General Election 2024: Rishi Sunak rolls the dice on a hot summer May 23, 2024 Why did Rishi Sunak decide to call an election now? It’s a combination of good economic news, avoiding more small boats and an NHS crisis and running out of options, says Jessica Frank-Keyes Well here we are. Some three Tory prime ministers, multiple lockdowns and almost five years since the last general election and Rishi [...]
Election 2024: Rishi Sunak will get his hearing. Does he have anything to say? May 23, 2024 The country is said to have stopped listening to the Conservatives. Rishi Sunak now has an election to change that - if he has something to say
Things Can Only Get Better: Story behind song that derailed Rishi Sunak election speech May 22, 2024 Rishi Sunak’s speech on the steps of Downing Street today will forever be remembered for two things: his sodden suit and the abrasive strains of 90s pop hit Things Can Only Get Better. When Northern Irish/English pop act D:Ream – which included the physicist and TV presenter Prof Brian Cox on keyboard – first released [...]
Election 2024: Rishi Sunak takes the plunge on July 4 vote May 22, 2024 As the press gathered at London's most famous front door, Sky News said it understood the speculation about an election was correct.
Infected blood scandal: Compensation payments to start this year, minister says May 21, 2024 Compensation payments to the victims and families of the infected blood scandal will begin before the end of the year, the government has confirmed.
‘Day of shame’: Rishi Sunak apologises for infected blood scandal May 20, 2024 Rishi Sunak has made a “wholehearted and unequivocal apology” for the infected blood scandal in what he said was a “day of shame” for the British state.
Janet Street-Porter embodies this country’s pensioner problem May 17, 2024 Where on earth does Loose Women's Janet Street-Porter get the idea Rishi Sunak 'hates pensioners'? The entire Conservative agenda is built around appeasing this entitled generation and the rest of us are paying for it
Sunday Times Rich List: Rishi Sunak worth over £650m May 17, 2024 Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty are worth more than £650m, the Sunday Times Rich List has revealed.
Keir Starmer: Major UK business chiefs back Labour leader May 16, 2024 Keir Starmer has secured the backing of top business leaders, with the Boots boss and chief executive of housing developer Thakeham endorsing his party today. Their support was unveiled at a rally-style campaign event which saw the Labour leader and his shadow cabinet announce his six pledges which they call their “first steps for change”. [...]
Memo to Sunak and Reeves: you can’t have security without prosperity May 16, 2024 Both Rachel Reeves and Rishi Sunak want to frame the next election around the question of who will make you safer, but both are missing the point