Healey told the Times: “We will look wherever we can to respond to what the Ukrainians want. They are the ones fighting.” Healey was in Kyiv to unveil fresh U.K. support for Ukraine, which comes as Western allies mull the conflict’s next steps before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. The fresh tranche … Read more
It has been presented by the government elected in July as a short, focused piece of legislation designed to remove a glaring anachronism left by Tony Blair’s 1999 reforms, which saw the former Labour PM strike a deal to preserve some hereditary members in order to get rid of most of them. Yet dozens of … Read more
The property developer said he hoped to raise enough funds to help Reform UK win the next election as the party — which returned five MPs and ate into Tory and Labour votes in July’s election — tries to professionalise its operation. It marked another defection from the beleaguered center-right Conservatives, who currently languish in … Read more
He added: “At the moment the focus has to be on talking to our allies, making sure that this is an opportunity for Syria, and therefore we have to work to make sure that it’s a peaceful opportunity.” Britain would, he said, concentrate on “making sure that civilians are protected, making sure minorities are protected, … Read more
LONDON — A British defense minister said Wednesday the British Army would be destroyed in “six months to a year” in the event of a major war. Alistair Carns, the minister for veterans’ affairs, told a conference in London that the current size of the British Army meant its forces would be out of action … Read more
Speaking to BBC Radio 4 Tuesday, the Reform UK leader dismissed the report as “entirely theoretical” and “pure speculation.” Farage said the story was “complete news to me, I’ve heard nothing of the kind like this.” And he claimed that he had never discussed money with Musk: “I’ve never solicited a donation from him, and … Read more
LONDON — Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been charged with assault after CCTV footage appeared to show him punching a man in the street. Amesbury, 55, was summoned to appear at a magistrates court to face a charge of assault, Cheshire Police said in a statement released Thursday. Rosemary Ainslie, head of the Crown … Read more
Open goal: The Tory leader pressed the PM on whether Foreign Secretary David Lammy — Britain’s top diplomat, no less — had apologized to Trump for labeling him a “neo-Nazi sympathizing sociopath” and “a racist KKK and Nazi sympathizer” before he joined Labour’s frontbench in 2020. He has since been more diplomatic. Badenoch pressed: “If the … Read more
Badenoch has served in a host of Cabinet roles under previous Tory leaders, and argued during the campaign that the Conservatives needed to rebuild, understand their purpose as a party and rid themselves of incoherency. Politically, Badenoch is on the right and advocates free markets and free speech. She has been unafraid to court controversy … Read more
It’s not the first sign of British wariness about Trump. His visits to the U.K. in 2018 and 2019 were met with protests, while a petition urging the U.K. to ditch its offer of a state visit bagged more than 1.8 million signatures. Harris polls better with Brits in the YouGov study than her boss … Read more
