Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg has lost his seat amid Labour securing a majority in the 2024 general election. At just before 5am on Friday (5 July), the Labour Party hit 326 seats out of 650, officially handing them a majority in the next parliament. Rees-Mogg, who last year claimed that “you can’t offend the dead”, during […]
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Anti-trans campaigner Posie Parker has lost her deposit after receiving a dismal number of votes for the Party of Women in the general election. Parker, whose real name is Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, is one of the UK’s most recognisable anti-trans campaigners and leader of the Party of Women, a gender-critical single-issue party dedicated to opposing so-called ‘transgender ideology’. […]
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The Labour Party have wiped out the Conservatives to gain a majority in the 2024 general election. Keir Starmer’s party hit 326 seats out of 650 – the magic number needed for a majority – at just before 5am. After the polls closed at 10pm, the exit poll predicted a Labour victory with 410 seats […]
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The UK general election is looming and there are several LGBTQ+ MPs who have decided not to defend their seat. In May, prime minister Rishi Sunak announced that the UK general election will take play on 4 July – the first to take place in that month since 1945. A poll released in January suggested […]
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Labour leader Keir Starmer has emphasised the party’s record on LGBTQ+ rights, saying treating people with respect has “seemingly been lost in the last 14 years” and he is “determined to change that” if the party is elected to government. In the run-up to the general election on Thursday (4 July) PinkNews approached the major […]
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