47 h. ago 'Don't panic,' says William Hague as Tory grandee clashes with Liz Truss on how to save party after elections rout

The Conservatives lost 674 council seats on May 1 as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK surged

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7 d. ago What is Donald Trump's approval rating and how does it compare to other US presidents?

Recent polls show a significant decline in the US president’s approval since his inauguration on January 20

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7 d. ago Nigel Farage dismantled for 'recruiting Liz Truss' in brutal PMQs swipe by Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer delivered a brutal swipe at Nigel Farage during PMQs over reports that Reform UK had been in talks with Liz Truss in recent weeks

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7 d. ago Local elections live: Starmer taunts Farage over Liz Truss ‘advising Reform’ ahead of polling day

Sir Keir Starmer facing final PMQs in the Commons ahead of crunch elections

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9 d. ago Chaos is Trump’s calling card. But reality is biting back | Lloyd Green

In his first 100 days, the president has taken a sledgehammer to institutions and the constitution. We can only guess what’s nextIn nearly 100 days on the job, Donald Trump has outlasted Liz Truss and a fabled head of lettuce. That’s a fact, not an achievement. Like the hapless British prime minister, the 47th president blazes a trail of wreckage. Chaos is his calling card. If, when and how the carnage ends is anyone’s guess.The US simultaneously wages economic war on its allies and China. Tariffs soar. It’s as if Trump forgot the words “Smoot-Hawley” and “Great Depression”. The president risks higher inflation and a recession for an idealized yesteryear that never quite was. Back on Earth, markets signal potential capital flight and stagflation.Lloyd Green is an attorney in New York and served in the US Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992 Continue reading...

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1 week ago Peter Dutton criticised as ‘illiberal’ for calling ABC and the Guardian ‘hate media’

Critics compare Coalition leader to Donald Trump while Labor communications minister suggests Dutton is ‘afraid of scrutiny’Polls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaAcademics and former journalists say Peter Dutton’s comments labelling the ABC and Guardian Australia “hate media” are “reminiscent of Donald Trump” and could backfire as the election campaign heads into its final week.The opposition leader addressed the party faithful at a rally in the Labor-held seat of Hawke on Melbourne’s outskirts on Sunday before the 3 May poll.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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1 week ago Bill Maher calls Larry David’s mockery of his Trump dinner ‘insulting to six million dead Jews’

‘I don’t need to be lectured on who Donald Trump is,’ US host said after ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ star compared president to Hitler

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1 week ago Bill Maher calls Larry David’s satire of his Trump dinner ‘kind of insulting to 6 million dead Jews’

‘Nobody has been harder about Donald Trump than me,’ Maher says after fellow comedian compared his meal with US president to meeting HitlerBill Maher has responded to Larry David’s satirical essay in the New York Times that compared Maher’s glowing account of having dinner with Donald Trump to dining with Adolf Hitler.Maher, a vocal critic of Trump in the past, had dinner with the US president and a group of his high-profile supporters, including their mutual friend Kid Rock, on 31 March. On an episode of his talkshow Real Time on 11 April, Maher described Trump as “gracious” and “much more self-aware than he lets on”, saying: “Everything I’ve ever not liked about him was – I swear to God – absent, at least on this night with this guy.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The pope’s last sacrifice in a lifetime of sacrifice: granting an audience to JD Vance | John Crace

Imagine spending your remaining hours on Earth with the US vice-president – or, as Queen Elizabeth did, with Liz TrussWhat do Liz Truss and JD Vance have against elderly people? Specifically, those who are kind, decent and compassionate.Take Radon Liz. In September 2022 she made a fleeting visit to Balmoral to be sworn in as prime minister by the queen. The last picture that was taken of Queen Elizabeth was of her standing in front of a fireplace next to Truss. You can’t escape the desperation in her eyes. Please, please, she seems to be pleading, get me away from her. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Poor Pope Francis died hours after JD Dunce visit – just like the Queen with Liz Truss

Many are blaming JD Vance for the death the late Pope with some calling him a 'walking disease' while others have labelled him a 'curse,' like when Queen Elizabeth II died after meeting with Liz Truss

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2 w. ago Pope visited by JD Vance hours before his death as Trump's side

JD Vance had a meeting with the Pope just hours before he died, and now everyone thinks he had the same impact on him that Liz Truss had on the-late Queen Elizabeth II

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2 w. ago Voices: Nigel Farage’s party has been in talks with Liz Truss: Why this is a big mistake for Reform

The Reform leader has been tactically astute in his appeal to disillusioned Labour voters – until now, says John Rentoul

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2 w. ago Reform UK 'in talks with Liz Truss' as Nigel Farage looks to take on 'The Blob'

After winning five seats at last summer's general election, Reform are seeking to win hundreds of council seats at next month's local elections in England.

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3 w. ago Rory McIlroy's 'needy child' gesture during telling Erica Stoll exchange

A body language expert has shared their thoughts on Rory McIlroy and Erica Stoll 'parent/child' interaction following the pro golfer's emotional victory, drawing comparisons to Donald and Melania Trump's inauguration exchange

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3 w. ago Liz Truss makes us wish web had not been invented as she plots own social media platform

Usle e Liz Truss is launching her own “free speech” social media platform this summer

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3 w. ago Donald Trump is now badly wounded. Europe can seize an advantage | Will Hutton

It’s time to fashion a new global trade order without the USThe game-changing geopolitical event last week was the near collapse of the immense $29tn ­market in US government debt, threatening the stability of the American and global financial system and the safe-haven status of dollar assets.The US president boasted as the collapse unfolded that world leaders were queueing to “kiss his arse”. Twelve hours later, he was in the same humiliatingly weak position as the then British prime minister Liz Truss found herself after her tax-slashing “mini-budget” in 2022. The markets had forced him to pause for 90 days the swingeing range of “reciprocal” tariffs that he announced on what he proclaimed “liberation day”; instead he lowered all of them, bar that on China, to 10%. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage likens Donald Trump to 'Lettuce' Liz Truss after doing 'too much, too soon'

Nigel Farage has seemingly turned on his Orange Manbaby friend Donald Trump after his recent economic policies cause mayhem across the globe

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3 w. ago Will the bonds market bring down Donald Trump like it did Liz Truss?

Donald Trump’s dramatic row back on tariffs has echoes of Liz Truss’s downfall - but will the market turmoil affect his future in the White House? Alicja Hagopian reports

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage compares turmoil of Donald Trump’s tariffs to market chaos caused by Liz Truss

Nigel Farage has compared Donald Trump with Liz Truss as he increasingly distances himself from the US president’s policies

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage compares Donald Trump to LIZ TRUSS and warns the US might not win trade war with China

Nigel Farage moved to distance himself from his long-term ally as he admitted he had never seen the kind of chaos that has gripped markets in the wake of 'Liberation Day'.

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