EXPLAINED: 2 - The Real Truth

Liberal hoses down leader talk, defends outspoken posts

Conservative pin-up Andrew Hastie has ruled out a tilt at the Liberal leadership, saying he's focused on policy despite his rhetoric putting some MPs offside.

AAP · Sep 25, 2025

Racist and intolerant – is this the Britain we want to become?

Letters: Readers respond to Jonathan Liew’s article about the effects of the toxic debate on immigration and the rise of the far right

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025

The Brexit origin story goes back further than you think

Tom McTague is one of the best contemporary writers on the intersection of domestic politics with wider events and the role of character and quirk in shaping what follows. In Between the Waves: The Hidden History of a Very British Revolution 1945-2016, the writer turned New Statesman editor undertakes a…

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2025

Starmer reveals fears for his sister-in-law after ‘arson attack’ on his home

The prime minister said the alleged arson incident left he and his wife Victoria ‘really shaken up’

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2025

Starmer says he ‘deeply regrets’ using ‘island of strangers’ phrase

The Prime Minister said he had been ‘really shaken up’ after an alleged arson attack on his family home hours before the speech.

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2025

Keir Starmer suggests he didn't read through 'island of strangers' speech

Keir Starmer has suggested he didn't read through his highly-contentious "island of strangers" speech on immigration in advance

The National (Scotland) · Jun 27, 2025

Reform’s threat to the mainstream parties is unique in UK political history

Labour’s former shadow chancellor John McDonnell has declared that Keir Starmer’s government has driven “a knife into the heart of what I believed Labour stood for” and called for party members, unions and MPs to take back control.

The Conversation · May 30, 2025

Marriage Material review – cornershop comedy with a cardi-and-trousers charm

Great 1970s costumes, bubbling performances and an elegant set tee up this adaptation of Sathnam Sanghera’s novel about a Sikh family facing Enoch Powell-era racism

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2025

Jeremy Corbyn criticises Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ speech at festival

Speaking at the Wide Awake Festival, Mr Corbyn described the Prime Minister’s remarks as ‘nonsense’.

Evening Standard · May 23, 2025

Net migration to UK halved in 2024, new estimates show

NET migration to the UK halved in 2024, according to new estimates ...

The National (Scotland) · May 22, 2025