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Colchester's Pam Cox has a different 'Portillo moment' in her first day as MP
Colchester Evening Gazette via Yahoo News UK· 7 hours agoPam Cox's, Colchester's new Labour MP, bumped into Michael Portillo, former Conservative politician...
The Truss moment may replace the Portillo moment
BBC News· 11 hours agoAs the dust settles on election night 2024, the "Portillo moment" may have been eclipsed. At 06:48 BST on Friday 5 July, former Prime Minister Liz Truss...
Tony Blair’s new dawn of 1997 offers landslide lessons for Keir Starmer
The Guardian· 15 hours agoDavid Hill, the less self-publicity-prone of the hugely effective Labour press team, gave out a deep-throated “what?!” as he reeled away in disbelief at the sight of a startled Stephen Twigg ...
How to come back from a Portillo moment - by MICHAEL PORTILLO
Daily Mail· 3 days agoIt meant, to my surprise – and later amusement – the phrase 'Portillo moment' would enter the...
‘There Is Much To Celebrate However You Voted’ One Writer On Why Labour’s Victory Is A Win for All
Elle via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGreater working class representation, a promise of strengthened maternity and menopause rights, and...
Norfolk’s brutal humiliation of a former prime minister: How Liz Truss was booted out
The Independent· 3 days agoOn a night with a record tally of Conservative losses, Liz Truss losing her seat was surely the most...
Sunak axed, the cast eviscerated: at last, it’s the Tories’ season finale | Marina Hyde
The Guardian· 3 days agoWell, if you’re just joining us, the nation has delivered an all-night victim impact statement....
'Big beasts' slayed as Conservatives suffer UK election bloodbath
Reuters· 3 days agoFormer Prime Minister Liz Truss and defence minister Grant Shapps were among a record number of...
Twelve charts that show how Labour won by a landslide
The Guardian· 4 days agoLabour has secured 412 seats and the largest majority government in 25 years after historic general election results. While the overall vote share for Keir Starmer’s party is only around two ...
The election result was as predicted - but here's what we didn't expect (plus the Portillo moment)
Sky News via Yahoo News UK· 4 days agoIn one of the biggest shocks of the night, former prime minister Liz Truss lost in Norfolk South...