Starmer says he will campaign for Burnham in Makerfield byelection Keir Starmer has said that he will campaign for Andy Burnham in the Makerfield byelection. Speaking to reporters at an event this afternoon, Starmer was asked if he would campaign personally in the contest. He replied: double quotation markYes, and I’ve said to the whole … Read more
Nowhere is an anniversary more relished than in newspapers. As we approach the 10-year mark since Britain voted for Brexit, countless column inches would no doubt have been reserved for this purpose anyway. Yet the prospect of a Labour leadership contest, at a time when polls are showing four-fifths of the party’s voters at the … Read more
Tensions in France over how to respond to a rise in antisemitism have been running high. A government-backed bill that aimed to deal with the problem was rightly denounced as an attack on freedom of expression before being quietly shelved by the government last month. Introduced in 2024 by Caroline Yadan, a member of the … Read more
Streeting’s resignation speech – snap verdict In many respects that was a very good speech – inspiring, emotional, well crafted. Many politicians have delivered speeches about how the generational contract has been broken, but few of them have been able to round it off with a line as good as the (Kennedy-inspired) “so the question … Read more
SpaceX to Attempt Its 12th Test Flight of Starship
Lately, I often meet people outside Spain who praise the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez. In Britain, Italy or the US, friends, acquaintances or random people who learn I am Spanish offer admiring words about his positions on Gaza and Iran. It’s understandable. Sánchez spoke out against Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump earlier and more forcefully … Read more
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Pulls Back the Curtain on Its Finances
Days after Donald Trump was greeted in Beijing with a military band, an honour guard and dozens of youths waving American and Chinese flags, Vladimir Putin arrived in China to an almost identical spectacle. The choreography of the two welcomes appeared deliberately mirrored, designed to showcase Beijing’s ability to host leaders from Washington and Moscow … Read more
It happened, as most of the best fashion moments do these days, at Cannes. I’m not talking about Demi Moore wearing a pink bow the size of a dog, or Jane Fonda sparkling in Gucci to the point of blindness, but John Travolta, of all people, who appeared at the festival this week to debut … Read more
Britain would not be able to rejoin the EU on the special terms it enjoyed in the past, veterans of the Brexit negotiations have said. The warnings came as senior Labour politicians jostling for the leadership of their party and country talk openly about wanting to return to the union at some point in the … Read more