Labour Party Leadership

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  UK Political Crisis: Why The Country Has Seen 3 Prime Ministers In 3 Years

  The United Kingdom will vote in the general election on July 4. A resurgent Labour Party, under the leadership of Keir Starmer, is predicted to win a majority in the House of Commons after a 14-year rule of the Conservative Party.

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  Double Trouble For Rishi Sunak As UK By-Election Results Give Heavy Blows

  Rishi Sunak suffered two heavy blows to his leadership ahead of a general election later this year as the Opposition Labour Party overturned strong Conservative majorities to win by-elections in England today.

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  New Zealand PM Vows To Step Down As Party Leader If She Loses Election

  New Zealand's prime ministerial hopefuls clashed on Thursday in their last debate before a general election that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said if she does not win, she will resign from the leadership of her Labour Party.

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  Indian-Origin British MP Inches Closer In Race To Replace Labour's Corbyn

  Lisa Nandy, the Indian-origin British MP, and four others have made it to the second round of the Labour leadership race to succeed incumbent party chief Jeremy Corbyn.

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  "Determined To Defeat" British PM, Indian-Origin MP Eyes Labour Top Post

  Lisa Nandy, the Indian-origin British MP, has launched her bid for the Labour leadership race, vowing to "bring the party home" to its traditional heartlands after it suffered it worst defeat in over 70 years in the December 2019 election, it was reported.

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  Angela Eagle Withdraws From UK Labour Leadership Contest

  Challenger Angela Eagle withdrew from the contest to lead Britain's main opposition Labour Party on Tuesday and backed rival Owen Smith in a unity bid to oust embattled leader Jeremy Corbyn.

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  UK's Labour Says Jeremy Corbyn Has Automatic Right To Defend leadership

  British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn's name should automatically be on the ballot paper in the Labour Party's leadership contest, the party's national executive committee (NEC) ruled on Tuesday.

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  Ghosts of Conflicts Past Hang Over UK Labour's Syria Split

  A row in Britain's main opposition Labour party over whether to back air strikes in Syria has deepened splits over Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, while reviving uncomfortable memories of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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  'Bye Bye' Vs 'Welcome': UK Press Divided on Jeremy Corbyn

  Britain's pro-Conservative newspapers on Sunday crowed that socialist Jeremy Corbyn's crushing leadership victory would condemn the Labour Party to the opposition for a long time, while leftist media hailed the win.

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  Socialist Jeremy Corbyn Wins UK Labour Leadership Contest

  Karl Marx admirer Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of Britain's opposition Labour party today, a victory that may make a British EU exit more likely and which one former Labour Prime Minister has warned could leave their party unelectable.

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  UK Labour Party Ready to Lurch Left as Jeremy Corbyn Expected to Win Leadership

  Britain's opposition Labour Party is expected to crown hard left lawmaker Jeremy Corbyn as its new leader on Saturday after a surprise surge in support for his anti-austerity platform, and despite fears that he will make the party unelectable for years.

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  UK's Labour Starts Leadership Vote With Left-Winger in Front

  Britain's main opposition Labour party starts voting for a new leader Friday, with Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran socialist who would move the party significantly to the left, favourite to win.

• Australian PM Gillard beats Rudd in leadership ballot

  Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday survived a leadership challenge from Kevin Rudd, crushing her arch-rival in a damaging battle to head the ruling Labour party.

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  UK: Labour lawmakers challenge Gordon Brown

  British PM Gordon Brown faces a challenge to his leadership from within his own Labour Party, just five months ahead of polls.