Davos is appealing for ‘collaboration in the intelligent age’. Good luck with that The annual gathering of the globally minded is looking forlorn in the light of Trump 2.0 and trade rows The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025
Kemi Badenoch to criticise Theresa May and Boris Johnson ‘mistakes’ Tory leader to condemn predecessors’ Brexit, climate and migration failings amid rising popularity of Reform UK The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2025
Miliband blasts Farage and Tories for turning net zero into a ‘culture war’ The energy secretary appealed for cross-party unity on net zero just hours after it was revealed Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attended the launch of a climate change denying lobby group The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2025
How Farage lost the Brexit Party and why it means Reform is not inevitable NEWS ANALYSIS: The last week has seen Farage and Reform top a national poll and hold another packed rally as their political momentum continues to gather steam. But the embarrassing row with Elon Musk and issues around Tommy Robinson exposed a number of serious problems for Reform behind the scenes,… The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2025
Trump ‘beauty parade’ may favour populist right leaders over Starmer Diplomats have advised the UK prime minister to have a face-saving response just in case he comes low down on the list at the inauguration The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2025
There are no adults in the room: there’s barely a room. This is politics at warp speed, and we know who’s benefiting Fiscal crisis, corruption claims, shenanigans and legal threats. This feels like the week old-style politics sat on a grenade, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2025
Andy Burnham joins calls for ‘limited’ national inquiry into sexual abuse gangs Greater Manchester mayor says scope of inquiry he commissioned in Oldham did not have same legal powers The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2025
Brexiteer meltdown as Starmer makes May’s chief EU negotiator Foreign Office chief mandarin Sir Oliver Robbins’ appointment is being seen as a signal of intent for Starmer’s plans to reset relations with the EU The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2025
Former Brexit negotiator Oliver Robbins becomes top Foreign Office civil servant Exclusive: Robbins, who was believed to be Lammy’s choice for permanent undersecretary’s job, succeeds Philip Barton The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025
New Orleans shows UK ‘must not get complacent’ to terrorist threat – Theresa May Baroness May of Maidenhead welcomed a new law, known as Martyn’s Law, that aims to help prevent and reduce the harm of terror attacks at event venues. The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025
Patel accuses Starmer of ‘desperate’ approach to China ties Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said China had been behind ‘all sorts of incursions in our country’. Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2024
The Waspi women suffered outrageous misogyny, but in poverty-stricken Britain they’re not the top priority The government is right in its decision not to pay the women up to £10.5bn in compensation – it can’t afford to, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2024
Turkish drugs supplier wins human rights bid to stay in UK after Home Office U-turn Theresa May originally decided not to deport the convicted drugs supplier, concluding he did not pose a danger Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2024
Chinese AI chip firms blacklisted over weapons concerns gained access to UK technology Imagination Technologies had licences with two Chinese firms – but said it had not ‘implemented transactions’ that would enable the use of technology for military purposes The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2024
The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024 Journalist claims his phone was hacked while on trip to China with Theresa May A journalist claimed his phone was hacked while on a trip to China with former prime minister Theresa May.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2024 MPs denied chance to hail Prince Andrew’s spycatching heroics Duke of York’s decades of playing everyone’s useful idiot – all for the good of the country – were off-limits in the Commons
Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2024 What we know so far about the alleged Chinese spy with links to Andrew Yang Tengbo was said to have become a ‘close’ confidant of the Duke of York.
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2024 Chinese alleged spy’s identity revealed as MPs raise fears over Beijing’s reach in Britain Yang Tengbo is named in court as Iain Duncan Smith warns such ‘agents’ are the ‘tip of the iceberg’
The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2024 How did Yang Tengbo become close confidant of Prince Andrew? Chinese businessman managed to penetrate the heart of the British establishment
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2024 ‘Chinese spy’ at heart of Prince Andrew scandal named Yang Tengbo insisted he has done ‘nothing wrong’ and rejected allegations of being a spy as ‘entirely untrue’
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2024 Concerns at Westminster that Chinese spy suspect able to ‘slip through the net’ Critics of the Beijing government warned that the activities of the suspect known as H6 were the ‘tip of the iceberg’.
The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2024 Who is Yang Tengbo? Everything we know about alleged Chinese spy who was close confidant of Prince Andrew Yang Tengbo insisted he has done ‘nothing wrong’ and rejected allegations of being a spy as ‘entirely untrue’
Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2024 UK-China relationship is ‘complex’, Cooper says amid concerns over alleged spy Concerns have been raised by MPs about the case involving the alleged agent, known only as H6.
The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2024 Top Tory donor hits back at ‘unjust ruling’ after being stripped of CBE Lord Rami Ranger was ennobled in 2019 in Theresa May’s resignation honours list and has donated around £1.5m to the Tories
Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2024 Michael Gove's plan to sell off London's ageing prisons in radical jail reform was axed by Liz Truss Michael Gove said plans for radical prison reform were axed by Liz Truss and Theresa May