👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈 On the day of Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard have their guide to the day ahead in both British politics, and politics across the pond. So how is Trump 2.0 going to influence the … Read more
Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard have their guide to the day ahead in British politics – for one last time, because Jack has some big news. Once that’s out of the way, Sam and Jack turn to the state of the UK economy. With growth sitting around zero – … Read more
A healthy relationship with Beijing is “squarely in our national interest,” Reeves said on Saturday as she announced agreements “worth £600 million to the U.K. economy over the next five years.” Speaking during a visit to U.K. bicycle maker Brompton’s Beijing store, Reeves insisted she would not alter her economic plans. “I have been really … Read more
The two men had appeared to be allies as recently as last month, when they were photographed together at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. But after Farage distanced himself from far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson, the billionaire broke with the British politician. Musk is a vocal supporter of Robinson, the founder of the … Read more
After years of tension with the previous Conservative government over human rights and security concerns, Reeves has political space to take a different, more business-like approach to Beijing and try and tap China’s vast market for economic benefits. “Everything the Tories did on foreign policy was about backbench management,” said a U.K. government official, who, like … Read more
Prior to Brexit, Robbins had long been regarded by fellow officials in Whitehall as a high performer primed for the heights of Britain’s civil service, which prizes its impartiality and ability to serve governments of all stripes. But he returns bearing battle scars from serving as then-Prime Minister Theresa May’s Europe Adviser and the country’s chief Brexit negotiator from … Read more
Back to the clash: Even before Badenoch asked her first question, Starmer said “reasonable people could agree or disagree” on having another inquiry — but that survivors of abuse “want action.” Make a u-turn: The PM urged Badenoch to withdraw what he called her party’s “wrecking amendment” to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill later Wednesday … Read more
And he’s endorsed the far-right Alternative for Germany in forthcoming federal elections. It’s earned him strong pushbacks from leaders including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who criticized “lies and misinformation,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who said Musk’s interventions were “worrying,” and French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron who warned that Musk was now backing … Read more
The tensions around the scandal contributed to race riots that took place in August, during which Musk also clashed with the United Kingdom’s government. Against this backdrop, Musk’s strident criticism of centrist and center-left politicians like Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips, a Home Office minister, is not unexpected — the Tesla entrepreneur’s politics … Read more
Robinson was banned from Twitter in 2018 for violating its guidelines on “hateful content,” but his account was reinstated last year following Musk’s takeover and rebranding of the platform. He is currently serving an 18-month prison sentence for breaching a court order relating to false claims about a Syrian schoolboy he had made in a … Read more
