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Self-obsessed, bitter, evasive – was Leo Varadkar just an Irish Boris Johnson?

The epigraph to Leo Varadkar’s memoir Speaking My Mind features lines from Theodore Roosevelt’s 1910 “The Man in the Arena” ...

Inside the furious Tory row that broke out at state visit reception

After the US cabinet members and Mr Farage left, Chris Ruddy, the Newsmax founder and a long-time friend and confidant of Mr ...
Taipei Times

Putin views, queen stories and a boss’s birthday bash: Boris Johnson’s ￡5m worth of paid speeches

Boris Johnson earned more than £5m from less than two years of paid speeches after standing down as prime minister, leaked ...

First sitting Tory MP defects to Reform

Danny Kruger has become the first sitting Conservative MP to defect to Reform, declaring that Nigel Farage’s party bears the ...

How can a UK prime minister be ousted? From leadership challenges to confidence votes

While there is no plot to force Sir Keir from office, many MPs are seeing the May 2026 local elections as a make-or-break ...
Left Foot Forward

Former Tory MP Maria Caulfield defects to Reform UK

A former Tory health minister under Boris Johnson Maria Caulfield, who lost her seat in the 2024 election, has defected to ...

Critics ask why Keir Starmer hasn’t quit over Mandelson - ‘Boris had to resign!’

The Prime Minister is being told to resign by critics, after appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador to US despite links to ...

Voices: Has Keir Starmer finally run out of luck?

COMMENT: Just when the prime minister hoped his fortunes might at last be turning, his ambassador to Washington is ...

Who is Danny Kruger? From famous parent to Boris Johnson's top aide

The East Wiltshire MP is Nigel Farage's first gain of a sitting parliamentarian and will head up their preparations for ...

Who has defected to Reform? Tory MP Danny Kruger says 'Conservative Party is over'

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has been dealt a huge blow after the defection of one of her shadow frontbenchers - but who is ...

Voices: With Mandy-gate, has Keir Starmer finally run out of luck?

COMMENT: Just when the prime minister hoped his fortunes might at last be turning, his now former ambassador to Washington is ...
Opinion

Labour must prepare to replace Sir Keir Starmer or see voters turn their backs on them

JUST because you’re the Prime Minister who won a majority at the General Election, doesn’t mean your party shouldn’t ditch you. Ask Boris Johnson. He was forced out — kicking and screaming, ...