UK politics

A robotic arm holds out a white coffee mug to a man with a white beard and glasses, who is reaching to take it while holding a notebook. The scene illustrates human interaction with automation and artificial intelligence technology.

The AI layoff trap: economists prove automation could collapse the economy it is meant to power

Jordon Scott May 31, 2026

Economists at Wharton and Boston University have published a mathematical proof that competitive AI automation could destroy the very consumer…

Green MP Hannah Spencer speaking in the House of Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions while holding notes and addressing Parliament.

Featured Politics UK

There’s a petition to ban alcohol in the House of Commons. Here’s why it matters – and how to sign it.

Joe Connor May 31, 2026

A petition to ban alcohol sales in all House of Commons venues has launched after Hannah Spencer's PMQs intervention and…

Nigel Farage speaking at a press conference behind a microphone, wearing a blue suit and patterned tie.

Featured Politics UK

Judge referred Farage to the Attorney General for contempt of court over Manchester Airport trial – Farage responds by attacking the judiciary

Joe Connor May 29, 2026

A judge referred Farage to the Attorney General for potential contempt of court after finding his "two-tier justice" comments during…

Nigel Farage stands behind a bar counter with bottles of Farage-branded gin displayed in the foreground. Shelves of spirits, wine glasses and exposed brickwork can be seen behind him.

Politics UK

Labour refers Farage’s Russian hacking claim to police after he fails to act on 24-hour ultimatum

Joe Connor May 29, 2026

Labour chair Anna Turley has referred Farage's claims of Russian phone hacking to the Metropolitan Police and National Cyber Security…

Split-screen image showing political commentators George Finch and Marina Purkiss during a television debate. Finch gestures animatedly while speaking, while Purkiss listens and responds from the opposite side of the studio desk.

Featured Politics UK

‘Don’t you dare suggest working-class people hold beliefs like Robert Kenyon’: Marina Purkiss takes apart Reform’s teenage council leader on Jeremy Vine

Joe Connor May 29, 2026

Finch claimed Kenyon had apologised and was "a changed man."

Reform UK councillor Darren Grimes appears during a television interview wearing a navy suit, white shirt and turquoise tie. A stylised city skyline graphic is visible in the blue background.

Featured Politics UK

‘Nobody can stop Pride’: trade unions raise £15,000 to save Durham Pride after Reform’s Darren Grimes cuts council funding

Jordon Scott May 29, 2026

The TUC invoked the 1980s solidarity between the LGBT community and striking miners.

Donald Trump sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office holding a World Cup trophy replica while wearing a red baseball cap. Framed photographs, US flags and office furnishings can be seen in the background.

Politics US

Trump is using the World Cup as a ‘political life raft’ – just like Mussolini did in 1934, expert warns

Joe Connor May 29, 2026

International sports politics expert Jules Boykoff says Trump is following Mussolini's playbook by using the FIFA World Cup as a…

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sit at a table holding signed red treaty folders during a formal signing ceremony. Polish and British flags stand behind them, with flowers and glasses of water on the table.

Opinion Politics UK

With talk of closer EU alignment, the UK is signalling to Europe that it’s a partner worthy of trust

Ursula F Ott May 29, 2026

The UK is proposing to adopt EU single market rules through new legislation - without parliament voting each time. Brexit…

Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking to the media outdoors, with a breaking news banner on screen.

Opinion Politics UK

Is the tenure of a leader becoming ‘nasty, brutish and short’?

Andre Spicer May 29, 2026

Five Prime Ministers in ten years. CEO tenures down from six years to under five. Football managers out after 18…

Split-screen image showing Reform UK Makerfield candidate Robert Kenyon speaking during an interview while a journalist takes notes beside him. Reform UK branding with the slogan “Britain Needs Reform” appears in the background.

Politics UK

Robert Kenyon’s first interview: no apology, an attack on Carol Vorderman, and a candidate who doesn’t know his own party’s policies

Joe Connor May 28, 2026

Robert Kenyon has given his first interview since the wave of revelations about his social media history. There was no…