Angela Rayner drops out of Glastonbury lineup The deputy Labour leader was due to speak at the Left Field tent Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2024
John Oliver on Tories: their ‘unremitting cruelty has stained the last decade and a half of British life’ Last Week Tonight host looks into surprise UK general election and last 14 years of Conservative rule in Britain. The Guardian - US · Jun 24, 2024
UK general elections: Which are the main parties, what are their key plans? Political parties are vying for votes, with promises covering taxes, immigration and even re-joining the EU. Al Jazeera · Jun 24, 2024
Could Nigel Farage become the next Tory leader? In some ways, he already has Rather than providing a check on the far right, the party opened the door to Faragism – and made his fantasies come true, says author Samuel Earle The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024
UK ‘tried to suppress criticism’ of alleged UAE role in arming Sudan’s RSF militia Exclusive UK accused of trying to head off condemnation of Gulf ally over alleged aid to forces accused of genocide in Darfur The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024
Meet Rishi Sunak’s Labour Party opponent who hopes to bring the PM down Exclusive: The Labour candidate hoping to become the first person to defeat a sitting prime minister explains why rural England is abandoning the Tories The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2024
Ex-Tory MP Rory Stewart: ‘I guess my hand will float over Labour, but will probably come down on Lib Dems or the Greens’ The former cabinet minister on why politics made him deeply unhappy, the truth about Old Etonians, and who he’ll be voting for The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
Small parties’ surge offers opportunity and risk for Labour as ‘big two’ vote share poised to fall The failings of the first past the post system are exposed amid an unprecedented fracturing of political support that signals dangers for the winning party The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
OPINION - Tom Newton Dunn: His first decisions as Prime Minister paved the way for Rishi Sunak's campaign from hell The first time I heard Rishi Sunak’s name was from William Hague, in Pushkar’s Indian restaurant in Birmingham. Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2024
The party leaders on NHS waiting lists and immigration targets Keir Starmer, John Swinney, Rishi Sunak and Ed Davey took questions from the public on Thursday. We examine their claims on hospital backlogs, Lib Dem policies and Brexit The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024
Canada lists Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terrorist group Move comes five years after US did so and will add to pressure on European governments to follow suit The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024
Ellen DeGeneres, Kate Moss... and Beyoncé? How the Cotswolds became an A-list hotspot First Taylor Swift, now JD Vance. Celebrities love the Cotswolds right now. So what is all the fuss about? Maddy Mussen taps up insider Plum Sykes for her little black book of super-glam hangouts Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2024
The Tories are fixating on Reform. They should be focused on a far bigger threat Ed Davey’s Lib Dems have fought a smart campaign – and it is they, not Nigel Farage, who have the pulse of middle England, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024
Affairs, rows and a rocky time with the Sussexes: Seven key claims from The House of Beckham Tom Bower’s explosive new book on Beckham family promises shock and scandal to test ‘Brand Beckham’ The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2024
Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2024 When was the last UK general election and who won? With 2024’s general election fast approaching, here’s a look back at what happened the last time Britons headed out to vote
The Conversation · Jun 18, 2024 Brexit boredom is one thing – but there’s a real problem when Britain’s leaders won’t even talk about Europe anymore British politics has, in recent years, been plagued by two competing forces when it comes to Europe.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024 Good riddance is Europe’s message to the Tories – but Labour shouldn’t expect any favours The next UK government will have to rebuild trust, says the European Policy Centre’s Paul Taylor
The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024 Stinginess, sexts and a Nazi tee: six revelations from The House of Beckham Tom Bower’s unflattering portrait of Posh and Becks is packed with moments of high-level cringe
The National (Scotland) · Jun 18, 2024 Can the next foreign secretary offer hope for Jagtar Singh Johal's release? DESPITE allegations of mistreatment, and a long-running campaign championed by the SNP’s Martin Docherty-Hughes, the fate of Jagtar Singh Johal…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2024 Tory peer Peter Cruddas shared posts supporting Nigel Farage and Reform UK Exclusive: almost half of billionaire Tory donor’s last 100 reposts were in support of rightwing party
The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024 Thatcherism, austerity, Brexit, Liz Truss... goodbye and good riddance to all that For 45 years, Britain has been blighted by Conservative ideologies that promised a path to prosperity, but achieved nothing of the sort
International Business Times · Jun 16, 2024 UK Election Picks Over 14 Years Of Conservative Rule Fourteen years of Conservative party rule in the UK have seen Brexit, Covid, economic turmoil and political scandals, leaving many Britons worse off and disenchanted.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024 Keir Starmer promises no capital gains tax on sales of homes Labour leader rejects ‘desperate’ claim from Tory party that he has secret property tax plans
Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024 OPINION - Tom Newton Dunn: The race for Tory leader has begun already — and it's a 16-way brawl “The problem with my dear fellow Tory MPs is they all think they’re Winston Churchill,” a weary Cabinet minister told me this week. “Every single one of them.” Like many in the Conservative Party now, the minister has given up hope over the general election result.
The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024 From Sunak’s Sky saga to a Labour MP’s rap: 6 funniest election and pop culture crossovers so far Politicians are dropping in pop culture references and even rewriting song lyrics to win votes... to varying levels of success