74 m. ago Boris Johnson tells Starmer to 'show some spine' and use £20billion of frozen Russian assets in fight against Putin

The former Prime Minister told the Daily Mail Britain should unilaterally unfreeze up to £20billion in Russian assets held in London.

Economics

7 h. ago BORIS JOHNSON: When elections are being scrapped by the ruling party, what's the difference between Britain and an African dictatorship?

Oh come off it! Pull the other one, darling. It's got bells on. In trying to justify their decision to cancel elections next year, the Labour Government has just descended to complete absurdity.

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25 h. ago Tories and Reform accuse Labour of 'running scared' of voters after Keir Starmer's ministers open door for 63 councils to scrap next May's elections

Labour's move would rob more than 10million people of a vote in May. And with half the councils involved run by Labour, it could limit the party's losses and boost Sir Keir's chances of survival.

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36 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Is Britain right to rejoin the Erasmus EU education scheme?

Work on the UK joining Erasmus was announced as part of the Prime Minister's post-Brexit reset deal with Brussels in May. The UK left the scheme under Boris Johnson.

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61 h. ago UK to rejoin EU's student exchange program in a step toward closer ties after Brexit

Britain will rejoin the European Union’s Erasmus student-exchange program, the government has announced

Events

3 d. ago EU abandons bid to force everyone to drive electric vehicles as it scraps 2035 ban on petrol and diesel cars

In a major climbdown, the European Commission confirmed carmakers will no longer be forced to sell only zero-emissions vehicles.

Events

4 d. ago Ford to take $19.5bn hit as US carmaker overhauls EV strategy

Group scraps plans for some electric trucks as it contends with Trump regulatory changes and tepid demand

Events

4 d. ago Nice set of heels, Kemi! Badenoch tries out racing cars at Brands Hatch as she vows to scrap grants for electric cars to save £3.8bn

Kemi Badenoch donned overalls with her striking footwear as she was shown around the Kent site.

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6 d. ago Men who correct women over any disagreement could face disciplinary action under new Green party rules

Leaders are considering broadening the party's definition of misogyny to the point that 'any disagreement' could lead to men facing sanction.

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7 d. ago BORIS JOHNSON: If Labour MPs try to reverse Brexit they will be walking into a hail of machine gun fire

It is a good general rule that you should not interrupt your enemy when they are in the process of making a mistake. So I hesitate to intrude on the current calculations of the Labour Party.

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8 d. ago BBC forced to apologise after 'incorrect' swipe at Boris Johnson on Have I Got News For You

The popular news-based comedy panel show returned for a new episode last Friday, with Professor Hannah Fry taking on the hot seat as the episode host, when the blunder was made.

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8 d. ago Sajid Javid told Boris Johnson he was Dominic Cummings’ ‘puppet’

Former chancellor also says Johnson was ‘least well briefed’ of the PMs he had servedSajid Javid told Boris Johnson he was a “puppet” of Dominic Cummings before he resigned as chancellor rather than accept a Cummings-led takeover of his Treasury, he has said in an interview about his experiences as a minister.Speaking to the Institute for Government (IfG), Javid also said that his other departure from Johnson’s government, shortly before it collapsed in 2022, was because he had lost confidence in the prime minister after being assured that allegations about lockdown-breaking parties in No 10 were “bullshit”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Sexually explicit letters about exiled Hong Kong activists sent to UK and Australian addresses

Exclusive: Letters with deepfake images of Carmen Lau in UK and targeting of Ted Hui in Australia part of growing harassmentSexually explicit letters and “lonely housewife” posters about high-profile pro-democracy Hong Kong exiles have been sent to people in the UK and Australia, marking a ratcheting up in the transnational harassment faced by critics of the Chinese Communist party’s rule in the former British colony.Letters purporting to be from Carmen Lau, an exiled pro-democracy activist and former district councillor, showing digitally faked images of her as a sex worker were sent to her former neighbours in Maidenhead in the UK in recent weeks. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago A fashion editor's guide to wearing sequins over 50: the seven rules every stylish woman needs to sparkle this party season

If I had written this last year it would have been brief. Sequins? No. Not now, not ever. A simple binary rule. No exceptions. But suddenly the lure is strong. Have I changed? No, but sequins have.

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1 week ago Pity Keir Starmer – he’s the fall guy for a Labour right that’s ready to cast him aside | Owen Jones

The PM is the face of failure, but he is not solely responsible. As the Blairite ideologues mass behind Wes Streeting, we should hold them to account tooThere have been far too few defences of Keir Starmer in the British press of late. Time for a modest redress. As the last rites are muttered over his premiership, his colleagues want you to know that this is all his fault. The humiliation is complete: even Labour Together – the outfit that quietly plotted Starmer’s leadership bid – is now sharpening its knives. It is polling members on who should replace him, indulging the comforting fantasy that swapping captains will somehow stop the ship from sinking.The Tory experience of regicide should offer a caution: do not depose a king unless you have already settled on a prince who understands why the kingdom is in crisis. The Tories toppled Boris Johnson and installed Liz Truss, whose zeal to slash taxes for the wealthy detonated the markets and sealed her party’s fate. Why? Because they...

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1 week ago Boris Johnson dons fairy wings and a tiara for his daughter's fourth birthday party

The ex-Prime Minister, 61, who lives in Oxfordshire, was seen dressed in a tiara, green glittery fairy wings and rubber pixie ears as he attempted to follow a dance routine.

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1 week ago Royal Family LIVE: Prince Harry wins bombshell victory in bitter security battle

Prince Harry's security arrangements when he visits the UK are reportedly being reviewed following a long-running legal battle after it was decided he should receive a different level of taxpayer protection when in Britain

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1 week ago Boris Johnson dances in fairy wings at daughter Romy’s fourth birthday party

Boris Johnson provided the birthday entertainment at a party for his four-year-old daughter Romy, as he was seen dancing in a pair of fairy wings.

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1 week ago Horror moment police find five children wearing scraps of clothes locked inside outdoor shed in Utah

Utah police were horrified to find five children locked inside an outdoor shed with just an electrical heater, scraps of clothing and no escape.

Events

1 week ago Faith and Reform: is the religious right on the rise in UK politics?

Powerful Christian figures are emerging in Britain but there are important differences from the US, where evangelism has fuelled TrumpAt recent Reform UK press conferences, two very distinctive heads can often be spotted in the front row: the near-white locks of Danny Kruger, the party’s head of policy, and the swept-back blond mane of James Orr, now a senior adviser to Nigel Farage.As well as guiding the policy programme for what could be the UK’s next government, the pair have something else in common. Both are highly devout Christians who came to religion in adulthood, and have trenchant views on social issues such as abortion and the family. Continue reading...

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