Daily politics briefing for June 29, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said “racism stings” in response to a slur used against him by a Reform UK canvasser, which Nigel Farage has refused to apologise for and denounced as a “political set-up”.
During a rally in Birmingham Nigel Farage says that Reform UK is "what people are talking about at the breakfast table, at work, at the pub, at the bingo hall - wherever people people go, we are the story" before claiming that "many millions already have said that they absolutely going to vote for us. But there are many millions more who have simply not made up their minds and they could come to us over the course of the next four days". The party leader also says that the establishment is "happy" with Keir Starmer taking over from Rishi Sunak because "it's not actually a change of government, it's a change of middle management".
The Reform UK leader rejected the accusation that his party is a home for racists.
The former president attacked the former House speaker as a “sick puppy.”
The prime minister had insisted life was "better" now than when the party came to power in 2010.
Justice Clarence Thomas used the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity on Monday to again request that the constitutionality of special prosecutors, like Jack Smith, be called into question. In his opinion, Thomas asked the lower courts to render a ruling on Smith and the legality of the special prosecutor’s office before they proceed with Donald Trump’s pair of federal criminal cases that Smith’s team is prosecuting. No other justice signed onto Thomas’ opinion. “If this unprecedented
The former GOP lawmaker called the former president's latest move proof he's "not a stable adult."
Arzo survived a suicide attempt but now faces a new threat that could send her family – and millions like them – back to Afghanistan and a life that has become so intolerable for women and girls that some would rather die.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's threat of impeachment comes after the court ruled on Trump's immunity argument.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said former President Donald Trump is entitled to some immunity from criminal prosecution for actions taken to overturn results of the 2020 election but sent the case back to the trial court to sort out which charges can stand, effectively delaying any potential trial until after the November election. The 6-3 opinion was written by Chief Justice John Roberts. Trump had claimed "absolute immunity" for all his actions, but Roberts noted that, "Trump asserts a far broader immunity than the limited one we have recognized."
His party faces near-annihilation in the National Assembly, with fewer seats than Rishi Sunak’s Tories can hope for later this week. His prime ministers, past and present, could not find hard enough words in private to describe his “suicidal” snap election decision since he took it three weeks ago. Marine Le Pen was quick to claim an historic victory as her National Rally came first in yesterday’s first round of the legislative elections, with 33 per cent of the vote.
Former senior Trump adviser Steve Bannon gave a list of people on Sunday that he believes former President Trump should go after if he is elected to a second term. Bannon, who is set to report to prison Monday on contempt of Congress charges, said in an ABC “This Week” interview with Jonathan Karl that…
When Britain voted to exit the European Union in 2016, Donald Trump, then the Republican candidate for president, declared himself 'Mr. Brexit.'
War experts have suggested that Ukraine may be degrading Russian air defenses, possibly with the coming F-16s in mind.
The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. Sandy Senn, Penry Gustafson and Katrina Shealy from office during sparsely turned out primaries in June, and by doing so completely vacated the Republican wing of the five-member “Sister Senators," a female contingent that included two Democrats and was joined in their opposition to the abortion ban. For Republicans, the departure of Senn, Gustafson and Shealy likely means there will be no women in the majority party of state Senate when the next session starts in 2025.
Exclusive: Former Conservative cabinet minister hits out at his party’s leadership days before polls open
The party still trails well behind Labour with just four days to go until the election.
President Biden’s principal deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks said Monday that he’s “scared as s‑‑‑” after the Supreme Court ruled that former President Trump has presumptive criminal immunity for official acts. “I’m scared as s‑‑‑ and I think Americans are scared and should be scared of what Donald Trump will do, because he has been…
Helen Bamber Foundation report finds ‘growing feelings of desperation’ among camp’s 600 residents
It is the first time it has done so since Tony Blair was prime minister.
The UK general election is in focus this week as investors brace for a widely expected Labour landslide that could share price moves across the FTSE 100.
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