Keir Starmer faces backlash after appointing architect of Chagos handover to top security position_Nhy
Sir Keir Starmer faced backlash last night after appointing the architect of Britain’s handover of the Chagos Islands as national security adviser. The Prime Minister gave the vital job of providing advice on major threats to Tony Blair‘s former right-hand-man Jonathan Powell –…
Brexit win as Donald Trump plans special deal for UK to ‘pull away from the EU’_Nhy
Donald Trump is considering a special deal with the UK in a potential boost to Brexit Britain’s trade with the United States, sources have said. The president-elect has said he wants to increase tariffs on goods imported from around the world by 10%,…
Growth down, stocks down, jobs down, inflation up! Labour has already botched the economy_Nhy
Budget box or Pandora’s box? Rachel Reeves has unleashed terrors (Image: Getty) In last week’s Budget Reeves stunned the nation by hitting us with £40billion of tax hikes and an extra £32billion of additional borrowing. It looked horrible at the time,…
Former Labour chief of staff Sue Gray and ‘donorgate’ peer Lord Alli spotted catching up over lunch in London’s Soho_Nhy
They were the two most high-profile figures in the scandal-ridden early months of the Labour Government. So it is no wonder former chief of staff Sue Gray and ‘donorgate’ peer Lord Alli had lots to catch up on over lunch yesterday. The pair, known…
Senior Labour figures voice concern over assisted dying bill, warning proposals will not have long enough to be fully debated before vote_Nhy
Growing numbers of senior Labour MPs are concerned about whether to vote in favour of legalising assisted dying. Darren Jones, Rachel Reeves‘s deputy at the Treasury, became the latest senior minister to say he would vote against the legislation – adding to an…
Special exemption area for Jewish people marked out with 18ft poles in wealthy village is approved despite 1,000 objections – as council pulls some comments over ‘antisemitism’_Nhy
A controversial plan to erect an eruv, a sacred area for Jewish people, in one of the wealthiest villages in Britain has been approved despite receiving over a thousand objections from locals. Hundreds of locals in Hale, near Altrincham, Greater…
Senior military chiefs issue stark warning to Labour: Britain MUST build up nuclear arsenal to stop Putin and his cronies from triggering next apocalypse_Nhy
Senior British military chiefs have issued an urgent plea for the nation to expand its arsenal of nuclear weapons in a bid to deter Vladimir Putin and his axis of evil from triggering the next apocalypse. Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a former head of…
He offered me a second portion of chicken’: David Lammy insists Donald Trump bears no grudge over minister’s attack on ‘neo-Nazi sympathiser’ US president_Nhy
David Lammy tried to brush off the impact of his excoriating past criticism of Donald Trump last night, insisting he had a good relationship with the returning US president despite branding him a ‘woman-hating, neo-Nazi sympathising sociopath’. The Labour Foreign Secretary is under fire over tweets he…
David Lammy says Labour is ready to take on Donald Trump on trade as Bank of England boss Bailey warns new president’s protectionism may trigger ‘fracturing of the world economy’_Nhy
Labour is prepared to clash with Donald Trump if the new president introduces punitive tariffs on US imports in a bid to hurt China, David Lammy signalled last night. The Foreign Secretary said that the UK government would warn that ‘hurting your closest allies cannot be in your medium…
Labour told to abandon Chagos Islands ‘surrender’ following Donald Trump’s election win after president-elect’s allies express concern about deal with China-friendly Mauritius_Nhy
Labour are being told to abandon their agreement with Mauritius over the strategically-important Chagos Islands in the wake of Donald Trump‘s election win. Dame Priti Patel, the Tory shadow foreign secretary, said Mr Trump’s historic victory offered the Prime Minister a chance to reverse his…