Jeremy Hunt on Trump and the Tories’ future - Politics Weekly Special

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 17:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey chat to the veteran Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt about how to handle Donald Trump’s trade wars, his new life in opposition, and what’s next for the Tories.

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Tories express alarm at report saying cost of Chagos Islands deal has risen far beyond £9bn, saying it’s ‘madness’ – UK politics live

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 17:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Priti Patel accuses Keir Starmer of being motivated by ‘leftie shame’ at Britain’s history

Nigel Farage has said the UK could be “friendly” with the EU but did not outline what kind of ties with the b…

Farage’s Reform UK overtakes Labour in new opinion poll

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 11:24 UTC

a story from Financial Times › Financial Times

Survey will alarm ruling party and the Tories ahead of local elections in May

Keir Starmer has 'serious questions to answer' after he met a voice coach at the height of Covid restrictions

found 2025 › Feb › 03 (Mon) @ 08:28 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Sir Keir Starmer has 'serious questions to answer' after it emerged he met with a voice coach at the height of Covid restrictions, the Tories said last night.

Farage says Reform gains are like Trump victory in US - but Badenoch dismisses 'protest party'

found 2025 › Feb › 01 (Sat) @ 08:09 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Nigel Farage told Reform members at a rally in Kemi Badenoch's constituency that the Tories 'should be bloody scared of you' as he spoke about the party's rising popularity.

Philp’s ‘patronising’ comment about Britons’ work ethic show Tories ‘out of touch’, TUC says – politics live

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 15:53 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

General secretary highlights ‘legacy of 14 years of falling living standards under the Tories’

In an article for the Guardian, the Labour MP Clive Lewis said Rachel Reeves’ growth speech this week mea…

Labour 'U-turn' on welfare surveillance: Two ministers planning to force banks to monitor accounts of benefit claimants raised 'substantial concerns' when Tories proposed same measure

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 06:27 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Sir Stephen Timms and Baroness Sherlock, who are implementing the monitoring of bank accounts belonging to benefit claimants opposed similar plans under the Tory government.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Why I don't share the joy of my friend who wept tears of delight as he watched Trump's woke-baiting speech

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 07:32 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

How should sensible Tories and small-c conservatives view the prospect of Donald Trump being in the White House for the next four years?

Now Labour's Attorney General Lord Hermer dodges scrutiny - again

found 2025 › Jan › 22 (Wed) @ 07:44 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The Tories asked the upper house for a debate about Lord Hermer's potential role in a string of controversial government decisions.

Tories bid to get answers about Keir Starmer's Attorney General amid 'conflict of interest' row suffers a setback - after Labour law chief successfully lobbies Commons Speaker to block a debate

found 2025 › Jan › 21 (Tue) @ 07:44 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Robert Jenrick, the Tories' justice spokesman, asked Sir Lindsay Hoyle for a Commons debate in a bid to get answers about Lord Hermer's potential role in a string of controversial government decision…