By Martin Brisland. What’s in a name? Sir Keir Starmer (61) became Prime Minister last week, on Thursday 5 July 2024, after a landslide victory for the Labour Party in the General Election. His parents were Labour supporters and are said to have named him after Keir Hardie (1856...
Articles with the Tag general election 2024
Review: Let’s Rock, Southampton Common, 6 July 2024
Pictures by Rhona Murphy. Words by Catherine Collins. Additional reporting on Peter Hook & the Light by Lewis Maclean. What a week! A general election resulting in a new Labour government, England in the quarter-finals of the Euro 24 tournament, and retro festival, Let’s Rock, back in Southampton. As the...
Opinion: Is our voting system broken?
By Martin Brisland. With a General Election on 4th July, I have come across two things I found of interest. A 2023 poll by Peerless Democracy found that 75% thought that British politics is not working. Plus, Belarus is the only other European country that shares our first past the...