A recent opinion poll, conducted by the polling firm YouGov, has revealed that the Green Party has become the second most popular party amongst people under the age of 30. The YouGov analysis surveyed a group of 18- to 30-year-olds between 31 October last year and 17 January 2024. The findings, which also gave a … Read more
ex-PM Boris Johnson has attacked Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal with the DUP, warning that it could force the UK to abide by EU trade rules in the future. This week, Sunak revealed new arrangements to remove routine checks on goods moving from Great Britain (GB) to Northern Ireland (NI), known as the “green lane”, … Read more
A recent poll by Opinium exposed that half of business leaders have said they would like to see the Labour Party win the next general election, set to take place before January next year. The group of business leaders who were surveyed said that they would prefer to see Sir Keir Starmer as the next … Read more
LONDON — Britain’s politicians can’t seem to stop swearing. The British public don’t like it. The air around the famous green benches of the House of Commons is turning increasingly blue these days as MPs — and their House of Lords counterparts — indulge in record levels of cursing in speeches and debates. Others have … Read more
Simon Clarke, a former Cabinet minister, is facing backlash from Tory MPs after launching an attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Writing in The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday, Clarke claimed Sunak was “leading the Conservatives into an election where we will be massacred”. He added: “He does not get what Britain needs. And he is … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer has called out what he describes as “desperate” Tory attacks on several British institutions Earlier this week, culture Lucy Frazer accused the BBC of being biased on live radio, and Tory MPs have also accused the RNLI and the National Trust, Britain’s largest charity, of pursuing politically correct policies. The Labour leader … Read more
Veteran Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd has died aged 73. The long-serving politician, who has been the MP for Rochdale since 2017, was diagnosed with blood cancer four years ago. A few weeks ago, he announced it had turned into an aggressive and untreatable form of leukaemia, and he was leaving the hospital to “spend … Read more
LONDON — Rishi Sunak’s controversial Rwanda deportation bill survived a crucial House of Commons vote Wednesday after the U.K. prime minister faced down a rebellion from MPs on the right of his party. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill passed its third reading Wednesday evening with 320 MPs voting in support, and 276 voting … Read more
Rishi Sunak was forced to defend his controversial Rwanda Plan today at PMQs after 60 Tory rebels voted against the government’s bill yesterday. Two deputy chairmen of the Conservatives resigned from their roles as they joined dozens of Tory right-wingers, including ex-PM Boris Johnson, in backing amendments to toughen the scheme, seen as key to … Read more
On Friday 12 January, the UK took part in a series of collaborated airstrikes on the armed group Houthis, in Yemen. The assault on the targets was a combined attack that was led by the US and included 10 countries. According to a statement released by the White House, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, Germany, the … Read more
