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Keir Starmer is making his first speech as Prime Minister, surrounded by Labourites.
WATCH LIVE: Keir Starmer’s first speech as Prime Minister. https://t.co/GuYVhkcCxt
— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) July 5, 2024
He better rush through things to get it all done before that 6 p.m. clock off point…
Read the full speech below:
Continue reading “PM Starmer’s Downing Street Speech”
There will be long sessions of soul-searching in the offices of UK pollsters this morning as the Guido team’s highly scientific whiteboard-based prediction beat every single final MRP projection they put out. All but two constituencies are now decided. Ross Kempsell is officially the victor, beating the rest of the team and every single UK pollster’s final seat MRP prediction for accuracy…
Guido has crunched the numbers and found that an average of the team’s predictions is closer to the actual result than all of those expensive and overhyped MRP final seat forecasts. YouGov came closest to matching Guido’s gold standard…
If you don’t believe it, you can check the underlying data tables here. Variance is the difference between actual seats and the predictions – the lower, the better. Collectively we are what Dominic Cummings would describe as super-forecasters. Why hire the pollsters when you can just check Guido…
As Rishi is booted out of Number 10, he has said he will step down as party leader “once the formal arrangements are in place”. Notably he didn’t put a date on it, potentially he may not stay on till October. We’ll find out what exactly these “formal arrangements” are later this week…
Sunak took a jet down to London after speaking at the Richmond count. His first stop was CCHQ. Now he speaks one last time as PM…
WATCH LIVE: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his resignation speech https://t.co/nqrEDYRz7V
— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) July 5, 2024
Then off to Buckingham Palace…
UPDATE: Sunak says he will stay on as leader until formal arrangements for his choosing successor are in place.
Read the full text of the speech below:
Continue reading “Sunak’s Final Speech as PM”
Spare a thought for the following 12 cabinet ministers, who lost their seats last night:
- Gillian Keegan – Education Secretary.
- Grant Shapps – Defence Secretary.
- Penny Mordaunt – Commons Leader.
- Alex Chalk – Justice Secretary.
- Lucy Frazer – Culture Secretary.
- David TC Davies – Welsh Secretary.
- Simon Hart – Chief Whip.
- Michelle Donelan – Innovation and Technology Secretary.
- Victoria Prentis – Attorney General.
- Johnny Mercer – Veterans Minister.
- Michael Tomlinson – Illegal Migration Minister.
- Mark Harper – Transport Secretary
A new record…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”
