Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said Ireland has been “extraordinarily helpful to the British government” after the Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris appeared to critic… Read More
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Moderate Conservative MPs are keen to find new ways to offer “hope” to voters as the chaotic hold former prime min… Read More
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Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt has s… Read More
This is a brief follow-up to yesterday’s post about Rishi Sunak.
‘Luxury beliefs’
On Thursday, August 3, 2023, GB News’s Patrick Christys spoke with Toby Young, who… Read More
Yesterday’s post was about last Thursday’s three by-elections in England in Conservative-held seats.
Conservatives and Labour are both drawing conclusions about each party winnin… Read More
Listen up, critics: first let Labour win power. Then scrutinise its real record | Polly Toynbee
Listen up, critics: first let Labour win power. Then scrutinise its real record | Polly Toynbe… Read More
On Thursday evening, June 29, 2023, Nigel Farage told his GB News audience that his bank accounts — personal and business — had been mysteriously suspended and would be closed wi… Read More
Boris Johnson is facing a fight for his political career after MPs said evidence strongly suggests breaches of COVID rules would have been “obvious” to the then-PM.
The cross… Read More
Humanly Possible, by Sarah Bakewell. Image: Chatto & Windus 2023. Sarah Bakewell is what you might call a non-organised humanist. That is not to say she is disorganised (far from it), bu… Read More
The National Conservatism (NatCon) conference kicks off today in Westminster, London, featuring a roster of high-profile speakers drawn from the upper reaches of the government and the cons… Read More
BBC sports presenter and former England international football player Gary Lineker returns to his London home on March 13. The BBC will review its social media guidelines and how they ap… Read More
[-WATCH UK & US TV LIVE-][-WATCH FOOTBALL LIVE-]The BBC’s own impartiality was last night in the spotlight over its axing of Gary Lineker, as hopes grew the Match of the Day host w… Read More
Britain has made moral and military support for Ukraine a fundamental plank of its post-Brexit foreign policy, winning support in Eastern Europe and aligning itself wit… Read More
Richard Sambrook, Cardiff University
What’s the difference between a state broadcaster and a public broadcaster? The dispute over the close relationship between the BBC chairman, Ri… Read More
From the a recorded 170cm, or 5ft 6in, Sunak is not thus far in the average because you might thoughtUser critiques
Really contended: 60%
Interesting circumstances: 63%
Trust objections: 56%… Read More
Drawing from a database of more than 1,300 editorials, which are the formal “voice” of a newspaper, this work examines how the language used to de… Read More
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Rishi Sunak has reversed his decision to skip the Cop27 climate summi… Read More
Treasury minister Chris Philp says NHS and care will get ‘not single penny less’ despite repeal of health and care levy
Andrew Sparrow
Back in the Commons, Chris Philp, chie… Read More
Kwasi Kwarteng, a long-time ally and political soulmate of new prime minister Liz Truss, has been named as the UK’s next chancellor.
He takes over at a critical time for the UK econ… Read More
Rishi Sunak launched a series of furious attacks on Liz Truss in a TV debate tonight as he desperately struggled to win over Tory members – but a poll suggested he failed to… Read More
How do you express love in text? It’s important to let them know that you’re thinking of them by sending a thoughtful and romantic love message. If you’re ready to tell tha… Read More
Reaction to Justin Welby’s Easter heavily politicised sermon last Sunday was strong.
We appreciate that he has no time for Boris Johnson or other Conservatives, but could he please put… Read More
A British news crew covering the Russian war in Ukraine were forced to run for their lives during shelling in the south-east of the country.
Dramatic video shows Sky News correspo… Read More
This article titled “Covid live news: NZ to begin reopening border this month; Czech Republic to end Covid passes next week” was written by Jem Bartholomew (now), Elias Visonta… Read More