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‘Sunlight of hope’ or a pyrrhic victory?

David Talbot considers Labour’s election win.

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News & Insights

All bets on a Labour Government It may be too soon to mention bets and election day in the same sentence, but with less than a week until polling day and the final TV debate between Rishi Sunak and Kier Starmer ticked off – barring......

A volatile electorate has delivered a truly historic victory for the Labour Party. With the final results dribbling in this morning, Labour is on course for a majority of 176 seats. Rishi Sunak admitted defeat at his count in the middle of the night, noting......

This morning, several of the OVID team gathered around our meeting room table to watch the King’s Speech, setting out Labour’s initial programme for government. It’s fair to say that, at that first sight, the programme did not set our pulses racing. From a health......