2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (284+ words) Patriot Platform protests disrupted the UK’s biggest ferry port for hours, and tried to prevent lifeboats from rescuing asylum seekers “Sadly, we’ve become used to far-right protests in recent years,” said Joe Mulhall in The Guardian There…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (387+ words) Self-styled ‘shadow home secretary’ is a ‘slowly ticking timebomb’ who could scupper his party’s chance of power, say critics “Zia Yusuf is a brilliant man, and he’s a genius actually, and he’s an incredible communicator,” Tory defector and Reform member…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (513+ words) Former prisoner George Desmond Kamurasi in line to be new king of Tooro but will he accept crown? A non-league footballer who “revs up teammates with F-bombs in a thick London accent” has become the “unlikely successor to the throne…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (530+ words) Justin Klawans has worked as a staff writer at The Week since 2022. He began his career covering local news before joining Newsweek as a breaking news reporter, where he wrote about politics, national and global affairs, business, crime, sports, film,…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (335+ words) Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (289+ words) Regent expected to veto citizens’ initiative legalising abortion as he consolidates dynasty’s power over tiny Alpine nation Prince Alois of Liechtenstein is expected to veto an initiative passed by the country’s parliament that would legalise abortion during the first 12 weeks…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (247+ words) Outbreak of deadly violence in Middlesborough shines a light on wider systemic breakdown Every now and again, a single news story exposes what is “going wrong in modern Britain”, said The Telegraph. The head-on crash that killed two policemen and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (422+ words) Week of renewed bonhomie between British and French comes as Donald Trump’s America is threatening to leave Europe to fend for itself “We hate the French! We fight wars against the French! Did all those men die in vain on…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (458+ words) Nigel Farage again denies party have broken the law after undercover filming shows man posing as ‘impermissible donor’ paying for polling that helped Reform A senior aide to Nigel Farage and Reform UK’s head of policy have both stood down…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (462+ words) Green support plummets as new PM wins back Labour voters and leader smarts over gaffes Zack Polanski will need to reverse his party’s faltering fortunes if he is to win the Holborn and St Pancras by-election created by Keir Starmer’s…...