6 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: If Starmer won't admit that his beloved human rights law is a democratic liability, he'll go the way of the Scottish Earl executed by the guillotine he invented

William Shakespeare would have savoured such a comeuppance. That priggish legalist Sir Keir Starmer has been snagged by, oops, the law.

Politics

17 h. ago Ice puts more than 10,000 people in solitary in a year – and figures are rising under Trump

Study shines light on growing numbers of vulnerable people being placed in solitary confinement in migrant jailsUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) put more than 10,500 people in solitary confinement between April 2024 and May 2025, and use of the practice has quickly increased under Donald Trump’s administration, according to new research.A report from Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), the Peeler Immigration Lab, and Harvard Law School experts, published on Wednesday, sheds light on what’s happening inside US immigrant detention facilities and how increasing numbers of vulnerable people are being subjected to solitary confinement for longer periods of time. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Renters' Right Bill: 'I've sold my flat before new bill becomes law'

Renters' Right Bill: 'I've sold my flat before new bill becomes law'  BBC

Society

36 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: 'No courage, no judgement, no backbone,' thundered Kemi as just ONE Labour MP defended Keir Starmer

Just one Labour backbencher defended the absent Sir Keir Starmer. Name of Slinger, the Member for Rugby.

Events

55 h. ago Starmer goes into meltdown! Another disastrous day for Labour sees a key aide quit and PM admit he DID know about Epstein emails as unrest mounts

Downing Street was in meltdown as Keir Starmer lurched into a fresh crisis. The PM struggled to explain why he kept backing Peter Mandelson in another disastrous day.

Events

57 h. ago For the first time in a year the Tories felt like a serious force in parliament: QUENTIN LETTS

It was an 'abandon ship' variety of interview rather than providing reassurance. Keir Starmer, from a torpedo-damaged Downing Street, gave a less than serene account of himself.

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67 h. ago Fears of spike in food bills as firms warn Labour against another Budget tax raid... with ministers preparing to push through workers' rights law

An industry body said food and drink inflation could reach 5.7 per cent by the end of the year, pointing to the effects of the national insurance raid and new packaging taxes.

Economics

6 d. ago His fatal flaw wasn't sex or even money, for all his love of whiffy billionaires. No what captivated Mandelson above all else was power: QUENTIN LETTS

Third time lucky, goes the proverb. Peter Mandelson has been re-toppled. This most vivid of political butterflies has previously, twice, escaped his critics' nets; this time it could be the end.

Economics

8 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Bridget Phillipson's weirdly precise bob of inky hair swung like a black satin curtain in an Istanbul brothel

And they're off. We may need racing commentator Cornelius Lysaght to do justice to Labour 's deputy leadership election, there are so many runners.

Politics

9 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Did Keir give Maria the boot because he was too terrified to sack her sister?

Eager to assert her tough-guy credentials, new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood welcomed counterparts from the 'Five Eyes' alliance.

Events

9 d. ago Starmer backs Rayner's costly workers' rights law as unions pile on the pressure

Business leaders and the Tories had renewed their calls for the Bill Ms Rayner had championed to be toned down, or even ditched, after she was forced to quit as Deputy Prime Minister.

Economics

9 d. ago Belarus v Scotland: World Cup 2026 qualifying Group C – live

Updates from this 7.45pm BST kick-off in Group CEmail Michael | Sign up to Football DailyThis piece is worth your time.Looks like Scotland are moving from the 4-4-2 against Denmark back to a more familiar 4-2-3-1. That is Adams leading the line, McTominay in the No 10 role, Doak-Gammon on the left and McGinn on the right wing. Only four players – Denis Law (30), Kenny Dalglish (30), Hughie Gallacher (23) and Lawrie Reilly (22) – have more goals than McGinn (20), who is a canny presence in that more advanced role. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago Floundering Starmer turns to 'Blairites' in reshuffle as insiders admit Net Zero IS holding back growth and benefits MUST be cut

Keir Starmer completed his dramatic reshuffle last night, after the resignation of Angela Rayner caused chaos.

Politics

1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: By the time she reached the lectern, Dame Andrea

On a day of dizzying politics, nothing quite topped Dame Andrea Jenkyns's arrival on stage at Reform's party conference.

Politics

1 week ago She was the authentic voice of the snarling Left, but as we now know, the Red Queen was a woman of gluttonous appetites with little between the ears: QUENTIN LETTS

Amid a Cabinet of dull mumblers, Angela Rayner was the eye-flashing exception. Sir Keir Starmer praised her 'working-class background' but actually that wasn't so rare, even in the modern Labour party.

Politics

1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: With a voice as soothing as the Psycho soundtrack Bridget Phillipson was dispatched to defend Mrs Rayner

As is the way in political scandals, a Cabinet colleague had to be 'sent out' to defend the stricken minister on the morning round of broadcast interviews.

Science

2 w. ago Trump pledges to ‘stand with Warsaw’ in meeting with Polish president

US president praises Karol Nawrocki for election win and says he was not considering pulling troops from PolandEurope live – latest updatesThe US president, Donald Trump, has said he was not considering pulling US troops out of Poland and pledged to stand with Warsaw “all the way” during a meeting with the country’s conservative nationalist president, Karol Nawrocki, at the White House.Backed by the populist rightwing opposition Law and Justice party, which ruled Poland between 2015 and 2023, Karol Nawrocki unexpectedly won Poland’s presidential election after running a campaign under a Trumpesque slogan of “Poland first, Poles first”. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Starmer 'too arrogant' to admit he got things wrong, Badenoch tells Commons

The Conservative leader launched a tirade against her opponent during PMQs

Politics

2 w. ago QUENTIN LETTS: For Kemi, here was a prize opportunity. All she had to do was rub their noses in it and Mrs Rayner would be a goner, surely. But no, Kemi goofed it

What a difference a comeuppance makes. Angela Rayner, Westminster's most careless taxpayer, entered the Commons. A full House was hushed, stunned.

Politics

2 w. ago Starmer ‘too arrogant’ to admit he’s got things wrong, Badenoch tells Commons

The Conservative leader pressed the Prime Minister on borrowing costs, unemployment, and future tax rises, at PMQs.

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