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The ungovernable country? Why Britain keeps losing prime ministers

May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now perhaps Starmer: each one was brought low for a reason. But what if the deeper problem is the office itself?

The Guardian - UK

Why the Charles speech in America had the western media buzzing

When King Charles III rose to address the United States Congress, expectations were modest. State visits by British monarchs are, by design, ceremonial, shaped by protocol, symbolism and restraint. Yet the speech delivered on that occasion travelled beyond ceremony.

Newslaundry

How King Charles’s speech was written – and how to read it

King’s carefully crafted address to US Congress was the result of close liaison with aides, No 10 and Foreign Office

The Guardian - UK

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King Charles visits Trump: what are the potential pitfalls for the monarch?

The king faces possibly his most important ever speech and a thin-skinned president, in the shadow of the Sussexes and the Epstein scandal. What could go wrong?

The Guardian - UK

A “Very Interesting” Contender Has Entered Prince George's Battle of the Boarding Schools—And It Could Be Perfect for Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis

George will head to an unknown prep school this fall, but Charlotte is facing her own choice soon, too.

Marie Claire

Starmer’s start as PM worse than Liz Truss, claims expert

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The Independent UK

Keir Starmer has had worse start as PM than Liz Truss, expert claims

Labour prime minister’s record in office more ‘inept’ than that of Liz Truss, top historian says

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Democracy ‘not a given’ in Britain, top political biographer Anthony Seldon warns

Sir Anthony Seldon warns ‘democracy is frail’

The Independent UK

Grievances and forgiveness were both on display in Prince Harry's raw TV interview

The rift between Prince Harry and his family has burst into the open again

The Independent UK

Starmer must be ‘as tough as Churchill’ in talks with Trump, says top political biographer

Exclusive: Keir Starmer must stand up to Donald Trump and show Europe is strong enough to be ‘challenge and threat’ to US and Russia, says Britain’s leading political biographer Anthony Seldon

The Independent UK

Voices: How Starmer can stand up to Trump in Washington summit

COMMENT: Starmer’s visit to Trump should be the beginning of a renewed show of strength and a reunited Europe, writes Anthony Seldon. He should make history in a way that Churchill grasped and Blair dropped

The Independent UK

AI ‘biggest thing to hit education in 100 years’, historian says

Sir Anthony Seldon praised Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s speech about technology on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

The story of Liz Truss in swear words

The ex-PM’s potty mouth has been revealed in a new book

Evening Standard

Truss at 10 by Anthony Seldon review – the leader who made history for all the wrong reasons

This brisk and readable study of our shortest-serving prime minister’s 49 days in office examines her catastrophic mini-budget and the role played by the Institute of Economic Affairs

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Truss at 10 by Anthony Seldon review – how not to be PM

The historian turns Liz Truss’s 49-day tenure into a textbook on bad government, writes former Conservative MP Dominic Grieve

Evening Standard

Spat breaks out between Liz Truss and author of new book about her on eve of publication

‘I have nothing more to add,’ quipped Sir Anthony Seldon

The National (Scotland)

Janey Godley pans Liz Truss in heartfelt video after 'cut NHS cancer care' claim

SCOTS comic Janey Godley has torn into former prime minister Liz Truss after reports said she considered ending cancer care on the NHS ...

The Independent UK

Liz Truss hits back at claim she considered scrapping all NHS cancer treatment after crashing economy

Former PM denies claim in new biography she considered extraordinary measures to fix budget black hole

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The Independent UK

Liz Truss secretly mocked Rishi Sunak with ‘Russhi’ nickname for not doing enough to oppose Putin

Truss believed Sunak was guilty of ‘screwing’ her with ‘vicious attacks’ on her by his team

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss considered cutting NHS cancer care to pay for tax cuts, claims new book

Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister claims the then PM suggested severe spending cuts to fill financial black hole

The Independent UK

Liz Truss wanted to sign eye-watering energy deal that would have cost bill-payers £30bn extra

A poor-value deal negotiated by Liz Truss nearly cost the country £130bn, book claims

The Independent UK

Liz Truss considered scrapping all NHS cancer treatment after crashing economy, book claims

New book by Sir Anthony Seldon features interviews with insiders from the Truss government

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s Conservatives face years of oblivion. Changing leader will solve nothing

Two historians argued in the 1990s that nine conditions defined the likelihood of Tory defeat. Almost all of them hold today, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Snarls and smears from disgraced Boris Johnson, readying his troops for civil war

The Partygate report could not be more damning – but his only concern is for those who still mass under his tattered flag, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Johnson at 10 by Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell review – the great pretender

A howl of scholarly frustration at a prime minister out of his depth

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