What’s Labour’s governing philosophy? That was the question posed at a dinner I went to with some MPs and former staffers during the party’s annual conference in Liverpool last week. Is Keir Starmer more influenced by the communitarian blend of leftwing economics and socially conservative values that is “blue Labour”, or is he driven by … Read more
Cabinet ministers are demanding a rapid shake-up of Keir Starmer’s Downing Street operation, which they say has failed to spot obvious political banana skins, indulged in weeks of post-election infighting and been unable to promote a sufficiently positive story of Labour’s mission in government. Some senior figures in Starmer’s team want the prime minister to … Read more
Opening summary Good morning. It is the first day of the Conservative party conference, and you would expect the news to be dominated by a fierce attack on the Labour leader. It is – but it is not come from any of the four candidates left in the Tory leadership contest (who have been campaigning … Read more
Rachel Reeves has been warned that her cut to pensioner winter fuel payments risks saving hundreds of millions less than anticipated, in a new blow to her attempts to close the hole in Britain’s finances. The chancellor and her Treasury team are already re-examining parts of a plan to crack down on non-dom tax status … Read more
Conservatism, the late philosopher Roger Scruton wrote, emerged into the modern world as “a kind of ‘yes but…’” response to liberalism. Conservatives, he observed, believe, like liberals, in the importance of the free market, of private property and of individual choice. They believe also in the overriding significance of community and tradition as setting limits … Read more
Sonia Sodha suggests (“A rushed law is no way to make such a vital, painful decision as how to die”) that assisted dying is being directed by No 10 as a party political issue and has not been given sufficient parliamentary attention. In fact, as a Liberal Democrat committed to supporting assisted dying, I am free … Read more
A southwest Pennsylvania restaurant employee moved to restrict Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s entrance into the establishment Saturday, forcing waiting supporters to move outside to greet him, according to reports. Vance appeared at Primanti Brothers in North Versailles Township to meet supporters but one of the sandwich shop’s workers “told the press that cameras were … Read more
Donald Trump is campaigning hard in North Carolina and will win the state again, despite Vice President Kamala Harris’s gaslighting and the Biden-Harris administration’s potentially illegal electioneering using American taxpayer dollars, Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) told host Matt Boyle on Breitbart News Saturday. Budd discussed the state of the race and explained Democrat tactics to … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It’s almost two years since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022. Since then, educators worldwide have been grappling with what generative artificial intelligence might mean for classrooms and learning. ChatGPT has been met with both anxiety and a sense of optimism. While there has been a lot of discussion … Read more
Nevada’s Republican U.S. Senate nominee, Ret. Army Capt. Sam Brown, joined Sirus XM’s Breitbart News Saturday, where he discussed his new book, Alive Day: Finding Hope and Purpose After Losing Everything, which chronicles the fateful day he was severely burned on the battlefield in Afghanistan and how he found meaning in the midst of it. Breitbart … Read more