What Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer don’t want you to notice about their economic plan
The mood music of British politics changed overnight. Sir Keir Starmer now says that things are going to get “worse before they get better”. In permanent point-scoring election mode, he wants to make this pain seem inevitable, and he naturally wants to…
Rare photographs of Robert Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole, 1910-1913
The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. It was led by Robert Falcon Scott and had various scientific and geographical objectives. Pictured: The Terra Nova. In…
Keir Starmer has dealt hammer-blow to pubs already clinging on by a thread
After years of challenges, our pubs are already clinging on by a thread. The latest leaked reports that the Government may ban smoking outdoors would be another nail in the coffin. The 2006 indoor smoking ban helped contribute to the vast number…
Jess Phillips sparks furious backlash over claim she got quicker NHS care over Gaza vote
Jess Phillips has reportedly claimed she received “quicker” NHS care because she voted in favour of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The Labour minister is said to have suggested her stance on the conflict with Israel had helped speed up her care…
Harrowing tax scandal Keir Starmer must act on now before more lives are ruined
This week I chaired a harrowing meeting in Parliament, listening to testimony from eight victims of the Loan Charge. This refers to a retrospective tax applied to close down and recover money from people – largely the self-employed – who…
ERG chairman Mark Francois backs Robert Jenrick in Tory leadership race
It is barely two months since the Conservative Party suffered the worst defeat in our Parliamentary history. As a result, next Wednesday, the 121 surviving Conservative MPs will commence the process of voting to select a new Leader, to hopefully…
‘He’s insecure!’ Art critic savages Keir Starmer over removal of Thatcher portrait
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been branded “weak and insecure” after he took down a portrait of Margaret Thatcher in Number 10 Downing Street. The Labour leader’s biographer, Tom Baldwin, has said that the Prime Minister removed the portrait because he found it “unsettling.”…
Rarely Seen Vintage Photographs of a Lost London From Between the 1900s and 1910s
A small collection of rare vintage photographs of London, taken between the 1910s and 1910s, from the Archives of English Heritage. The photographs provide a unique record of whole districts of London as they were vanishing… Arch, Shepherd’s Place, off…
Photographs of Queen Elizabeth when she was a truck mechanic, 1945
Queen Elizabeth II as a mechanic. 1945. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, many close to the British royal family wanted the Queen Mother and her daughters, princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, then 13 and 9 years old…
DWP change to PIP assessments for millions due to start ‘within days’
Changes are on the horizon for how Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Work Capability Assessments (WCA) are delivered for individuals residing in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland starting next month. WCAs are managed by Maximus while PIP assessments are handled…