Police rescue Labour leader from anti-vaxxers shouting ‘traitor’ and ‘Jimmy Savile’ days after PM’s smear of Starmer in parliament MPs from all sides angrily rounded on Boris Johnson and accused him of whipping up political poison after the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, was set upon by protesters who accused him […]
Month: February 2022
Opposition parties say claimed new pledges are not new but an attempt to distract from record NHS backlog Boris Johnson has been accused of a “shameful spinning” of key pledges on cancer care in an attempt to distract from the NHS’s record 6 million-strong backlog of people on waiting lists. […]
French president says both sides need to work quickly to avoid escalation after five-hour session at the Kremlin Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin did not appear to reach a breakthrough in marathon talks at the Kremlin on Monday evening aimed at fending off a Russian attack on Ukraine. After five […]
Ministers’ criticism of comedian at odds with planned laws harmful to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, leaders say Members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community have accused the government of hypocrisy after ministers condemned a Holocaust joke by Jimmy Carr while pushing through a raft of legislation hostile to […]
Complaints unit says it was not accurate to suggest transphobia accusation was disproved, but it rejects other criticisms The Today programme presenter Justin Webb has been partially rebuked by the BBC after he suggested students were lying when they accused a university professor of transphobia. Introducing Radio 4’s newspaper review […]
House of Commons research shows 500,000 suspected patients will wait over two weeks to see oncologist The numbers of cancer patients facing delays in seeing a specialist for the first time and starting their treatment have hit record highs in England, amid fears that overstretched NHS services can no longer […]
Prime minister may still face more letters of no confidence and revelations from Dominic Cummings Allies of Boris Johnson have insisted that “grownups” are now in charge of his operation as he heads into critical week for his beleaguered premiership that could see him face a confidence vote and the […]
White House believes Moscow has amassed at least 70% of firepower needed for mid-February invasion Russia has enough troops in place to seize Kyiv or another Ukrainian city but not yet sufficient numbers for a full takeover and occupation of the country, Ukraine’s former defence minister has said, as Washington […]
Police chief describes situation as a ‘siege’ as thousands of protesters join demonstrations against Covid restrictions The mayor of Canada’s capital declared a state of emergency Sunday and a former US ambassador to Canada said groups in the US must stop interfering in the domestic affairs of America’s neighbour as […]
Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi said the move was ‘an opportunity to reimagine a more meaningful and fulfilling partnership’ The Māori party of New Zealand has called for a “divorce” from the crown and removal of the British royal family as New Zealand’s head of state. The call came on the […]