British Politics

Confirmed: Britain's longest serving current affairs mag boss steps down

Red tape stopped up to 250 UK cheeses from making it to the judging in Portugal

Sir John Hall comes with a history of dodgy comments about race and being "a stranger in my own land"

A government colleague remembers a charming, clever pragmatist who had the odd eggy moment or two

The public saw his combative side, but those closest to him saw his heart

The right wing press love it, but this ‘scandal’ will join Angela Rayner’s flat and Keir Starmer’s lockdown beer in being quickly forgotten

Kemi Badenoch’s stand-in embarrasses himself at PMQs

The trailer for the former cabinet minister's TV series is here and it's not good

The Reform leader is marching for farmers but it's his Brexit which has caused them most harm

Falling fertility rates mean more immigration is needed to grow the economy. Yet lots of boomers hate the idea

A social media rumour about Keir Starmer has attracted millions of views – aided by far right figures who amplify conspiracy theories online

We need a military alliance of European nations, which will require the UK to not just cooperate but to be inside the structure

The church, both Anglican and Catholic, has conspicuously failed to provide the leadership the UK craves

The ‘trollification’ that happens on X, Elon Musk’s online hellhole, deserves a definition

IndyRef 2 feels a long way off. The SNP need to show that they have something to offer for Scotland’s short-term future

It is time to dispel disbelief and face the grim reality that is unfolding

Britain’s choice in a Trump trade war is a no-brainer: we must rejoin the single market and customs union, or we’re in deep trouble

These protests have picked the wrong cause. Brexit is what they should be angriest about

The Reform leader is once again skipping his constituency work to mix with some unsavoury characters in the USA

Just as he talks of closer relations, Keir Starmer’s perplexing refusal to engage properly with the EU or European experts is adding to a widening divide

Thames Water is on the verge of going bust, is borrowing money from hedge funds and has taken out an emergency loan to see it through to Christmas. How on earth did it come to this?

The phrase has become a favourite of BBC interviewers - and it shows a wider lack of intelligent mission in the corporation’s news and current affairs

Too centralised, too short term, too obsessed with Twitter, our political system is a dysfunctional mess. If we don’t fix it, we’ll all suffer

History shows Britain becoming more Europhile when a wild card is in the White House

Keir Starmer finds himself caught between the populist tyrant and a politically weakened continent. Which way should he go?

How one tweet and two mistakes saw the right wing columnist get a knock on the door from the police

Donald Trump's new hire appears to have learned a trick from Boris Johnson's former consigliere

Lexiter Larry Elliott has held back his paper’s ability to attack the decision to leave the EU

Dominic Cummings has praised Pete Hegseth – but America's extremist future defence secretary could help push Britain back towards the EU

The founding editor of the Guido Fawkes gossip blog is stepping down. From now on, the anti-elite website will be run by a member of the House of Lords