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Concern in Downing Street over Chagos Islands handover deal
Senior Downing Street figures have concerns about the government’s deal to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, Labour sources have told the Guardian.
Ministers are under fire over an agreement to hand control of the islands, including Diego Garcia, which houses a joint US-UK airbase, to Mauritius. Under the terms …
Trump’s Gaza plan tests Starmer’s business-as-usual pretence
By the time Steve Reed, the environment secretary, took to the early morning airwaves, the UK government’s response to Donald Trump’s Gaza plan had been carefully planned out: ministers would push back strongly, but only ever in a form of political code.
Reed gave no direct criticism of the US …
‘Waterfront property’: What are Trump’s real estate interests in Palestine?
Planning to “clean out” Palestinians as a real estate money-making scheme is an idea that has long united the Israeli settler movement and some of Donald Trump’s circle of US property developers.
For decades, state-backed settlers have used concrete, steel and brick to build on occupied land in Palestine, in …
How about HMS Backpedal for the new Royal Navy submarine? | Letters
Never mind the possibility of offending the French by naming a submarine HMS Agincourt, Emma Brockes (
). What is often conveniently forgotten is thatAgincourt (1415)
was a strictly English victory. Scotland was on the other side, allied with France. Naming a vessel …Blame ministers for AstraZeneca U-turn | Letter
AstraZeneca’s £450m Speke U-turn looks terrible for a pro-growth government, 3 February
), when I was minister of health from 1974 to 1976 under Barbara Castle as secretary of state, I was the sponsoring minister for the pharmaceutical industry, a responsibility I took very …Gwen Watkins, who has died aged 101, deciphered German air force codes at Bletchley Park during the second world war, helping RAF and US Army air force fighter aircraft to combat Luftwaffe bombers, and allied reconnaissance aircraft and bombers to evade German air defences.
Watkins joined the Women’s Auxiliary …
Labour restores whip to three more MPs who opposed two-child benefit cap
Labour has restored the whip to a further three MPs who voted against the two-child benefit cap, the Guardian understands.
Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Richard Burgon were among seven parliamentarians who were suspended in July for supporting an amendment to the king’s speech, tabled by the SNP.
They had …
Prevent programme closed Southport killer’s case too soon, minister tells MPs
The Southport killer’s interest in knives and mass atrocities should have been managed through the government’s official scheme to spot potential terrorists but his case was closed “prematurely”, the security minister has told MPs.
A rapid learning review of the Prevent programme, put before the Commons on Wednesday, has criticised …
Stephen Colbert on Trump’s first two weeks: ‘Like a chimp with a chainsaw’
Late-night hosts discussed the latest in Trump’s ill-advised tariff wars and the ever-expanding powers afforded to Elon Musk.
Stephen Colbert
On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert started by calling it “a rough two weeks watching Donald Trump haphazardly dismantle our government like a chimp with a chainsaw”.
He then shared …
Keir Starmer’s voice coach needed in person during Covid restrictions – No 10
A voice coach employed by Keir Starmer during Covid was part of a small team preparing him to give Labour’s formal response to Boris Johnson’s Brexit team, and needed to be there in person, Downing Street has said.
The Conservatives have called for a police investigation into whether lockdown rules …