After misinformation fueled far-right riots amid a surge in hate speech on X, some have questioned whether it is time to close their accounts. Labour minister Jess Phillips labelled the platform “a place of misery”, while Liverpool mayor Steve Rotheram, said it is time for politicians to consider leaving theContinue Reading
The government is preparing to limit the amount landowners can receive from selling green belt land, handing councils the power to cheaply buy up land that previously would have been ineligible for development as part of its plan to tackle the housing crisis. In areas with the greatest housing need,Continue Reading
Number 10 is not going to get into a “running commentary” about its plans for social media giants and their users amid the nationwide public disorder, it has said. Sir Keir Starmer’s spokeswoman also told journalists that the Prime Minister will not enter a tit-for-tat spat with the billionaire ownerContinue Reading
Former prime minister Boris Johnson is reportedly being courted for an executive role at The Daily Telegraph, meaning he could be reunited with former cabinet colleague Nadhim Zahawi if his bid to buy the newspaper is successful. The former chancellor, who stepped down from his Stratford-on-Avon seat before the generalContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer faced his first big test as prime minister last week, as far-right riots engulfed the country. The unforeseen crisis appears to have played to Sir Keir’s strengths as a former public prosecutor, with over 900 people arrested and 466 already charged following the violent disorder. Towns andContinue Reading
New research shows the most popular Conservative leadership candidates tend to the least well-known. Savanta, which carried out the polling, warned “the rule of thumb appears to be that the more the public see of them, the less they like them”. The findings are an ominous message for the group,Continue Reading
A cabinet minister’s claim rioters will not be freed early to help ease chronic overcrowding in UK jails has been hurriedly rowed back. Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said those caught up in the recent violence would not be included in the government’s release scheme. But a government source later saidContinue Reading
It is hard to remember nowadays, but there used to be a time when politicians tried to resist Twitter, as Elon Musk’s X used to be known. The then prime minister David Cameron even famously quipped in an interview that too many tweets “might make a twat”. However, as itContinue Reading
Tory leadership hopeful James Cleverly has slammed Nigel Farage, telling him to choose between being a “serious politician or a social media content creator”. The shadow home secretary accused the Reform UK leader of making statements designed to “generate traffic” as riots erupted across the country. Mr Farage has been widelyContinue Reading
Labour frontbenchers are “going to mess up” and “disappoint” voters, a new Labour minister has said. But Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, said that overall, her party would have a “more honest approach” than the Conservatives. Of the last Tory government, she said:Continue Reading
