This Month
London Marathon plans to become two-day, 100,000-runner event in 2027
Next year’s “Double London Marathon” would be staged on Saturday and Sunday April 24-25, with the elite men’s and women’s races also held on separate days.
Starmer’s foreign policy is about politics – and a warning for Australia
When establishment parties are genuinely destabilised by their flanks in Australia, the economic consequences will be felt well beyond the ballot box.
February
UK prime minister in fresh turmoil after Greens’ stunning election win
Voters in Manchester have delivered an electoral earthquake in a traditional Labour stronghold, piling pressure on both Keir Starmer and populist Nigel Farage.
Farage’s next big fight is on the home turf of Oasis
Labour’s biggest hope is in attracting voters who don’t like British Labour PM Keir Starmer but detest Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.
Massages, jets and hustle: Andrew’s humiliation grows
Britain’s politicians laid into the outcast royal amid mounting public anger, as the government agreed to release files on his appointment as a UK trade envoy.
Sorry, not sorry: Manchester United owner’s immigrant claim sparks fury
UK billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe apologised if people were offended by his comments that Britain had been “colonised” by incoming migrants.
‘Puke or diarrhoea’: The brutal choice facing voters in a broken Britain
Reform UK is on the verge of snatching a safe seat from Prime Minister Keir Starmer, threatening to end his leadership after a fortnight from hell.
Why MAGA loathes ‘third-world sinkhole’ London
Donald Trump and his supporters see London as the symbol of a Europe facing “civilisational erasure”.
‘Like a slow-motion car crash’: Starmer vows to fight Epstein crisis
The leader of the Labour Party in Scotland has called on him to resign, but the prime minister says he is determined to fight on.
Starmer loses top aide over Epstein scandal. Will the PM be next?
Keir Starmer has sacrificed his chief of staff over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK envoy to the US. But it won’t stop questions over his leadership.
Keir Starmer’s chief of staff resigns over Mandelson-Epstein scandal
The UK prime minister’s right-hand man has quit over his insistence on the appointment of the US ambassador.
Starmer says Mandelson betrayed UK, vows to release files
The British prime minister says disgraced former US envoy Peter Mandelson lied repeatedly about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
‘Biggest scandal this century’: Epstein’s pal set to destroy UK PM
Labour MPs have revolted against their own government over its handling of Peter Mandelson, who is accused of leaking secret information to Jeffrey Epstein.
Starmer calls for Andrew to reveal everything he has on Epstein
The UK prime minister has suggested the former Duke of York has a duty to the victims of the convicted paedophile to testify to the United States Congress.
January
Starmer to meet Xi, walking ‘diplomatic tightrope’ amid Trump upheaval
Britain’s prime minister is the latest G7 leader to head to China in pursuit of better economic ties as a buffer against the US president’s trade turbulence.
Britain’s PM just sealed his fate. That’s bad news for Albanese
The knives are out for Keir Starmer who blocked a potential leadership rival from running in an upcoming byelection, sparking anger in Labour ranks.
UK makes it illegal to create AI nudes without permission
Britain is ratcheting up pressure on Elon Musk’s X, with new laws criminalising deepfakes and a formal investigation being launched.
Nanny-state health-and-safety fascism is shutting down British pubs
To drive around England, urban and rural, these days is to see an epidemic of recently closed boozers.
December 2025
Farage’s anti-woke Christmas party brings cheer to angry Britain
The leading politician hit the sweet spots with his loyal followers during a festive broadcast of his Christmas show in Britain.
Why Jeremy Clarkson is calling last drinks for MPs
The popular TV personality has joined a nationwide ban of Labour MPs in pubs calling out the government for ignoring the struggling hospitality sector.