Explainer: A ‘rock solid’ US-UK relationship July 10, 2023 Few things hold such enduring fascination in British politics as the so-called “special relationship” with the US. It was blamed for Iraq, held up as a bastion of what could be achieved post-Brexit, and then dragged through the doldrums during a distancing between Boris Johnson and Joe Biden. Today, Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak insisted [...]
PMQs Sketch: Starmer and Sunak on everyone’s last nerve June 28, 2023 While Thames Water was on the verge of collapse, Sunak and Starmer spent PMQs drawling on about housing targets.
PMQs sketch: Nothing’s funny about the economy, stupid June 21, 2023 Of course Rishi Sunak can’t bail out mortgage holders, but he doesn’t want to hear about it.
PMQs sketch: Keir Starmer, future fruit picker for Britain May 24, 2023 Keir Starmer's heart wasn't really in it as he faced Rishi Sunak and cracked his many pre-rehearsed jokes at Suella Braverman's expense.
Airlines are so high up the pyramid of capitalism they no longer compete on price May 24, 2023 Airlines don't seem to care about fighting for the cheapest flights anymore.
Analysis: Is it the end of the road for Suella Braverman? May 22, 2023 Suella Braverman asked officials if she could do a ‘private’ speeding awareness course after she was caught driving too fast.
PMQs Sketch: Prince Harry, avenged by the Spare red-heads May 17, 2023 Oliver Dowden and Angela Rayner, both ginger, both second-in-command, faced off in Prime Minister’s Questions in an almost flirtatious double act.
Explainer: Back to work, Britain. Is Hunt’s plan to get people out of retirement working? May 16, 2023 It was one of the key ambitions of Jeremy Hunt's spring budget, to get Britain back to work, and on the surface, it seems to be working.
PMQs sketch: Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and the ghosts of prime ministers past May 10, 2023 After a dismal set of local elections, an unusually boisterous Rishi Sunak waved Tony Blair around like a weapon against Keir Starmer at PMQs.
Britain badly needs a godfather of AI regulation, but we’ll never be able to afford him (or her) May 4, 2023 The so-called Godfather of AI has quit Google over fears of the technology. He’s the kind of person who should be designing our laws - if we could afford him.
