UK under pressure from 'rising pro-independence tide', says Mary Lou McDonald

Liz Truss: ‘There’s no political party at present in Britain that represents exactly what I think’

Truss made it clear that to, in her words, “save Britain” and to “save the west” that “very bold change” is needed. Who this change comes from is anybody’s guess, but she is confident that a conservative solution to the issues currently facing the country “needs to be possible.” The post Liz Truss: ‘There’s no political party at present in Britain that represents exactly what I think’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

Full Frontal's Amy Hoggart On The British Political Meltdown

Comedian Amy Hoggart—of Full Frontal and the “What’s Left” Substack—joins Cliff Schecter for a fast, funny hour decoding the political chaos across the Atlantic. Keir Starmer just became the least popular prime minister in recorded British history, got shoved out in a bloodless “coup,” likely to be replaced by Manchester mayor Andy Burnham. Nigel Farage’s Reform is cratering after a £5 million crypto donation scandal. It’s a wild story—and Hoggart, who actually loses sleep researching these constituencies at 3 a.m., is the perfect guide through it. Under the jokes is a warning every American Democrat should hear. Starmer’s government quietly delivered—free childcare, renter protections—and told absolutely no one, the same fatal flaw Cliff sees strangling the Democratic Party: do the good thing, refuse to tell the story, and let the Farages and Trumps take the credit. Watch the video and go to Blue Amp Media for the rest of the crazy British story read more

Andy Burnham should scrap ‘short-sighted’ NI tax hike – new SNP MP

Lara Bird said the policy was ‘choking-off’ economic growth in Scotland.

In 60 years of independence, Botswana has refuted the authoritarian development myth

The assumption that poor societies cannot afford the luxury of liberal institutions is both false and potentially fatal.

Pauline Hanson’s defence spending boost would cost extra $225b, budget office says

The new analysis comes as Opposition Leader Angus Taylor urges Liberal supporters not to “blow the country up” by deserting the Coalition for One Nation