President Donald Trump greeted Cooper after landing at Stansted Airport and the irony of the moment was not lost on the British press as the pair clasped hands and exchanged words for just over 11 seconds on the tarmac before the president boarded Marine One for the short flight to Winfield House, the U.S. ambassador's residence where he is staying.
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer fired the country's U.S. ambassador Peter Mandelson on Thursday after documents published by Congress exposed his friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein after the disgraced financier's 2008 criminal case. The Foreign Office confirmed on Thursday morning that the prime minister had ordered Mandelson's removal in light of the additional information in emails offering support to Epstein as he faced charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008.
Opinium's latest polling reveals Sir Kier Starmer's approval rating as -40, the lowest of all party leaders tested. Leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch's approval rating also lingers down at -19. However, leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, has a much higher approval, at -7, only a few points behind Ed Davey who has a net approval rating of -2.
Former Conservative minister Nadine Dorries has defected to Reform UK. Speaking to the Daily Mail, the ex-MP for Mid-Bedfordshire said: "The Tory Party is dead. Its members now need to think the unthinkable and look to the future." Dorries served as culture secretary and as a health minister under Boris Johnson, of whom she was a close ally. She is the latest in a string of defections from the Conservatives to Reform UK, including former Welsh Secretary David Jones and ex-Tory Chairman Sir Jake Berry.
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Former Columbia University president Minouche Shafik has been appointed chief economic adviser to British prime minister Keir Starmer, the Associated Press reported. An economist by training, Shafik served as president of the London School of Economics before she was tapped to lead Columbia in 2023. She also previously held leadership positions at the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of England.
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Before what is likely to be a tumultuous autumn for the government, he created two new roles with Darren Jones put in charge of day-to-day delivery and Minouche Shafik appointed the prime minister's chief economic adviser. Downing Street sources said the changes showed Starmer recognised his operation needed more economic heft to challenge Treasury thinking and avoid damaging pitfalls such as those over winter fuel payments and welfare cuts.
As well as York-Smith, who previously coordinated fiscal events at the Treasury and is well liked by colleagues across Whitehall, Starmer has pinched Reeves's No 2, Darren Jones, to be his own chief secretary a previously nonexistent job. The former Bank of England deputy governor Minouche Shafik, a well-respected economist, will be Starmer's economic adviser. Economists and former government advisers welcomed the reshuffle, suggesting it was high time for Starmer to take more interest in the direction of economic policy.
There is no honour like an invitation from the King, and not to accept his invitation goes against all of our instincts. But I fear we could have a situation where Donald Trump comes to our country, is honoured with a lavish dinner at one of our finest palaces, yet no one reminds him that he has the power to stop the horrifying starvation and death in Gaza and get the hostages released.
"they will be picked up by the border force or our volunteers at the RNLI when the border force can't cope". "And now what happens is the French give them all life jackets and when they're picked up by the border force, the border force give the life jackets back to the French so they can re-use them on the next journey," Farage added.
You've got to be where the electorate are, Evans told the Guardian. This is one of the biggest apps that is used across the country and across the word. I think it's right to be there, to be talking to people. And from a party political point of view, if you're crowded out and you're not speaking to people, that space will get filled. Hearing 20% of someone versus nothing from someone else is huge.
The term 'tinderbox' has evolved into political shorthand for describing any situation supposedly on the brink of explosion, reflecting a growing narrative of social breakdown.
