HISTORICAL FACTS: 12 | History Defined

Brooklyn Beckham swaps UK for US as he abandons pub plan to open burger restaurant

After years of planning to bring British food to the US, the eldest Beckham child has decided to foray into... burgers

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025

Trump labeled ‘Hitler of our time’ as hecklers crash his DC dinner plans

President’s evening out at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in Washington interrupted by activists yelling: ‘Free D.C.! Free Palestine!’

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025

Peter Mandelson: 'I can't imagine Nigel Farage ever being PM'

Reform took control of seven local councils, winning hundreds of seats, in the parliamentary by-election earlier this month

Evening Standard · May 13, 2025

Trump has left a void that the EU and Britain must fill together

America is in retreat from its underappreciated good works around the world. Europe needs to act – and Brexit only hinders this essential response

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2025

Starmer’s Trump problem is not his EU Brexit reset but cosying up to China

News analysis: Donald Trump’s administration may have a dislike of the EU but it has a pathological hatred of China and already Starmer’s decision to cosy up to Beijing is setting off alarm bells in Washington

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2025

Building stronger trade links between America and the UK must be Mandelson's priority

Annual trade in goods and services between the two countries is worth more than £300 billion

Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2025

Trump played games with Starmer over Mandelson – but PM has card up his sleeve

ANALYSIS: Trump and Starmer have resolved their differences on Lord Mandelson but at what cost to the prime minister? David Maddox reports

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

Peter Mandelson backtracks on 'ill-judged' Trump criticism after being appointed US ambassador

Labour grandee, now Keir Starmer’s representative in Washington, described the Republican as a ‘danger to the world’ in 2019

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

UK politics - live: Backlash as thousands of children to be detained under new Labour borders bill

Keir Starmer has been joined by Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband, Sadiq Khan and Yvette Cooper at service for Tony Blair’s former deputy prime minister

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

Trump and Starmer’s ‘warm’ phone call didn’t cover Ukraine, Chagos, Mandelson, tariffs, defence or Greenland

The call between Trump and Starmer on Sunday was described by the prime minister as “very warm and constructive” – perhaps because the leaders avoided the many issues of contention between them

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2025