Kwasi Kwarteng hits 46-year record low for Chancellors after mini-budget - poll Exclusive: Poll shows 65 per cent adults in Britain dissatisfied with Chancellor Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022
Corporation tax U-turn looms large There is a misconception about U-turns, that they are inherently bad. This is patently not the case. If you are travelling in the wrong direction, it is perfectly sensible to change course. The same is true in politics. Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2022
Nicola Sturgeon is right – the Tories’ cruel policies are truly detestable Letters: Alastair McLeish sees no reason why the SNP leader should even try to be polite about the Conservative party. Plus a letter from Prof Gary Craig The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022
No 10 rejects reports that Braverman could make cannabis class A Spokesperson says ‘no plans’ to reclassify drug despite claims that home secretary supports move The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022
Fair play to Truss: stripped of competence or compassion, her extremism is refreshingly clear This is how bad governments die - with the mask fallen away, their worst face revealed, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2022
Millionaire businessman lifts lid on 'arrogant' Tories' booze-fuelled donor dinners Gareth Quarry, who has defected to Labour with a £100,000 donation, told Sky News secretive meals would have a 'planted Q&A' where 'the great and the good were allowed to ask one question each' Daily Mirror · Oct 7, 2022
M People founder ‘very angry’ over use of song at Tory conference Band founder tweeted in anger after PM walked on conference stage to hit 1993 single Moving On Up The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022
How Liz Truss' husband forgave her affair and how they got marriage back on track Prime Minister Liz Truss' private life struggled to stay out of the spotlight long before her new role, with her scandalous affair with a former Tory MP coming to light in 2006 Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022
Who are Liz Truss’s husband and daughters? It is the first time teenagers have lived at Downing Street since Tony Blair’s government The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022
Suella Braverman revives Tory pledge to cut net migration to ‘tens of thousands’ Home secretary says her ‘ultimate aspiration’ is to reduce migration figure from current level of 239,000 The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022
Liz Truss’s Tories are higher than ever on ideology – and they’re refusing to sober up This fiscal fiasco hasn’t dimmed the PM’s enthusiasm for bootleg Thatcherism. Only voters can scare the party straight, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022
Suella Braverman says her ‘aspiration’ is to cut immigration to tens of thousands Figure echoes target never met when David Cameron was prime minister The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022
Shortest serving UK prime ministers in modern history as Liz Truss ‘could be gone by Christmas’ Some Tory MPs say they have already submitted letters of no confidence in new PM The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022
Liz Truss becomes shortest-serving UK prime minister in history as she resigns after 45 days Boris Johnson’s successor dethroned by backbench rebellion caused by disastrous ‘mini-Budget’ The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022 Shortest serving UK prime ministers in history as Liz Truss ‘could be gone by Christmas’ Some Tory MPs say they have already submitted letters of no confidence in new PM
The National (Scotland) · Oct 3, 2022 Truss administration has shattered the Tory myth of economic competence WITH the value of the pound falling faster than a slice of buttered toast determined to leave a stain on the carpet, I thank my lucky stars every…
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022 Conservative Party conference opens with tributes to late Queen Members remained standing to sing the national anthem in praise of King Charles III.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022 When we judge politicians’ views, why should their skin colour be in any way relevant? As ethnic diversity becomes the new normal in politics, ideas should be the focus of discussion
The National (Scotland) · Oct 1, 2022 The story of the historic Edinburgh Agreement that began the indyref campaign THINK back to October 15, 2012, ten years ago this month. Headline news was the signing of the Edinburgh Agreement. This historic treaty was the…
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2022 As an act of charity, perhaps Eton could protect us from its less impressive products With prodigies such as Kwasi Kwarteng, Boris Johnson and David Cameron, surely some sort of vetting is in order
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022 Keir Starmer can lock the imploding Tories out for a decade – if he gets the message right Labour has a brief window to sear a narrative into the public’s mind, so the Conservatives are saddled with this crisis for years, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
The National (Scotland) · Sep 28, 2022 Are Labour actually ready to rule - or will Tory incompetence put them in No 10? KEIR Starmer is clearly emboldened by a largely uncontroversial Labour Party conference and the financial chaos being reaped by the Tory…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022 The Tories’ huge gamble offers a fabulous opportunity Keir Starmer’s party must seize Labour has a better plan for growth than Kwasi Kwarteng’s sugar-rush of tax cuts. Now it needs to pitch it to voters
Daily Mirror · Sep 22, 2022 Holly Willoughby and Phil Schofield's past controversies - Spin To Win to paedo list ITV has backed This Morning presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield after they faced claims of skipping the lying in state queue to see the Queen. It is not the first time they or their programmes have courted controversy
Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2022 What’s the story, diverse Tories? For the first time in history, not one of our four leading ministers of state is a white man. Jason Okundaye looks at how this happened and whether it’s just political gameplay