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MPs across the political spectrum condemn Trump’s claims about NATO troops

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

“The president was wrong to diminish the role of Nato troops, including British forces in Afghanistan”

Trump

Nigel Farage pledges to appoint Brexiteer as Bank of England governor

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

The Reform leader has been condemned for wanting to politicise the Bank of England

Nigel Farage says he would appoint a Brexiteer as the BoE governor

Jon Trickett MP: Labour’s fiscal rules are fuelling stagnation and political disaffection

Jon Trickett
Yesterday

A posture designed to calm nerves in opposition has solidified into a constraint that now shapes every major policy choice

Rachel Reeves holding the budget briefcase

Latest Posts

Reform Mayoral Candidate Chris Parry
News

Reform UK mayoral candidate finally ‘apologises’ for David Lammy should ‘go home’ comment

Olivia Barber
12 January, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Chris Parry says his post was intended ‘ironically’

A picture of the Thames Water logo

Majority of Thames Water customers want utility to be nationalised, new polling shows

Olivia Barber
12 January, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Customers believe that Ofwat should reject the creditors’ deal and put Thames Water into special administration

Laila Cunningham, Reform's London Mayor candidate

Reform’s London Mayor candidate Laila Cunningham has had several businesses struck off

Olivia Barber
12 January, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Cunningham has had multiple businesses struck off for failing to comply with companies law

Woke bashing of the week: Who gets to be a “national treasure”? Brigitte Bardot and the Telegraph’s selective war on ‘wokeness’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 January, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

It is apparently acceptable for Brigitte Bardot to spend decades whipping up racial hatred and still be celebrated as a national icon, perhaps helped by glamour, distance, and nostalgia. But it is unacceptable for Gary Lineker to voice contemporary moral objections to cruelty and injustice.

Right-Wing Media Watch: Newspapers in meltdown over ‘Sadiq Khan’s’ New Year fireworks

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 January, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

As ever, responsibility for this alleged civic misery was pinned on a single figure – Sadiq Khan.

Trump
News

Trump’s assault on LGBTQ+ programmes ‘undoubtedly’ hitting UK charities, warns Stonewall

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 January, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Stonewall’s corporate donations more than halved over the past year.

Brexit
News

Britons now more pro-EU than the French or Italians

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 January, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

2026 has begun much as 2025 ended, with bleak polling that confirms Britain’s deep and unresolved disillusionment with Brexit, a frustration now shared across the European Union.

Right-Wing Watch

The ‘holy war’: How the far right is trying to hijack Christianity

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 January, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Does the far right’s capture of a debased Christianity matter in the UK, where religion holds far less sway than in the US? Given America’s superpower status, and the reluctance of global leaders to challenge Trump, it should concern us all.

A photo of Darren Grimes, former GB News presenter, who is now a Reform UK councillor
News

Darren Grimes mocked over false claims M&S staff are ‘forced’ to wear pronoun badges

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 January, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

“I’m a regular shopper at M&S and have seen no evidence of this. Perhaps you could supply some, rather than a lame third hand anecdote.”

A Stand Up to Racism demonstration
Opinion

When shame left the room: racism, immigration, and Britain’s moral retreat

Claire Jones
9 January, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Britain is sliding backwards into open racism, fuelled by political silence, immigration narratives & the media. Can we reverse this fall? 

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