Politics
Flashback: To when foreign secretaries DID resign over diplomatic failures
Lord Carrington was competent and not on holiday when the proverbial hit the fan, but he resigned anyway.
Conservative lead slashed to 3 points as Starmer calls on Labour to modernise
In order to win the next election, "we have to win the future,” Sir Keir told The Observer.
Blair finally speaks out on decision to withdraw from Afghanistan
He said the move to withdraw troops had “every Jihadist group round the world cheering”.
Blame stamp duty holiday for lost tax, not rising house prices – think tank
The Resolution Foundation said house prices have been growing in Germany, the US, Canada, Australia and France at a similar, if not greater, rate.
‘Who is president Biden asking to fight?’ – Rory Stewart’s devastating summary of Afghan chaos goes viral
"The Americans have left no support of any kind. And you're asking who exactly? Who is president Biden asking to fight?"
Boris Johnson says he has ‘full confidence’ in Raab
The PM also said the government has been "working virtually around the clock" to sort out the situation.
Brexit will rob Christmas of turkeys, poultry industry warns
Turkey supplies could decline by as much as 20 per cent by Christmas because of staff shortages, the industry fears.
Whitehall bigwigs were all on holiday as Kabul fell
Top civil servants at the Foreign Office, the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence are all on leave.
SNP near power-sharing agreement with Greens as pandemic strengthened ‘arguments for independence’
In response to Labour and Tory backlash a spokesman for the Scottish Greens said: “It’s no surprise that parties only interested in scoring political points would be alarmed about any suggestion of co-operation in the interests of people and planet."