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Nigel Farage would ‘crush’ Argentina if it tried to take the Falklands while he is PM, claims Robert Jenrick
A row over the Falkland Islands has escalated after Argentine President Javier Milei reasserted his country’s claim to the territory and moved to sanction firms involved in oil exploration around the islands. Amid the growing dispute, Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick claimed Nigel Farage would “crush” Argentina and deploy “every lever of the British state” to…
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Catastrophic dangers await Burnham’s push for English devolution | Phillip Inman
Phillip Inman argues that Andy Burnham’s push for English devolution, alongside Angela Rayner’s parallel overhaul of local government, is heading into a messy and slow process fraught with risk. He warns that Whitehall’s reluctance to cede money and power will produce piecemeal deals, such as one for Cornwall lacking a promised mayor, while Rayner’s reorganisation…
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Congress Is About to Write a Federal Film Tax Credit: Just Don’t Call It a Hollywood Bill
President Trump’s recent call for Congress to pass a federal film and television tax credit, which he has proposed naming “The Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act,” has given fresh momentum to a long-standing Hollywood ambition. Although often framed as a favour to Los Angeles, the article argues the measure is really an economic…
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‘The chancellor is in a bind’: is No 11 at odds with Burnham’s big vision?
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has enjoyed a smooth start since replacing Keir Starmer six weeks ago, buoyed by strong personal approval ratings and favourable economic indicators. However, tensions are emerging between his ambitious policy agenda—covering public ownership of utilities, social care reform and mass social housebuilding—and Chancellor John Healey’s cautious fiscal stance ahead of his…
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Cut the cameras: Flock surveillance cameras spur rare bipartisan backlash
A rare cross-party backlash has emerged in the United States against Flock Safety’s automated licence-plate reader cameras, with both left-wing and right-wing politicians, activists and privacy campaigners uniting against a single company’s surveillance technology. The roughly 120,000 Flock cameras nationwide conduct about two billion scans a month, and controversy grew after reports that police officers…
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NJ mayor demands sanctuary policy rollback after baby killed in crash allegedly involving illegal immigrant
The mayor of Jackson Township, New Jersey, is calling for the state to roll back its sanctuary-style immigration policies after a baby boy was killed in a crash allegedly caused by an undocumented immigrant. Mayor Jennifer Kuhn argues that local police should be able to alert federal immigration authorities when they encounter undocumented individuals, saying…
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Deal or no deal? How to know if the retail price is right
The government is planning to crack down on misleading discounts in shops and online, with Andy Burnham pledging to end “phoney bargains” such as fake “was” prices and endless closing-down sales. A consultation this autumn will consider whether false discount claims, invented reference prices and misleading recommended retail prices (RRPs) should be explicitly added to…
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Maggie Gyllenhaal Was Asked to Use AI to Recreate Marilyn Monroe. But it Flopped Compared to Dakota Johnson
Maggie Gyllenhaal has revealed that a fully AI-generated recreation of Marilyn Monroe was scrapped from her short film “Flesh Impact” after it proved far less compelling than Dakota Johnson’s live-action performance. Speaking at a Venice Film Festival creativity summit, she said producers had asked her to use licensable AI, trained on licensed Monroe footage, to…
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King Charles and Macron view historic Bayeux Tapestry as Canterbury pushes for local booking priority
The Bayeux Tapestry is on public display at the British Museum for the first time in the United Kingdom, marked by a visit from King Charles and French President Emmanuel Macron. The milestone marks a significant diploma
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Trump’s Pentagon shake-up revives a presidential power play with a long history
The resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has intensified scrutiny of the Trump administration’s overhaul of Pentagon leadership, with some Democrats and Republicans warning that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s approach is destabilising the military’s senior ranks. However, presidents removing top military figures is a longstanding practice rather than a new development, with precedents stretching from…