If you’ve been scrolling through the political chaos in Westminster this April, you’ve seen the face of Robert Jenrick everywhere. His jump to Reform UK in January was the political equivalent of a hand grenade. But if you look at the photos of the defection rally or the late-night strategy sessions in Newark, you’ll see […]
British politics is a fast-moving game, sometimes keeping the most powerful people at arm’s length from public view, though some names find their way into audiences’ living rooms. If you’ve watched the fiery debates on BBC Newsnight or caught a sharp-tongued panellist on Have I Got News for You recently, then chances are that you […]
A Labour MP’s partner was arrested on Wednesday, 4 March 2026. Joani Reid husband arrest has quickly become one of the hottest political stories in the UK this week.. He was one of three people arrested by UK counter-terrorism police. He is accused of aiding China’s intelligence service. David Taylor, 39, was arrested with two […]
Eleven months. That’s all Poppy Gustafsson lasted as Britain’s investment minister before she quit in September 2025. Not even a full year. Some people reckon she got frustrated with how slow the government moves. Others say she desired to spend more time with her kids. Either way, Baroness Gustafsson will go into history as one of […]
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 […]