How politics killed brat summer
From Kamala Harris to Boris Johnson, the undefinable brat summer never had a chance once the politicians waded in.
Conservative leadership
7 times UK politicians’ holidays were totally ruined
Keir Starmer’s just the latest prime minister to kill off his vacation plans.
Yvette Cooper to chair meeting of taskforce considering ‘alarming rise’ in candidate intimidation – UK politics live
Home secretary to host meeting of government’s Defending Democracy taskforce after reported rise in harassment during election campaignMore in Common, the group that campaigns to reduce polarisation in politics, published a good slideshow presentation …
What Washington thinks of Keir Starmer
After years of Conservative turmoil, the new British prime minister has been welcomed by Democrats and Republicans alike.
Starmer praises Abbott and hails diverse Commons in first speech to parliament as PM – UK politics live
Parliament the most diverse by race and gender the country has ever seen, says Starmer, with the largest cohort of LGBT+ MPs in the worldDowning Street has released a full version of what Keir Starmer said in his opening remarks to the metro mayors at…
Can Nigel Farage ride the wave of right-wing populism?
The Reform party’s success in capturing votes in the U.K. general election could only be the start.
How the Tory election campaign melted down in six disastrous weeks
Rishi Sunak played a bad hand appallingly — and paid a terrible price.
What Nigel Farage learned from the American right
The U.K. Brexit leader hopes to emulate his friend Donald Trump’s destruction of the center right.
Macron attacks ‘extremes’ and conservatives as he enters campaign race
Emmanuel Macron lashed out at political extremes and the conservative leadership’s decision to ally with the far-right, dubbing them “anti-Republican,” in a two-hour long press conference on Wednesday (12 June) that marked the president’s first steps i…
How to prepare a secret Tory leadership campaign
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Britain’s Conservatives just agreed the world’s toughest smoking ban. Tory MPs hate it
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to stub out cigarettes for future generations — but a chunk of his own MPs are railing against it.
British politics is hooked on Trump-style begging emails
Threatening subject lines and big red donor buttons litter Britain’s inboxes — but could the pleas turn genuine supporters off?
Rishi Sunak laughs off Liz Truss’ claim the ‘deep state’ killed her premiership
Truss reckons left-wingers embedded in the ‘administrative state’ ended her time as British prime minister.
The political life of Theresa May – in pictures
Theresa May has announced she will not stand as an MP in the next general election. We look back over May’s political career, from being elected as MP for Maidenhead in 1997, to her time as home secretary for David Cameron, stewarding Brexit after Came…