Politics UK
The Conservatives Lose the Local Elections: Will They Bring Boris Back?
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On Thursday, Brits went to the polls to elect 8058 local councillors in some 230 councils across England. We look at the local election results, what they, and whether they could spell the end for Sunak, as they did for Theresa May in 2019.
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In this video we explore Burnham’s promise to implement a more representative electoral system in the UK but will he actually succeed where countless other governments have failed – and actually change the voting system?
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History of Electoral Reform
Idox Group Electoral Reform: A Never Ending Story?
https://www.idoxgroup.com/insights/electoral-reform-a-never-ending-story/
BBC News Opposing Voting Reform ‘Selfish’ and ‘Immoral’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41775307
UK in a Changing Europe Electoral Reform: the State of Debate and Future Prospects
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/electoral-reform-the-state-of-debate-and-future-prospects/
Make Votes Matter 2024 Was Our Least Representative Election Ever
News Articles
Electoral Reform Society Prime Minister Announces Manifesto Pledge at Labour Conference
Prime Minister announces manifesto pledge and historic National Commission at Labour Conference
The Guardian Labour MPs Will Push Burnham to back Voting Reform
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/25/andy-burnham-electoral-reform-first-past-the-post
Labour List Majority of MPs Back Review of Voting System
https://labourlist.org/2026/08/majority-labour-mps-review-voting-system/
Official Resources
Parliament UK Alex Sobel Amendment
https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080/stages/20676/amendments/10035247
Labour Andy Burnham Conference Speech Transcript
Polling
YouGov Should We Change Our Current British Voting System
https://yougov.com/en-gb/trackers/should-we-change-our-current-british-voting-system
More in Common September MRP Poll
0:00 Can Burnham Actually Ditch First-Past-the-Post?
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Nigel Farage said Andy Burnham’s comments about potentially rejoining the EU had given him “the biggest boost in [his] career”. We look at why — even if it seems counter-intuitive — another Brexit debate could actually hurt Farage.
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Farage responds to Burnham’s decision to reopen EU debate
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/01/burnhams-reopening-of-brexit-debate-is-biggest-boost-in-my-career-says-farage
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/30/andy-burnham-uk-could-go-all-the-way-rejoining-eu
British public sentiment on the EU
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54925-what-do-britons-think-of-brexit-10-years-since-the-referendum
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54567-how-strong-is-uk-support-for-rejoining-the-european-union
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/half-want-to-rejoin-eu-and-backing-it-could-drive-up-labour-vote-megapoll-finds
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-politico-poll-britons-want-to-get-closer-to-the-eu-and-even-farages-voters-agree/
Economic impact of Brexit
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impact-on-the-uk-economy/
https://www.economicsobservatory.com/how-has-brexit-affected-business-investment-in-the-uk
Reform UK crises
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckly020edl45o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v4zvyde15o
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Yesterday, Holborn and St. Pancras headed to the polls to select a new MP (replacing former MP Keir Starmer). With another leader on the ballot, the Green’s Zack Polanski, all eyes were on the race… one Polanski ultimately lost.
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It’s been a few days now, but the UK is still responding to the reverberations caused by Andy Burnham’s bombshell conference speech. But in this video, we’re going to focus on one of his speech’s last topics: the UK-EU relationship.
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Before the Brexit referendum, a whole bunch of MPs explained to Britain how the economy would collapse post-Brexit. While Brexit hasn’t yet happened, some did say that the destruction would take place immediately after the vote; which didn’t exactly happen as expected. So in this video, we explain what’s happened and why the economy hasn’t done too badly in the end.
[1] – shorturl.at/cefrY
[2] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/timeseries/mgsx/lms
[3] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/quarterlynationalaccounts/apriltojune2019
[4] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/compendium/unitedkingdomnationalaccountsthebluebook/2019/nationalaccountsataglance
[5] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/timeseries/mgsx/lms
[6] – https://www.economist.com/britain/2019/10/31/britains-economy-is-holding-up-well-for-now
[7] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/bulletins/familyspendingintheuk/financialyearending2018#household-spending-in-fye-2018-was-the-highest-since-fye-2005
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@soniabaker9790
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
No, Boris, don't be silly, people won't vote for another liar again! !Will they?🥺
@soniabaker9790
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Get em out, 13 yrs of cuts to us, but not to them.
@Monkey341
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Those against China will not be PM for long. Those who advocate working with China for a win-win benefits will be PM for a longer time. The British people wants good relations and stability.
@globalinvestor7481
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
PM SHOULD GO
@RF_Burns
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Oh no, I hope we don't end up with a Labour government – tax and spendaholics!
@Darren-fm3pe
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
The UK still designing weapons based on Elvis Presley still not helping is it?
@lorddrayvon1426
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Sunak or no `sunak, nothing will ever change because he’s just the puppet. His “friends” are the ones who make the damn decisions, he’s just thier out of touch spokesperson.
@LIJXFVKINBVY
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Well, the country voted for brexit so anything is possible for Boris to be back in charge. Since the country is that stupid.
@petekdemircioglu
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Stop laundering money and killing legit businesses in UK and elsewhere Tories.
@bioLarzen
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Would be interesting – and, I guess, just as much horrifying – to hear the opinions and reasonings of those 7% that "agreed" with Liz Truss' performance at the end of her spell as PM… I mean this is still way too high a number for errant votes, trolls and family members.
@colinmccarthy7921
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
I would have Matt Hancock or Liz Truss as the next PM.There again the
Home Secretary could be the next PM.We could also have the MP’s
for Salisbury,and Guildford as well.
@hot_ice_e1ite46
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
over 8'000 seats???? there's not even that many people in Britain why do they need so many
@IwanJames
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@AgentGreyFox
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
The best general election result would be the Torys becoming smaller than the SNP 🤣… But too many are blind to their lies.
@dalfokane
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
The current state of politics is a sad mess. A mass of mostly politcally illiterate workers voting in cliques to work against their real interests. Though issues such as class struggle, alienation and actual democracy seem to be french loan-words.
Well, may the most popular clique win!
@richmorg8196
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
The Conservatives are just waiting for Borris to clear his name as the case against him will probably be thrown out of court now that it has come out that the woman who wrote the report was talking to Labour about working for them when she submitted the report on party gate and once Boris has cleared his name the party will repoint him as leader.
@GregoryLancaster-rf7ce
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
It’s all a numbers game for some Conservatives. They fail to look at the statistics
@GregoryLancaster-rf7ce
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Lockdown changed everything
@gazza8524
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
I want to fix the first line "Some brits went to the polls." as there were a nice stack of nuclear blast safe seats in local councils that were unopposed and therfore not voted upon.
@johnsometimesoffandsometim8933
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Your last 6 words, GBNews it needs to be stopped.
@sachajennings4878
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Could Boris even run? He’s already been in office for 2 terms?
@carloscarballo3656
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Conservatism is a failed ideology, the empirical results of decades of conservative rule(domestically and abroad) shows this rather blatantly. Is it any surprise that the people's votes are reflecting that, even with the erosion of democracy from the Tories?
@Mrcheekymonkeyisback
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
I voted for three different candidates. it was a thing for us, idk about the rest of you guys. anyone else had multiple votes?
i voted for two labor candidates and one independent (to give us more say locally)
@TheDayt306
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
The fact that the benchmark, the last election, was set before the tenure of two entire Prime Ministers should tell you everything you need to know about post-Brexit politics.
@MANUELEYTOR
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
how can a party so unpopular and inefficient hold on to so much power? Their rule has been disastrous and yet they stay firmly ruling over people who don't want them.
@helvis7336
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
like here in America, the pendulum always swings back in politics.
@dumbasspunkimg
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
I'm 18 and made sure my vote counted in Plymouth! We are now which is a big change for us.
@MsJubjubbird
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Governments go stale after a while regardless of which party is in charge and governments also tend to change when the economy is going badly- and the economy isn't just influenced by the governing party but also many other micro and macro factors – like a war in Russia, people getting easy access to credit and global supply shortages. Sunak was handed a poisoned chalice
@aarononeal9830
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Tldr needs to talk to you about Ecosia it is a search engine that plants trees
@antonk.2748
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Brexit is what got us into all this crap to begin with or at least made underlying problems much much worse. Economic stagnation, brain drain, inflation, lack of seasonal workers, etc… Being more right wing and more brexiteer in order to fix the economy and "go for growth" is like recommending someone to cover himself in hairspray to make himself less flammable…
@ika5666
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
Why conservatives should be elected if they are not conservatives but masked green-rose-WEF-netzeroes? At least, more authentic anti-British left & liberals are now on the stage, just to be beaten later, if lessons are learned by us the people.
@Da1Dez
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
At this point they're just desperately making the track as they go along….
@jobsworth6828
December 19, 2023 at 10:48 am
The problem with the Tories being so bad is that the only other option is Starmer. After he covered up Rotherham and Saville he’s vermin.