Graham Stringer

Dawn French appears to defend Andy Burnham’s wife in angry rant

Burnham tells Makerfield voters in video: I’ll reverse Thatcher’s legacy

Boris Johnson has retreated into his own world having been rejected by the real one

Last week’s speeches by ​both Starmer and King Charles III underscored this government's greatest flaw: a diffuse economic programme spanning pledges to seek alignment with the European Union, invest in rail, fight climate change and nationalise steel production

GB News was interrupted for a breaking announcement as Angela Rayner spoke out against Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Following fresh scrutiny over Keir Starmer’s handling of Peter Mandelson’s US ambassador appointment, Independent readers have been weighing in on the fragility of the prime minister’s position

The controversy — intensified by evidence from Olly Robbins to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee — has raised fresh doubts about Starmer’s authority

A furious row erupted on GB News as Camilla Tominey and Labour minister Tom Hayes clashed over the latest development in the Peter Mandelson scandal

In an excoriating verdict on the Prime Minister, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch also condemns him as a PM consumed by his own survival who was putting national security at risk

Sir Keir will make a statement to MPs on Monday following the revelation that Mandelson was appointed UK ambassador to Washington despite failing the vetting process

Britain struck a deal with Mauritius last year to hand back the Indian Ocean islands to its former colony and pay to lease Diego Garcia, the largest island, home to the military base, for a century

Almost two-thirds of homes (62.5%) in Northern Ireland use oil for heating — the highest proportion of UK nations

While most of the coverage and debate focused on the US military base on Diego Garcia island, little attention has been given to the sordid story of US and UK involvement in ongoing crimes against humanity against the islands’ Indigenous people — the Chagossians

Labour’s King Rat Peter Mandelson has again cast his sulphurous odour of villainy around the palace, and contamination may drag a decent, well-intentioned Labour leader down with him

U.K. Prime Minister Kier Starmer called on the former Prince Andrew to testify before Congress after the latest Epstein files release

On Friday the US Justice Department released millions of files related to the case of late convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, shedding further light onto his expansive network of high-profile figures, and further shocking communications with Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Sarah Ferguson

Just as so many of the furious rows begin on social media under this US president, this latest one has cooled considerably via social media too — with another post on his platform Truth Social

On Tuesday, the government approved China's proposal to redevelop the former Royal Mint site into a vast 215,300 sq ft (20,000 sq m) UK headquarters, despite opposition from politicians and campaigners

Trump accuses UK of ‘GREAT STUPIDITY’ over Diego Garcia base

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer dismissed speculation over his position after a difficult 2025

The figures come as a blow to Sir Keir Starmer as he prepares to put tackling the cost of living at the centre of his new year message to voters and his own MPs

It was difficult to read the news or listen to a politician talk in 2025 without becoming dejected about the UK economy