The Guardian – Macron calls snap election after surge of far right
The Guardian’s front page covers mostly political news – as well as the discovery of the body of TV doctor Michael Mosley.
Catch up on all the front pages here
- Macron calls snap election after surge of far right: France’s president Emmanuel Macron last night called snap legislative elections following his allies crushing defeat to the far-right National Rally (RN) in the European Parliament elections. According to usually reliable projections, Macron’s centrist party was on course to score between 14.8-15.2% of the vote, less than half the tally of 31. 1.5-33% predicted for Marine Le Pen’s RN party- its highest ever in a nationwide election. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/09/eu-elections-far-right-gains-germany-austria-netherlands-exit-polls]
- ‘Wonderful and kind’ Tributes after Michael Mosley found dead: The wife of the British TV presenter Michael Mosley has confirmed the “devastating” news that her husband has been found dead on the Greek island of Symi. Dr Clare Bailey said she and the couple’s four children took comfort in the fact that he “had almost made it”, after his body was found close to a coastal resort on Sunday. “We’re taking comfort in the fact that he so very nearly made it. He did an incredible climb, took the wrong route and collapsed where he couldn’t be easily seen by the extensive search team.”[https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/09/body-of-man-believed-to-be-tv-doctor-michael-mosley-found-on-greek-island-authorities-say]
- Labour pledge to create 100,000 nursery places: Labour has pledged to create more than 100,000 new nursery places for children from nine months old, helping to both drive up standards and meet demand, as a key manifesto offer for working parents.[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/09/exclusive-labour-pledges-to-create-more-than-100000-new-nursery-places]
- Gantz quits emergency war cabinet in Israel: The Israeli politician and former military chief Benny Gantz has followed through on a threat to resign from Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency war cabinet, leaving the prime minister more reliant than ever on far-right elements of his coalition government.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/09/moderate-politician-benny-gantz-resigns-israeli-war-cabinet]
Latest articles from The Guardian
-
Young trans people accessing treatment outside NHS may get safeguarding referral
Draft guidelines for England state protocols can be initiated in relation to treatments obtained privately Young transgender people could be referred to safeguarding agencies if they access puberty blockers and hormone therapies on the private market after being told by a public health professional they should not be taking them, new draft guidelines from England’s
-
Liz Truss to raise corporation tax in another humiliating U-turn
PM makes second climbdown and sacks chancellor after package of unfunded tax cuts sent the pound tumbling Today’s political news – live updates Liz Truss has performed a humiliating U-turn over her flagship plan to cut corporation tax, as she grimly insisted she would hang on as prime minister despite being forced to sack her
-
Huge swing to Tories in local byelection for Leicester area hit by unrest
Some attribute Labour’s loss in North Evington to its candidate’s apparent support for India’s ruling BJP party A Leicester council byelection resulted in a huge swing towards the Conservatives, as they took the seat from Labour who were knocked into third place in an area gripped by civil unrest last month. The Conservatives took 49.6%
-
Dead sex offender named as prime suspect in Leah Croucher murder case
Neil Maxwell, who killed himself in 2019, suspected over disappearance of woman who went missing earlier that year The prime suspect in the murder of Leah Croucher, who disappeared in February 2019, has been named as convicted sex offender Neil Maxwell, who killed himself in April that year. Thames Valley police launched a murder investigation
-
Liz Truss appoints Jeremy Hunt as chancellor after sacking Kwarteng
Former leadership contender is back in cabinet as PM tries to reach out to other sections of Tory party Jeremy Hunt has been appointed as Liz Truss’s new chancellor, in a stunning reversal of political fortune and a sign that the beleaguered prime minister wants to reach out to other sections of the Conservative party.
