Up pops Katie Lam to outbigot Robert Jenrick on the nastiness scale It’s hard to keep up with everyone the Tory MP tipped as a future party leader hates The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025
OPINION - Power, corruption and political meltdown: how is Sarkozy's imprisonment the most stable thing about France? The former president rides into battle against trouble he has largely created for himself, says Anne McElvoy Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025
Will no one think about poor Boris? Former PM smirks and sighs through Covid inquiry Grilled over policies regarding children and young people, Johnson remains the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025
Boris Johnson Admits UK Planned Mass School Closures at Start of Covid Crisis Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson admits the UK government considered large-scale school closures at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic but faces conflicting evidence on when-and-how planning occurred. International Business Times UK · Oct 21, 2025
Fact check: Newspaper front page is manipulated version of two-year-old issue The front page has been edited to show Sir Keir Starmer being accused of lying, rather than Boris Johnson. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Boris Johnson rejects claim his government did not prepare for pandemic school closures Former PM tells Covid inquiry that children were ‘paying a huge, huge price to protect the rest of society’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025
JPMorgan Chase unveils new 60-story headquarters, reshaping New York City's skyline JPMorgan Chase is unveiling its new 60-story headquarters in New York City The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025
Frustrated Boris Johnson loses his cool at Covid inquiry: ‘You try!’ Boris Johnson appeared to get annoyed when giving evidence to the Covid inquiry on Tuesday (21 October), telling the panel his job “wasn’t easy”. The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025
‘Homicidal’ Johnson considered sacking Williamson over 2020 exam results fiasco The Department for Education was forced into a U-turn after its algorithm intended to prevent grade inflation saw 40% of predicted results downgraded. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Boris Johnson admits his government’s Covid rules went ‘too far’ for children The former prime minister said closing schools during the pandemic was a ‘nightmare’ scenario The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025
Johnson insists there had been planning for Covid school closures The former prime minister is giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Covid inquiry as it happened: children paid ‘huge price’ to protect rest of society in pandemic, says Johnson Former prime minister grilled over pandemic’s impact on young people and says he wishes ‘another solution’ could have been found over school closures The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025
Boris Johnson quizzed at Covid-19 inquiry over pandemic's impact on children The former Prime Minister is giving evidence on the impact of his decisions on children and education during the pandemic Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2025 Reform’s newest MP Danny Kruger: ‘On a personal level I deeply regret rejecting the Tory party’ INTERVIEW: Danny Kruger became Nigel Farage’s biggest scalp after the shadow minister defected to Reform. Alex Ross visited the East Wiltshire MP at his office to find out why he left the Tories – and what the future holds for Reform
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2025 ‘Super Dom’ Cummings cunningly waits five years to reveal national security lapses Only a genius like Boris Johnson’s former right-hand man would have had the wisdom to keep stumm until now
Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2025 London developers told: Affordable homes target cut won't last forever Percentage of new homes in capital required to be affordable will be cut from 35% to 20% - but only for a limited period
The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2025 Yes … er, no: The Australian backflips after signing on to Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon reporting rules News Corp’s broadsheet was one of very few publications to agree to restrict reporting to authorised material before it changed its mind. Plus: a super blooper
TechRadar · Oct 16, 2025 Secret information and classified UK government servers potentially accessed by Chinese hackers for over a decade Chief Adviser to the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson made some wild accusations recently, prompting swift replies.
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025 Boris Johnson gushes over using ChatGPT while writing books: ‘I love that it calls me clever’ ‘I see great promise in this technology because we’re all simple. We’re human,’ says former prime minister
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2025 MPs to hold inquiry into collapsed China spy case after No 10 publishes key evidence Labour MP and chair of security committee Matt Western says there are ‘a lot of questions yet to be asked’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2025 Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2025 Cabinet Office denies Cummings' claim government systems were compromised by China The former No 10 adviser said highly sensitive intelligence material was breached during Boris Johnson’s time in office
Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2025 ‘Levelling Up’ was ‘hollow slogan’, says minister in new Pride in Place pitch Miatta Fahnbulleh and David Simmonds traded blows as they discussed the Government’s up-to-£5 billion 10-year Pride in Place programme.
Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2025 Cummings claims China obtained ‘extremely secret’ government data Dominic Cummings said he would be willing to share what he knew with MPs if they were to hold an inquiry.