BBC Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government stepped into power on 5 July 2024 with a thumping majority and tall ambitions. That vision to “change” Britain – the word that has adorned many a red lectern – has on occasion come up against the harsh reality of politics in the year since. So how is the…
Will Keir Starmer allow himself to celebrate his first anniversary as prime minister this weekend? Or will he be taking a long, hard look in the mirror and asking himself what went wrong? That is what is in my mind as he greets me in the Terracotta Room on the first floor of 10 Downing…
Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC “There’s only one relationship that really matters,” a senior figure in government told me in the middle of Labour’s dreadful week, where ministers lost control of their backbenchers. “It’s the one with the voters.” Well, quite. And that relationship has soured since Labour has been in power….
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate confirmed yet another of President Donald Trump’s nominees on Tuesday, this time for a position that maintains veterans’ cemeteries and oversees burials. Sam Brown, an Army veteran and former Nevada GOP Senate candidate, was confirmed by the Senate to be Trump’s Veteran’s Affairs undersecretary for…
Norman Tebbit speaking to the BBC about the 1984 Brighton bombing. Norman Tebbit, who has died at the age of 94, was at the heart of Margaret Thatcher’s political revolution. He was a man whose philosophy of self-reliance formed the core of his political beliefs. An able and conscientious politician, his plain speaking on immigration…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Elon Musk’s talk of a third political party is an idea supported by more than half of voters in the latest Fox News national survey – as long as that party isn’t linked to the billionaire. By an 11-point margin, more voters think it is a good…
Senior government figures believe they are on the cusp of achieving a breakthrough with Emmanuel Macron on a deal that would see France take back at least some of those who have crossed the English Channel on small boats. In return, the UK would take asylum claimants from France who wish to come to the…
Brian Wheeler Political reporter Getty Images Donald Trump did not invent the phrase but he made it his own Every political campaign needs a good slogan – a snappy phrase to energise voters and skewer opponents. Some slogans resonate beyond polling day, capturing a national mood or a moment in time – Barack Obama’s “Yes,…
Watching the president of France and the prime minister close up was to see two men under the cosh, behind in the opinion polls and fighting for what they see as the essence of their political creed. It boils down to this – how do Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron make the case for…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As New York City reels from a deadly mass shooting in midtown Manhattan that killed four, including an NYPD officer, the Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is getting renewed attention for a recent pledge to eliminate a key police department responsible for riots, civil disorder and shootings….
