Whatever challenges we have with the [Boris Johnson's] government, when it comes to Russian aggression we stand together. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Tory work and pensions minister Claire Coutinho were among the MPs spotted sporting the rectangular badges on their lapels. Fewer than 40% of people in Britain know that those on effective treatment for HIV cannot pass the virus on to partners, the survey from YouGov suggests. In an interview with LBC on 11 October 2023, Starmer was asked whether it would be "appropriate" for Israel to totally cut off power and water supplies to Gaza, with Starmer replying that "I think that Israel does have that right" and that "obviously everything should be done within international law".

Dame Angela said: "This year, the Tory party has given us five education secretaries, four chancellors, three prime ministers, two leadership coups and the partridge has had to sell the pear tree to pay the gas bill. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. The Terrence Higgins Trust said progress in HIV medication means people can live a long, healthy life with HIV and that 97% of those diagnosed and on treatment in the UK are virally suppressed and cannot pass on HIV.

Some 43 people were rescued from the capsized boat, many of whom had plunged into the Channel’s icy waters. Rishi Sunak replied: “I’d like to thank the police and their partners for their efforts to find and arrest Daniel Khalife.

The accessories have left many confused, with plenty of people taking to Twitter to ask about the tiny clusters of wheat. It's a time to remember the large number of people murdered in the Holocaust genocide during the second world war under Nazi Persecution. Starmer himself stated he does not believe in God but does "believe in faith" and its power to bring people together. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you.He elaborated on this point that he felt it was "important for me to make clear that we stand united in the UK . Keir Starmer has said he is a friend to Palestinians – but his latest speech doesn't square with that". There has never been a more important time to highlight the crucial role farmers play in feeding the nation and caring for the countryside. Corbyn appointed Starmer to the Shadow Home Secretary's ministerial team as Shadow Minister for Immigration, a role from which he resigned as part of the widespread June 2016 British shadow cabinet resignations in protest at Corbyn's leadership; in his resignation letter he wrote that it was "simply untenable now to suggest we can offer an effective opposition without a change of leader". The BBC reported that the wheat sheaf is made of wheat from Shropshire and wool from Devon’s Blue Face Leicester sheep.

Scotland stands ready to offer sanctuary and refuge,” he bragged sanctimoniously, puffing up his shoulders. He has pledged to abolish the House of Lords, which he has described as "indefensible", during the first term of a Labour government and to replace it with a directly-elected 'Assembly of the Regions and Nations', but the details of which will be subject to public consultation. Starmer had previously said in relation to the case that "[w]here there is sufficient evidence we do not shy away from prosecuting politicians". By the September 2023 shadow cabinet reshuffle, most analysts concluded that Starmer had moved to the right of the party, but with elements of the 'soft left' remaining in the shadow cabinet. Asked about other Labour figures who wear “never kissed a Tory” badges, Starmer said: “I’m afraid I’ve broken that rule.

He advocates the reversal of the Conservative Party's cuts in corporation tax and supported Labour's anti-austerity proposals under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. In February of 2023 he travelled to Ukraine to meet with President Volodomyr Zelenskyy, during which he pledged "unwavering support" for Ukraine during the Russian invasion of the country and that if he became Prime Minister there would be no change in Britain's position on the war in Ukraine.