31 resultsfor “key issues in next week's elections”
key figures preferring to run alone. [Jean-Luc Mélenchon](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/04/france-jean-luc-melenchon-president-bid-2027), 74, the veteran radical left leader of La France Insoumise (LFI), announced this week that he would run for president for the fourth
elections, and even when they lose, there are [signs](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/07/georgia-house-election-runoff) that demographics that backed Trump in 2024 have swung towards Democrats. Trump’s approval ratings are [underwater](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/trump-approval-slips-polls-midterms), including on key
week to go, in a very tight election, nobody can afford that. What can we expect from the debate? This is an election unlike any other we've had in Wales. The new electoral system
issue of people haven't integrated well together and have an understanding of each other." Reform is making inroads into other Labour areas with white, working-class populations who are struggling to make ends meet
issues, and we’ve got to do it in the right way with the right values. Having some side order conversation about personnel and people, I think misses the point*.”* , the parent company of British Airways. British Airways dominates Heathrow, accounting for more
next general election. With Keir Starmer [fighting to ward off a leadership challenge](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/12/keir-starmer-prime-minister-resignation-labour-leadership-cabinet-meeting-yvette-cooper-shabana-mahmood-andy-burnham-wes-streeting-uk-politics-latest-news-updates), the leading backbenchers from the soft-left [Tribune](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/06/labour-mps-revive-tribune-to-take-on-reform) group published a series of essays calling
key target. Others, like GMB, have ruled out supporting Burnham because of his closeness with Ed Miliband, who is at odds with the union over oil and gas licences. “It would only happen if Keir
weeks to go before a primary election that has proved to be both dramatic and wildly unpredictable, [most polls](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/california-governor-election-polls-2026.html) put Hilton narrowly ahead of a fractured field of Democrats in the race
elections](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz62dwe30wdo), he launched a bid this morning to save his political life. In what was billed to be a defiant address, Starmer pledged to lay out "a platform on which
issue. In practice … he clearly has no ideology. One minute he’s wearing a red shirt, the next he’s wearing an orange one, and he doesn’t care,” she said. “And now, his style
key test for Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic governor who won a [resounding election victory](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/virginia-governor-abigail-spanberger) last November and supports the new maps, which could turn a delegation currently composed of six Democrats
election results as “on the whole a win for Ukraine”, since they represented “a strategic defeat for Putin”. “Putin had hoped to form an anti-Ukrainian coalition in [Europe](https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news) led by Orbán
issues, pneumonia and breathing difficulties. On 11 April, a 70-year-old Dutch man died onboard, while his 69-year-old wife died two weeks later in Johannesburg, having travelled to South Africa. A third
issues affecting Israeli-Arab relations”, the Carnegie Endowment reported. After the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US, EMET changed its name to the FDD, and over the next two decades, Iran became central
week’s election setbacks, the prime minister’s speech came with a warning that the British people would never forgive [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) if it descended into the leadership merry-go-round that characterised
key speech during Trump visit**  Jokes, condolences and a shiny gift: Trump and King Charles speak
key objective by US officials](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/03/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-remarks-to-press-6#:~:text=SECRETARY%20RUBIO%3A%20Well%2C%20so%20two,That's%20our%20objective.) early in the war. Their restriction is also likely be a demand during any forthcoming negotiations. An Iranian official said on Friday that US attacks overnight
next election. When the herd moves, it’s over.  Angela Rayner has told friends she would not want to trigger a leadership contest. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA ## **Angela** **R****ayner** Rayner