Liz Truss leaves stage over ‘I crashed the economy’ lettuce banner Former PM says ‘that’s not funny’ when remote-controlled banner is unfurled behind her at event in Suffolk The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024
'That's not funny': Liz Truss storms off stage after hilarious lettuce banner stunt LIZ Truss has stormed off stage at a speaking event after a hilarious stunt which saw a banner with a lettuce appear whilst she was talking ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 14, 2024
Thérèse Coffey was turned down for Labour Treasury job UK director of European development bank reports to Rachel Reeves, who has been critical of previous government The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024
Ending sexual violence on public transport is ‘absolute priority’, says minister – as it happened Louise Haigh speaks out after figures showed a 50% increase in incidents in the last two years The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024
Liz Truss rages at lettuce banner and says prank ‘was not funny’ The former prime minister dubbed the group behind the prank, Led by Donkeys, ‘far left’ accusing them of attempting to ‘suppress free speech’ The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2024
Labour MP who beat Liz Truss reveals why she was slow-clapped on election night Terry Jermy says he is ‘quite disappointed’ with the former PM’s behaviour since Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2024
Digested week: Liz Truss’s unintentional comedic turn at Edinburgh fringe A crowing flash-in-the-pan PM and Jimmy Carr’s life lessons from the Oompa Loompas The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2024
‘I worry about populist politics’: Mel Stride says even progressive voters should want a strong Tory party Leadership contender says the Conservatives need to recover to ensure Britain does not lurch into ‘negativity and division’ The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2024
ITV presenter either fails to recognise or totally ignores former PM Liz Truss ‘That’s Liz Truss, isn’t it?’ his colleague could be heard saying in the studio The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2024
Six of the best political shows you need to see at this year's Fringe THE Edinburgh Festival Fringe has officially launched, with more than 3500 shows planned across the month. The National (Scotland) · Aug 3, 2024
Why Rachel Reeves can’t seem to make her ‘£22bn black hole’ narrative convincing Rachel Reeves had hardly stepped down from the dispatch box to make her first big statement as chancellor of the exchequer before facing a furious backlash. She had claimed to have discovered a £22bn hole in public finances upon taking office and was using it to explain why the new… The Conversation · Aug 2, 2024
Liz Truss, Musk and JK Rowling weigh in on Olympic boxing controversy to spread false anti-trans rhetoric Carini’s reaction has led to an ‘unfair’ social media pile-on against Khelif The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2024
Failed State by Sam Freedman review – how to fix Britain Even the best governments can’t bring about change in a broken system, according to this urgent plea for reform The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2024
The real Kemi Badenoch: key revelations from a new tell-all book “Blue Ambition: The Unauthorised Biography of Kemi Badenoch” by Lord Ashcroft is out now Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2024 Who are the Conservative leadership candidates? Which Tory MPs will be taking part in the three-month contest to succeed Rishi Sunak?
The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2024 6 UK lawmakers are running to lead the Conservative Party after its crushing election defeat Six British lawmakers have announced they are running to lead the defeated Conservative Party
The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024 Fear of a Truss repeat should not deter Reeves from rewriting spending rules Labour has enough goodwill with City to increase debt if the money is used for key infrastructure
The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2024 Robert Jenrick: Tory leadership candidate most feared by Reform wants nothing to do with Nigel Farage Sources say Reform sees right-wing leadership candidate Jenrick as the biggest threat
The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2024 Nato members, IT woes, and more than a little Liz Truss – take the Thursday quiz Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?
Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2024 Who is Tom Tugendhat? Tonbridge MP slams UK Government's riot response The 51-year-old is determined to be the next Conservative prime minister if he becomes the new Tory leader
The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2024 It might be hard to take the future of the Conservative party seriously right now – but we must The UK needs a robust, competent centre-right party to stave off the threat of the populist right, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024 Soaring UK mortgage rates have pushed 320,000 adults into poverty, thinktank says Institute for Fiscal Studies report says interests rate rises have inflicted differing levels of hardship
Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2024 Michael Gove turfed out of Foreign Secretary's home in vain David Lammy will not be moving into 1 Carlton Gardens
The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024 James Cleverly enters race to become next Tory leader James Cleverly said he wanted to ‘unite’ the Conservative Party after their historic electoral defeat
The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024 Britain's defeated Conservatives launch race for a new leader, with the winner announced in November Britain’s defeated Conservatives will spend more than three months picking a new leader to replace former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the party has announced