Politics

'The biggest issue facing Britain today? I can't have a snakebite-and-black watching Everton'

IT was a perfect moment. Me and Carney watching Everton bang Wolves out of the League Cup. Except even as prime minister I couldn’t get a pint of diesel.

The Chagos Islands, and the two other things Trump knows about Britain

PRESIDENT Trump knows exactly three things about the UK and has forgotten three others. This is the full extent of his knowledge and ignorance.

Six previous prime ministers warn Burnham what to expect when meeting Trump

ANDY Burnham meets Donald Trump for the first time today, and it is unlikely to go well. The last six prime ministers warn him what to expect.

Ed Davey solemnly ziplines into Lib Dem party conference

AWARE of his precarious position within his party, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has soberly ziplined onto the conference stage without applause.

Reform candidates arrested as precautionary measure

ANYONE applying to be a Reform candidate will be interviewed by the police to be on the safe side.

Britain in no place to sneer at village's stupid separatist referendum

THOSE mocking the idiotic Piddington referendum that will achieve nothing have been reminded this is a bit rich coming from Britain.

Why I wouldn't want anything in return for £36 million either, by a Reform supporter

AS a typical Reform voter, retired on ill health with a pension largely spent in Wetherspoons, I understand these crypto billionaires. I wouldn’t want anything back either.

House of Lords members explain dying is personal for them

THE members of the House of Lords have explained they cannot pass a bill about dying because it really hits home given where they are in life.