Topic summary
Evening Standard
Extracted from the Wikipedia article The Standard (London newspaper).
Political stance
In the 2017 and 2019 United Kingdom general elections, the Evening Standard endorsed the Conservative Party. During the 2019 Conservative leadership election, the Evening Standard endorsed Johnson. During the 2020 Labour leadership election, the Evening Standard endorsed Keir Starmer to become Labour leader and consequently Leader of the Opposition. The Evening Standard endorsed Liz Truss in the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. For the 2024 London mayoral election, the Evening Standard endorsed Khan for Mayor of London. The Evening Standard later endorsed the Labour Party in the 2024 general election.