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Israel will ‘act against Britain’ if it imposes sanctions over plans to expand illegal settlements
Israel has warned it will retaliate against Britain if the UK imposes sanctions over plans to expand illegal settlements in the West Bank, as Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband confirmed the Government intends to “reset” its Israel policy within weeks. The dispute centres on Israel’s fast-tracked tenders for the E1 settlement, which the UK considers illegal…
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Headache for Burnham as Starmer performs final ‘U-turn’ and stands down as MP with Green leader poised to challenge for seat
Sir Keir Starmer has resigned as the Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras, triggering a by-election that poses an immediate challenge for his successor as party leader, Andy Burnham. The move overshadowed Burnham’s first appearance before MPs since becoming Prime Minister, and hands an unexpected opening to the Green Party, whose leader Zack Polanski…
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Privatisation of water firms ‘difficult to reverse’, Burnham admits
Andy Burnham, speaking in the Commons for the first time as Prime Minister, admitted that reversing the 1989 privatisation of England’s water companies would be “very difficult” as his government considers “all possible solutions” for the troubled sector. He pledged to secure “stronger public control” over essential services such as water, arguing the industry has…
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US House approves funding extension, avoiding shutdown before midterms
The US House of Representatives has passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government running, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature and averting a shutdown just weeks before the November midterm elections. The bill’s passage, the second such attempt since July, came after House and Senate Democratic leaders Hakeem Jeffries and…
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Federal Film and TV Tax Incentive Bill Gets a Name as Momentum Builds
President Trump has publicly backed a proposed federal tax credit for film and television production, giving the forthcoming legislation a name: “The Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act.” The bill emerged from a White House meeting on Monday between Trump, Hollywood “special ambassador” Jon Voight and his associates Steven Paul and Scott Karol, who…
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Allies of disgraced ex-House Dem poised for criminal charges for refusing Congress’ probe
The US House of Representatives voted unanimously on Tuesday to hold two allies of disgraced former congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick in contempt of Congress, after they refused to cooperate with a House Ethics Committee investigation into her conduct. North Miami Beach Mayor Michael Joseph and former Cherfilus-McCormick aide Hector Roos both ignored multiple subpoenas, prompting the…
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Producer Urged Trump to Back U.S. Film Incentive Citing Prospect of Shooting Richard Nixon Biopic Overseas
Actor Jon Voight and producers Steven Paul and Scott Karol met President Donald Trump at the White House on 31 August to press for a federal tax incentive for US film and television production, and Trump emerged supportive of the idea. The case was reportedly reinforced by Paul’s disclosure that his upcoming biopic about Richard…
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Meddling John Swinney’s five-year plan for Scottish Government blasted as a series of ‘gimmicks’
First Minister John Swinney has unveiled his first programme for government since the Holyrood election, setting out a five-year plan for major public sector reform alongside a bus fares cut and a controversial supermarket price cap. The plans include mass mergers of quangos, councils and NHS boards, which Swinney called the “most radical reshaping of…
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STEPHEN DAISLEY: Groundhog Day as SNP’s ‘reimagined’ policies are trotted out
Writing in the Daily Mail, columnist Stephen Daisley mocks Scottish First Minister John Swinney’s newly unveiled programme for government, arguing that many of its flagship pledges are recycled promises from previous SNP administrations rather than genuinely new policy. He highlights commitments such as a new Monklands Hospital, closing the poverty-related attainment gap, and a misogyny…
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One glaring issue goes unaddressed in UN chief’s high-stakes talks with Iran’s president
UN Secretary-General António Guterres met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Bishkek on Tuesday, but the official UN readout of the meeting omitted any mention of Iran’s ongoing crackdown on protesters detained since January’s nationwide demonstrations, including imprisonment, alleged torture and rising numbers of executions. When pressed by Fox News Digital, UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric declined…