LONDON, Aug 10 — King Charles called for mutual respect and understanding after racist riots that targeted Muslims and migrants in Britain, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said on Friday, marking the first intervention by the monarch since the unrest began last week. The king thanked police and emergency services for …
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Read More »Royal Mail blames snap election decision for delays
On Tuesday, Mr Sunak was asked during a visit to Banbury, Oxfordshire, whether he was worried about reports that some people may not be able to vote. He told broadcasters: “It’s right that the Royal Mail have said that they will look at any concerns where they’re raised because, obviously, …
Read More »Private Eye In The Back: Open season
Open season Wimbledon expansion, Issue 1626 WITH Wimbledon looming, the All England Lawn Tennis Club is in full lobbying mode for its plan to build an 8,000-seat stadium, 38 courts, 10 buildings and nine kilometres of roads and paths in its neighbouring park in south-west London, to host its qualifying …
Read More »Editorial: Confronting Keir Starmer’s manifesto myths
WHEN Labour unveils its manifesto tomorrow we should recall the words of Angela Davis: it is time we stopped accepting the things we cannot change, and started changing the things we cannot accept. There’s a yawning gulf between Labour’s condemnation of the state of Britain after 14 years of Tory-led …
Read More »Offer real change, Corbyn tells Labour
FORMER Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has urged the party to offer real change as it prepares to launch its general election manifesto. Responding to Sir Keir Starmer’s infantile charge that the Tories had prepared “a Jeremy Corbyn-style manifesto,” Mr Corbyn hit back, demanding “a fundamental shake-up of our economic and …
Read More »The UK needs an independent commission against corruption
From the Covid inquiry, to the Royal Mail postmasters and the NHS infected blood scandals, Britain’s fragmented “integrity institutions” have repeatedly shown that they cannot prevent overt corruption and endemic malversation in public office. If a new Labour government is ever to “turn the page” on the the last decade, …
Read More »EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: French magazine uses AI photographs to predict the Royal Family’s future
By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 19:19 EDT, 29 April 2024 | Updated: 19:23 EDT, 29 April 2024 French magazine Paris Match elevates the art of doctored Royal photographs to a new level with a portrait of 72-year-old Kate as Queen Mother in 2054. In a 200-page 75th birthday …
Read More »Bereft of ideas, the entire political class is trapped in a cycle of tax and spend
SIR – Unfortunately I don’t believe Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, when she declares there would be no new wealth taxes under a Labour government (Interview, August 27). This is not because I think she might be lying. I am sure she understands that increasing taxes is a barrier to …
Read More »The Tories prophesying doom should make way for more hopeful candidates
It takes a brave candidate to contest a by-election for any party of government that has been in power for a long time. Stepping in for a charismatic prime minister, toppled by his own colleagues, to fight a tough contest in a corner of a capital city that defaults to …
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