The Rachel Reeves mansion tax dropped in her Budget last week, and it’s caused proper chaos. From April 2028, anyone with a property worth over £2 million pays an extra annual charge on top of council tax. Starts at £2,500 and goes up to £7,500 for homes over £5 million. Four bands total. The Valuation […]
I’d never heard of Zack Polanski until this September. Then suddenly, he was everywhere. News podcasts, Twitter threads, Time Magazine. This bloke from London just won the Green Party leadership with 85% of the vote, and now everyone’s got an opinion about him. Where is Zack Polanski from? Born in Salford in 1982 as David Paulden. […]
Since 2005, the UK Conservative Party has dealt with modernisation, a Brexit crisis, and leadership issues. Six politicians have led the party in the past twenty years: David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, and Kemi Badenoch. They each had to deal with various political contexts and left unique policy and institutional […]
Plaid Cymru’s present leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth, is shaping the destiny of Welsh politics on matters of national identity, social justice, and autonomy. His tenure as the Plaid Cymru leader, since he was elected to that position in June 2023, has been dedicated to strengthening the Welsh voice in the UK, making public services better, […]
So last month I’m sitting in a pub with my mate Pierre, who is from Lyon, and he goes, “Do you even know who our presidents have been?” And I’m like, mate, I barely know who’s the prime minister here half the time. But it got me thinking. Started Googling at 2 am when I […]
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia charged New York Attorney General Letitia James with two crimes on October 9, 2025: bank fraud and lying to a bank. The accusations come from a 2020 mortgage application for a home in Norfolk, Virginia, where James is said to have lied about her plans […]
Right, I need to get something off my chest. Last July, I was one of those people cheering when Labour finally kicked the Tories out after fourteen years. There was a proper celebration at my local, with champagne flutes raised to “change” and all that. Now, in September, I’m scratching my head, wondering what on […]
Monday, 15th September 2025. The news broke as I was having my morning cuppa. Danny Kruger, the same Danny Kruger who had been the shadow work and pensions secretary until just hours earlier, was standing next to Nigel Farage as Farage declared himself finished with the Conservative Party. Completely done. I could not believe my […]
Right, so I’m down the pub last week having a pint with my mate Arthur. He’s going on about politicians, isn’t he? “They’re all the same, mate. Just out for themselves.” Standard pub chat. Then I mention Sadiq Khan winning again; third time running as London Mayor. Arthur goes quiet. Takes a sip of his […]
You don’t need to be famous to be powerful. Just ask Morgan McSweeney. Morgan McSweeney. It’s a name that rarely makes headlines. Yet he sits at the heart of British politics. No flashy speeches. No camera flashes. Just steady work in corridors few ever see. As Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, he […]
Rachel Reeves is one of the most discussed figures in British politics at this moment. She’s the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the first woman to have the job full-time, and she has one of the toughest briefs in government. She’s either the safe pair of hands that Labour needs in power, depending on whom you […]