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1 month ago | 
irishexaminer.com | David Lynch |Pol Allingham
Keir Starmer has told Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy he has “full backing across the United Kingdom” and that Britain stands with Ukraine “for as long as it may take”. As the pair met at Downing Street, Mr Zelenskyy told the British prime minister “we count on your support”. Their meeting comes a day after the Ukrainian leader’s heated exchange with US president Donald Trump in the White House’s Oval Office.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
irishexaminer.com | Aine Fox |Richard Wheeler |David Lynch |Rhiannon James
Assisted dying could be legalised in England and Wales after a historic vote saw proposed legislation clear its first hurdle in Parliament. A majority of MPs, including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, supported a Bill that would allow terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of less than six months to end their lives.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
irishexaminer.com | David Lynch |Ellie Iorizzo |William Warnes |Sam Hall
Donald Trump has declared he has won a “magnificent victory for the American people” as he looks on track to return to the White House as 47th President of the United States. Mr Trump has told his supporters that “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate”, after he was projected to win a number of crucial swing states ahead of Democrat candidate Kamala Harris.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
irishexaminer.com | David Lynch
British prime minister Keir Starmer has insisted his relationship with Donald Trump is not in jeopardy after the presidential candidate’s campaign claimed the Labour Party was interfering in the US election. A statement on Mr Trump’s website, DonaldJTrump.com on Tuesday night announced an official complaint had been filed with US federal election officials, and claimed the Labour Party had “made, and the Harris campaign has accepted, illegal foreign national contributions”.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
irishexaminer.com | David Lynch |Helen Corbett
Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch will go head-to-head in the final heat of the Conservative Party leadership contest, after James Cleverly was knocked out in the latest round of voting. Former home secretary Mr Cleverly was eliminated in Wednesday’s ballot of Tory MPs, following Tom Tugendhat who was knocked out on Tuesday. Ms Badenoch won 42 votes and Mr Jenrick 41 votes, to Mr Cleverly’s 37 votes in the latest ballot, with 120 Tory MPs having taken part.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
irishexaminer.com | David Lynch |Rebecca Black |Cillian Sherlock
The Taoiseach and the British prime minister will hold annual summits on trade and security, the Keir Starmer has said. Mr Starmer said it is a “moment for reset” of relations between the UK and Ireland as he met Simon Harris during his first official visit to Dublin. Mr Starmer said they had been able to agree the themes and structures of a summit in March 2025, to be held every year thereafter.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
irishexaminer.com | David Lynch |Rebecca Black |Cillian Sherlock
It is the “moment for reset” of relations between Ireland and the UK, the British prime minister has said during his first official visit to Dublin. Keir Starmer is visiting Ireland for a meeting with Taoiseach Simon Harris. Commerce across the Irish Sea, a trade relationship worth €120bn a year which supports thousands of jobs, was at the top of the agenda. The leaders shook hands at the doorway of Farmleigh House before moving inside where Mr Starmer signed the visitors’ book.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
newsletter.co.uk | Christopher McKeon |David Lynch
Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood mentioned her husband's rare cancer diagnosis in the her maiden House of Commons speech on TuesdayA newly elected Northern Ireland MP has called for cancer diagnoses to be put back on the political agenda after speaking about her husband’s battle with a rare form of blood cancer.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
irishexaminer.com | David Hughes |Claire Hayhurst |David Lynch
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer were united in condemnation of Just Stop Oil after activists targeted Stonehenge with orange powder paint. The UK prime minister described it as a “disgraceful act of vandalism” while the Labour leader branded the group “pathetic”. Members tried to intervene, struggling with the campaigners – named by the group as Rajan Naidu, 73, and Niamh Lynch, 21 – as they ran up to the ancient monument on Wednesday.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
irishexaminer.com | David Lynch
In Britain, Reform UK has overtaken the Conservatives in a major opinion poll, as prime minister Rishi Sunak continues his absence from the election campaign trail to meet world leaders in Italy. A YouGov survey commissioned by the Times newspaper had Nigel Farage’s party at 19% to the Conservatives 18% in voting intention, in a crossover moment which is the latest blow to Tory hopes of returning to government.
