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Already weakened by “U-turns” on his agenda, Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced calls to step down over appointing a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein as U.S. ambassador.
From Rishi Sunak to Keir Starmer, Britain’s political class has supported Israel’s atrocities in Gaza to the hilt while attempting to supress protests against genocide on the home front. They’ll never be able to wash away the shame of complicity.
In a way the humiliation of Sir Keir Starmer, Britain’s fourth prime minister in four years, is greater than that of his Conservative predecessors. After a landslide win in 2024, he boasted of governing for a decade;
When did things go wrong for the last Conservative government? In his column this week, Robert Shrimsley argues that the rejection of Rishi Sunak’s post-pandemic Budgets as chancellor, when he explicitly raised taxes to meet the cost of the pandemic response and the promises the government made in 2019 on public services, was the turning point.
The electoral ward of Longsight in Manchester was still predominantly Irish when Noel and Liam Gallagher – its most famous exports – were born there more than half a century ago.
Piers Morgan described the arrest of former Prince Andrew as a "bombshell" moment that could upend the British political system and become the most serious threat to the monarchy in modern history. Morgan told "FOX & Friends" that the arrest could become a "tipping point" for the British monarchy and spark broader political fallout in the United Kingdom.
LONDON (AP) — British police forces are working together to assess potential crimes revealed in documents from the U.S. Justice Department’s investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including allegations of wrongdoing by the former Prince Andrew.
As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces calls to resign for his appointment of Epstein-tied Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States, one is struck by the sudden instability of British governments.
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The Epstein scandal has battered Britain’s political establishment. Can the radical-right Reform party benefit?
The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office will heap yet more pressure on the beleaguered government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest over allegations he passed government documents to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein comes directly on the heels of the resignation of Peter Mandelson,
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss, a conservative free speech advocate, told Fox News Digital that President Donald Trump was right to bring attention to the "pockets of Britain where Sharia law is being practiced" during his remarks to the United ...