1 day ago By Manish Pandey, BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Simon Cowell says “to most people in the world” Zayn is “that guy, a one name artist” Simon Cowell is desperate to find “the next Zayn” in music. The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent boss reckons “the amount of UK artists breaking globally have fallen”. Those...
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The six most urgent problems facing the UK that Starmer’s new government needs to fix
Liverpool The six most urgent problems facing the UK that Starmer’s new government needs to fix Liverpool, Keir Starmer’s Labour party has won the UK general election in a landslide. Its huge majority should, in theory, give Starmer the clout to see through most of his political agenda. But in reality, the victory celebrations might...
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Nazi cruelty vs British pluck – one of the greatest stories of the Second World War
Ealing Studios’ The Foreman Went to France appeared in cinemas in June 1942 when British morale was low. The Blitz was over, a Nazi invasion looked unlikely, and America had entered the war; but Britain had suffered a defeat in Singapore four months earlier that had nearly cost Churchill his job, the tide was unturned...
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Is UK bucking Europe’s trend of moving to the right?
Labour’s landslide victory was hailed as a beacon of hope for progressives worldwide after a surge in support for far-right parties in Europe, and with Donald Trump currently slight favourite to become the US president in January. But Britain’s bulwark against the populist, extremist tide sweeping through European capitals may be as much practical as...
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New UK defence minister pledges fresh Ukraine support in Odesa trip
Jul 07, 2024 11:57 PM IST John Healey, appointed defence minister, was visiting the port city, a frequent target of Russian missile and drone strikes, on his first international trip. The UK’s new defence minister pledged on Sunday to deliver more artillery guns, ammunition and missiles to Ukraine, stressing London’s ongoing support for Kyiv during...
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Why history will judge former UK PM Rishi Sunak kindly
“I have given this job my all,” said Rishi Sunak in his farewell address as British Prime Minister on the steps of 10 Downing Street and that is likely to be how he goes down in history. As the UK’s first leader of Indian heritage, the first Hindu and the first of non-white ethnicity, the...
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Whisper it, but the election shows that Britain is fast turning French
Britain, the Brexiteers claimed in 2016, is fundamentally different from the Continent – above all in its political culture, but also economically and constitutionally. At first sight, the 2024 election would seem to confirm that judgment. France appears likely to elect Marine Le Pen’s radical-Right National Rally as the leading party in the National Assembly,...
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EU leaders will give Keir Starmer a ‘fair hearing’ on changes to post-Brexit deal, says Ireland’s Simon Harris
Ireland’s prime minister Simon Harris has told Sky News that EU leaders will give Keir Starmer a “fair hearing” when it comes to potential changes to the post-Brexit deal with the UK. Sir Keir has targeted a closer trading relationship with Brussels, including a veterinary agreement that would greatly reduce border checks on animal products....
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Cool Britannia: Life in the UK when Labour last triumphed over the Tories
An unknown book about a boy wizard, Harry Potter, rolled off the presses, its publishers expecting to sell just 500 copies. Paparazzi hungered for exclusive photos of Princess Diana. And everywhere, you heard the Spice Girls telling you to spice up your life. The year was 1997 and it was the last time, until now,...
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Explained: What to from UK’s general election that will shape politics over coming years
The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a landslide victory in a general election Friday that saw the Conservative Party suffer its biggest defeat ever. UK prime minister Keir Starmer (Bloomberg) The new government faces huge challenges, including fixing the country’s sluggish economic and social malaise...
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Here are the first tasks new U.K. leader Keir Starmer must tackle as prime minister
LONDON (AP) — New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer doesn’t get to take a breather. After a draining six-week election campaign, the center-left politician must get straight to work assembling his government, tackling a mountain of domestic problems and putting his stamp on the U.K.’s relations with the rest of the world. WATCH: The challenges Keir Starmer faces...
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David Lammy: ‘Britain has to start reconnecting with a dangerous, divided world’
Britain must reconnect with the rest of the world with major resets in climate change policy, and in the country’s relationships with Europe and with the global south, foreign secretary David Lammy has said in an interview with the Guardian before his first international trip. Lammy has taken up his position, one of the four...