Why Westminster Refuses to Admit Britain Is Broken
Summary: The most damaging problem in Westminster is not a single policy failure, but a culture of denial. When senior politicians privately accept that Britain is…
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Summary: The most damaging problem in Westminster is not a single policy failure, but a culture of denial. When senior politicians privately accept that Britain is…
Summary: Robert Jenrick has gone beyond a simple party switch by publishing a detailed justification for joining Reform UK, claiming the Conservatives “can’t be fixed” and…
Summary: Wandsworth council has advised staff to introduce themselves with pronouns at the start of meetings and suggested adding pronouns including “ze/zir/zem” to email signatures and…
Summary: Robert Jenrick has formally defected to Reform UK after being sacked by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, using a blistering speech to declare Labour and the…
Summary: Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the Conservative shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership after what she called “clear, irrefutable…
Summary: Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf has warned that the Online Safety Act could be used to pressure encrypted messaging apps into deploying “accredited technology” that scans…
Summary: Labour MPs have warned Sir Keir Starmer that repeated policy reversals are damaging the party’s credibility, after the Government dropped plans for compulsory digital ID…
Summary: Writing in the Telegraph, Nigel Farage has accused the Labour Government of behaving like a “banana republic” after ministers offered dozens of councils the option…
Summary: Ministers are facing fresh accusations of “dodging democracy” after multiple English councils sought to postpone scheduled local elections during local government reorganisation. Critics, including election…
Summary: Labour’s escalating row with Elon Musk over X has little to do with online safety and far more to do with narrative control. As Starmer’s…
Summary: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said West Midlands Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford no longer has her confidence after it emerged his force used Microsoft…
Summary: A new constituency-level MRP forecast suggests Sir Keir Starmer could lose Holborn and St Pancras to the Green Party, while Labour faces a wider collapse…