Reducing net migration has superseded the other four of the Prime Minister’s five key pledges December 23, 2023 Nobody can doubt the Prime Minister’s commitment to his five priorities, but his new policy to curb migration has just made it even harder to deliver them, writes Ian Robinson
It’s done: Liz Truss resigns as UK Prime Minister October 20, 2022 Liz Truss has announced her resignation as UK Prime Minister and will become this country’s shortest-ever serving leader. It comes after a sensational collapse of confidence in her premiership from within the Tory party, after her mini-Budget tanked financial markets, she sacked two senior cabinet ministers and she U-turned on her entire economic platform. Truss [...]
Nadine Dorries calls for Boris Johnson to return as Prime Minister October 17, 2022 Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has the Conservatives should reinstall Boris Johnson as Prime Minister. The staunch ally of the ex PM took to Twitter ahead of chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s bombshell statement on Monday morning. Hunt announced the UK’s energy bills freeze will only be universal until April and binned the majority of Liz Truss’ [...]
What’s in a year? Hopefully one without a new prime minister or an election January 3, 2023 Without making myself a hostage to fortune, I predict 2023 will be a year without as much political turmoil even as inflation causes havoc.
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is shot in ‘assassination attempt’ November 3, 2022 Former prime minister Imran Khan has been shot in the leg and taken to hospital. According to reports it was an attempted assignation on the former PM and international cricket captain, was, and several other men were injured. Khan was reportedly hit in the leg while at a protest march, with members of his PTI [...]
The Queen and the prime ministers, a weekly meeting to hold the Union together September 14, 2022 Over the 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, she met and dealt with thousands of government ministers, from the United Kingdom and from the Commonwealth. While she would deal most regularly with the British prime minister, with regular weekly meetings, she interacted with ministers in other ways, such as at Privy Council meetings. Commonwealth [...]
The UK now has a crypto-friendly Prime Minister in Rishi Sunak October 24, 2022 Despite the economic gloom, crypto investors are going to be cheered by the arrival of Sunak at Number 10, says Nigel Green.
Commons Snapshot: Maybe we need a boring Prime Minister September 8, 2022 Spare a thought for Keir Starmer’s flack, who have spent the better part of two years slogging it out to make him look less boring. Turns out all they needed to do was to put him up against Liz Truss. There were a few solid one-liners from the new prime minister, but it was a [...]
Goodbye Boris Johnson: Final speech as Prime Minister in full September 6, 2022 The Prime Minister said goodbye for the last time this morning at 7.30am. Here is Boris Johnson’s leaving speech in full: “Thank you. Well, this is it, folks. Thank you everybody for coming out so early this morning. In only a couple of hours I will be in Balmoral to see Her Majesty the Queen [...]
Boris Johnson set to resign as UK Prime Minister July 7, 2022 Boris Johnson has agreed to resign as UK Prime Minister, after a sensational 48 hours which saw his government implode. The BBC and Mirror reported just after 9am today that he will quit as leader of the Conservative party and will stay on as caretaker Prime Minister until a new party leader is chosen. A [...]