Boring Boris briefly becomes king of the world again – at least in his own head Former prime minister was grateful for a 45-minute slot on the Harry Cole Saves the West YouTube channel this week The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025
PM under pressure to sack Mandelson over Epstein links The calls came after it emerged Lord Mandelson had described the paedophile financier as his ‘best pal’ in a birthday note. The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025
Lord Mandelson gave advice to 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein as he faced criminal charges - and says he could have been murdered Fresh revelations pile pressure on Britain’s ambassador to the US as Sir Keir Starmer urged to sack him Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025
Voices: Starmer is risking becoming mired in sleaze as he backs Mandelson over ‘best pal’ Epstein COMMENT: Amid all the fallout from the Epstein ‘Birthday Book’, could the revelation that the US ambassador helped the late paedophile broker a $1bn deal, when he was Labour’s business secretary, be the point of no return, asks Sean O’Grady The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025
Lord Mandelson admits more 'embarrassing' details of his friendship with Jeffery Epstein will emerge Lord Mandelson said he ‘never saw any evidence of criminal activity’ and suggested Epstein had not introduced him to women ‘because I'm a gay man’ Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025
The Sun's political editor to take new job in US arm of Murdoch media empire THE Sun’s political editor is leaving the post for a new job covering Donald Trump in America. The National (Scotland) · Apr 29, 2025
UK politics: Philp’s ‘patronising’ comment about Britons’ work ethic show Tories ‘out of touch’, TUC says – as it happened General secretary highlights ‘legacy of 14 years of falling living standards under the Tories’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2025
Rishi Sunak on Sun TV: even cheeky questions can’t create a sense of fun Attempts at mischief-making fall flat as the PM adopts his man of the people act to be questioned by Harry Cole The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2024
Winning over the Times and the Sun won’t decide the next election – but Starmer’s Labour can’t kick the habit Despite the polls, the leader wants them on side for an endorsement. Yet why bother if it would make little difference to voter numbers?, asks First Edition editor Archie Bland The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024
Lee Anderson’s defection to Reform: the big reveal that wasn’t If only Anderson had leapt out of a cake, or driven in a white van The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2024
Ascension island: UK could send small boats arrivals to remote Atlantic territory Ministers are considering sending asylum seekers to Ascension Island while their claims are processed in a “radical Plan B” should the Rwanda scheme be blocked again or scrapped altogether. The Week · Aug 7, 2023
Isabel Oakeshott says she fell out with Hancock over I’m a Celebrity trip Journalist says ex-minister ‘vanished’ at key moment for book, as she faces questions over leak to Telegraph The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023
Rishi Sunak reshuffle: ‘red wall’ MP Lee Anderson named deputy Tory chair – as it happened Controversial MP appointed as Greg Hands’ deputy; Michelle Donelan becomes minister for science, innovation and technology The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023
Fossil fuel companies keep parties quiet to avoid activists Shell has told employees to “avoid talking about” the boss’s leaving do Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2022 Out of the Blue review – the rise and fall of Liz Truss How did Liz Truss become the seven-week prime minister? This juicy tale of high political farce hints at an answer
The National (Scotland) · Nov 13, 2022 Alister Jack denies claims he paved the way for disastrous premiership of Liz Truss ALISTER Jack has flatly denied claims made in a book detailing the rise of Liz Truss to Prime Minister that he paved the way for her to take over…
The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022 Out of the Blue by Harry Cole and James Heale – the salad days of Lettuce Liz Truss This biography of Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister was overtaken by events, but its lively style and air of authority illuminates her failings
The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2022 Digested week: Prince Harry’s forthcoming memoir will tell us what we already know The royal family needn’t worry about its contents – ‘self-examination and the power of love over grief’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2022 Liz Truss’s rider: independent coffee, fresh sandwiches and chilled wine Former PM and foreign secretary’s demands on trips rivalled that of a rock star, new biography reveals
Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2022 Out of the Blue: Liz Truss book publication brought forward by one month Out of the Blue is now on sale in November after Liz Truss departs Number 10
Daily Mirror · Oct 21, 2022 Piers Morgan replaced by guest host Nadine Dorries on talkTV while he takes holiday Piers Morgan's Uncensored will have Conservative MP Nadine Dorries guest-host alongside Emily Sheffield
The National (Scotland) · Oct 20, 2022 Who will be the next PM following Liz Truss's resignation? LIZ Truss has announced that she will step down as the leader of the Conservative Party and resign as Prime Minister.
The National (Scotland) · Oct 19, 2022 Starmer left red-faced as Private Eye accuses him of 'stealing' joke PRIVATE Eye has rapped Keir Starmer for “stealing” their joke about the Prime Minister’s chances of staying in office until Christmas.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022 Liz Truss apologises for going ‘too far and too fast’ with economic changes – as it happened Latest updates: In BBC interview, Liz Truss refuses say if her vision is ‘dead’ and vows to fight next election
The National (Scotland) · Oct 11, 2022 Journalists pan Liz Truss for 'Pyongyang-style' attack on transparency LIZ Truss’s allies are abandoning her almost as fast as she is careering around No10 wrecking the UK’s economy.