8 h. ago DAN HODGES: Keir Starmer's nightmarish vision is so wrong and hypocritical. He's talking Britain down

The last time I saw Liz Truss as Prime Minister, we were discussing our mutual love of South London.

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28 h. ago Liz Truss slams beloved UK event claiming it was made by people who 'hate Britain'

She managed to take a swipe at the NHS, Isembard Kingdom Brunel, Shakespeare, Peter Pan, Jerusalem, Mary Poppins, Elgar, Pink Floyd, The Clash, James Bond and the Queen all in one sentence

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56 h. ago New rules for commuting as people say it puts them off going to office

Commuters have listed the worst behaviour now routinely seen on the way to work

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3 d. ago 'Gag' on top brass after RAF chief's claims that UK could not fend off Russian onslaught in the event of war 

Earlier this summer there were complaints of 'unprecedented' interference by Downing Street to ensure that key announcements were made by politicians, not military figures.

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3 d. ago 'Gag' on top brass after RAF chief claims UK could not fend off Russian onslaught in the event of war 

Earlier this summer there were complaints of 'unprecedented' interference by Downing Street to ensure that key announcements were made by politicians, not military figures.

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4 d. ago Kym Marsh hits out at pals who failed to support her after tragic family death

Grieving Kym Marsh thanked all of her friends who have been there to support her following the sad death of her beloved cousin, Carl, and slammed those who haven't

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6 d. ago Ana de Armas exudes glamour in a bejewelled gown as she takes part in a sake barrel ceremony at Ballerina event in Tokyo amid claims her love affair with Tom Cruise is 'doomed'

de Armas is believed to have travelled solo to Japan as concerns have been raised over her relationship with Scientologist Tom Cruise.

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6 d. ago UK politics live: Gordon Brown calls for extra defence spending to be exempt from fiscal rules

Former PM says ‘exceptional’ aim to spend 5% of GDP should be a joint Nato and European initiative financed via bonds or a defence fundGood morning. In every era in politics there are claims that the current generation of politicians aren’t as impressive as the ones that came before. A lot of this is just false memory warped by nostalgia, but in the UK at the moment there are eight former prime ministers and they provide a sub-set that does, sort of, stand up the theory.Five of them were in office after 2010 – David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak – and their contribution to public life at the moment is, frankly, minimal, or negative. But the three who were in office before 2010 – John Major, Tony Blair, and Gordon Brown – remain serious voices. Major is 82, he does not speak out much, but when he does, he is always worth hearing. Blair is running a thinktank actively trying to shape policy in the UK and around the world. And Brown is perpetually engag...

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9 d. ago Trump branded 'golf cheat' as expert hits out at 'illegal' move and bold score claim

Renowned writer Ricky Reilly — who wrote a book about Trump's habit of cheating at the sport — blasted the US President after the White House claimed he shot a score of 69 at an event

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9 d. ago Liz Truss accuses Kemi Badenoch of not telling the truth about Tory failures as former PM hits back at Conservative leader over her mini

The former prime minister said she believes the Tory Party will be in 'serious trouble' unless it starts to admit failures over the economy and human rights during its last spell in government.

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves making ‘even bigger mistakes’ than Liz Truss, says Kemi Badenoch

The Tory leader said ‘Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have not learnt the lessons of the mini-budget’.

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3 w. ago Suella, Jacob, even Liz? Inside Reform’s unofficial plan to bag a Tory big beast

Officially, the party says there is no mission to court Conservative defectors, but insiders suggest otherwise, and warn against the dangers of doing soAt last year’s GB News Christmas party, Suella Braverman was the centre of attention. The former home secretary is popular in rightwing media circles, but it wasn’t her straight-talking brand of conservatism that was topic of the evening, rather it was the growing whispers about what some thought was her imminent defection to Reform UK.“It was like a panto – everyone saying: ‘Oh yes you will’, and her saying: ‘Oh no, I won’t’,” says one Reform party guest. “We all thought she was just biding her time until the right moment.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The couple earning 6 figures from being trolled: Obese actor who dared  to marry a 'beautiful' size 6 influencer  says people hate seeing a 'fat man have what they can't'

The Australia native, 30, said: 'Back when I was living in Australia, I was watching People Just Do Nothing and I was like "That is my ideal man, he's so hot!" I ended up Googling him.'

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4 w. ago Home Bargains item sparks debate as people either 'love it or hate it'

People were in two minds about the item that's common at most birthday parties - but others backed it as a tasty bargain

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last month Police Scotland charge seven people over alleged hate crime at St Mirren vs Aberdeen game

The alleged incident happened during a football match in May.

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