Politics
Sunak considers matter of Cleverly’s date rape joke ‘closed’, says No 10
Downing Street said it was ‘right’ that the Home Secretary had apologised for making the remarks during a ‘private conversation’.
People are convinced we are headed for a spring general election following Hunt’s announcement
The Lib Dems have called it the "last throw of the dice by a flailing Conservative government".
More than 3,000 people spend Christmas Day applying to vote
Christmas Eve and Boxing Day also saw a year-on-year rise in applications.
State of British politics in 2023 perfectly summed up in one tweet
A brilliant David Osland tweet has summarised the dire state we find ourselves in.
James Cleverly jokes that date rape drugs aren’t illegal if you just use ‘a little bit’
The Home Secretary apologised for the ‘inappropriate’ joke made at a No 10 reception.
Sunak’s end of year scorecard: The PM’s five pledes ranked
After the chaos of 2022, the PM set out the five pledges in a New Year speech and promised there would be “no tricks and no ambiguity” on delivering them. Here's how he is getting on.
Ian Hislop’s demolition of Rishi Sunak is devastatingly on point
The Private Eye editor says Sunak has displayed nothing but "incredible ineptitude" since taking office.
Sunak’s end-of-year speech on immigration gets quietly canned
“The backlog hasn’t been cleared, the Bibby is half full, our small boats plan is in turmoil... this is supposed to be our wedge issue with Labour"
Health secretary sparks outrage with ‘doctors in training’ remarks
"Quite amazing to have a government that seems frankly to loathe the people they need to deliver on the promises they have made", Alastair Campbell said.