballot box drubbing as first day of election results ends
Rishi Sunak may yet quell a Tory rebellion amid a consolation win in the Tees Valley and hopes for the West Midlands mayoral contest, despite suffering a drubbing in the first day of UK local election results. Lord Ben Houchen’s re-election on Teesside was a crumb of comfort for the Conservatives as the party lost […]
Sunak’s Tories face bruising UK local election results after by-election drubbing
Rishi Sunak has suffered a by-election drubbing and faces further pain in council contests across England. Labour’s Chris Webb won the Blackpool South parliamentary seat with a swing of 26.33 per cent from the Tories and Sir Keir Starmer’s party also secured council wins in areas which will be key general election battlegrounds later this […]
Brighton’s European adventure in tatters after four-goal drubbing from Roma
Brighton’s European adventure turned into a nightmare after they were blown away by Roma to suffer a 4-0 defeat at the Stadio Olimpico. Roberto De Zerbi had guided the Seagulls through to the Europa League last-16 with a four-match winning run in the competition, but first-half goals by Paulo Dybala and Romelu Lukaku put the […]