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Latest Commentary: Streeting Resigns from Cabinet, Leadership in Question -- The rebellion in the British Labour Party continues to smolder with the resignation of the Health Secretary Wes Streeting. Mr. Streeting is now the standard-bearer of those who want Sir Keir Starmer out as Prime Minister, but it is unclear if he is actually going to challenge the PM or if someone else will do so. The longer this goes on, the more likely it is to permanently damage the Labour Party. Despite having a majority of about 170, the Labour Party can see out this parliament, but it appears a good 100 of them have lost their nerve. At this stage, though, it is hard to see how the rebels can win barring a blunder by the PM. Of course, this PM is not the most politically adept. [14 May] Opposition Challenges Labour Rebels to Act -- This journal has said that the current challenge to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is over. Apparently, the 87 Labour party rebels in the House of Commons have not read the post. There is speculation that tomorrow Health Secretary Wes Streeting will resign to mount a leadership challenge. He is in need of 81 supporters, and there is further speculation that he can muster the numbers needed. Without the 81, there is no leadership contest. At this point, the opposition Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats have urged the rebels to act, if they have the stomach for it. The world will find out in the next few days whether they do. This journal now believes they will try to remove the PM, and they will fail. In the process, though, they may mortally wound the government. [13 May] Starmer Quells Mini-Rebellion -- After the Labour Party took a drubbing in the local elections held in the UK on Thursday, there was some discomfort on the government backbenches. It is usual for governments to lose seats in local elections and by-elections. They are the two best ways for the voters to express their discontent, and the British people are quite dissatisfied with how the country is going. Over the weekend, that turned into a rebellion with some MPs demanding Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had in his resignation. One MP went so far as to say she would challenge him if he did not quit today. He did not quit, and she did not challenge him. The rebellion has been put down, for now. [11 May] UK Local Elections Finish Off Duopoly -- The counting of ballots cast on Thursday in the UK local elections is just about done. Thousands of local council seats were at stake in England as were the entirety of the Welsh Assembly (the Sennedd) and of the Scottish Parliament. The rise of Reform is the story in England along with the Green Party winning its first mayoralty. In Wales, Plaid Cymru has replaced Labour after decades of the latter governing. In Scotland, the Scottish National Party has won its fifth consecutive election. Across the UK, the story is simple. The Tory-Labour duopoly that has been in place for over a hundred years is gone. Multiparty politics has come to Britain. [8 May] How Does Iran War Really End? -- The US-Israel-Iran war is 71 days old today, and the end has been in sight for quite a while. That said, neither side seems interested in negotiating a settlement because both sides think they are winning. The US is confident that Iran has no military left and is going broke. Iran is convinced it took the best punch the US could throw, and they came through it. It will take more time for both sides to realize that unconditional surrender is not in the cards and that a compromise is needed. In the end, that compromise will result in a Korean end to the fighting while the hostilities felt on both sides remain. [7 May] © Copyright 2026 by The Kensington Review, Jeff Myhre, PhD, Editor. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written consent. Produced using Ubuntu Linux.
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