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Sunak knows what a woman is — and that’s a problem for Starmer

PMQs: Sunak attacks Starmer’s ‘record on women’ Given that women make up about 50 percent of the electorate, it is generally a good idea for political leaders to know what a woman is. But previously Sir Keir Starmer has struggled on this issue and today in PMQs Rishi Sunak mercilessly skewered the Leader of the […]

Sadiq’s new ‘black culture’ advisor called Tories ‘murderers’

Sadiq Khan is accused of being a ‘conman’ by heckler Sadiq Khan has appointed a controversial new advisor on black culture in London, with tweets from his new appointee showing her accusing the Conservative Government of being “murderers”. She also questioned how Boris Johnson avoids being attacked in public, after calling him “the grim reaper”. […]

Sunak skewers Starmer at PMQs for ‘running out of other peoples money’

Rishi Sunak has hit out at Sir Keir Starmer, saying he is in charge of the “same old Labour party”, which is “always running out of other peoples’ money”. This came after Sir Keir criticised Mr Sunak’s record on money. He said: “People are £1600 a year worse off. “I’m genuinely interested to know- does […]

Suella blasts ‘selfish eco-zealots’ and issues stern warning to police

London: Driver tears banners from Just Stop Oil protesters Home Secretary Suella Braverman has slammed Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil “eco-zealots” causing misery to millions of drivers, as well as warning the police that they must act when the climate activists pass the threshold for legal protesting. Her warning comes after furious drivers have […]

Taliban Kill Head of ISIS Cell That Bombed Kabul Airport

WASHINGTON — The Taliban have killed the leader of the Islamic State cell responsible for the suicide bombing at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021 that killed 13 U.S. troops and as many as 170 civilians, four senior American officials said on Tuesday. The administration on Monday began calling relatives of the […]

Government hands anti-bullying contract to anti-Dominic Raab firm

Labour MP defends Raab over being sacked by civil servants The Government’s Cabinet Office has awarded a £140,000 contract to a Manchester-based company as part of an anti-bullying drive in the civil service. Amid criticism of civil service ‘snowflakery’ following the forced resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, it transpires that the owner of […]

Trump Is Endorsed by a Senator With Sway on Republican Donors

Former President Donald J. Trump has secured one of his most important Capitol Hill endorsements for a 2024 presidential bid: Senator Steve Daines of Montana, the chairman of the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm. While top Republicans in the Senate have been lukewarm about the prospects of another election cycle dominated by Mr. Trump, the endorsement […]

Pentagon Aid Package to Ukraine Includes Decades-Old Anti-Tank Land Mines

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s most recent package of weapons for Ukraine includes relics from the Cold War to help blunt Russian advances and limit their ability to maneuver during an expected spring offensive. Those weapons, M21 anti-tank land mines, have been in service with the Defense Department since at least the early 1960s. An unknown […]

Airman Shared Sensitive Intelligence More Widely and for Longer Than Previously Known

The Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified documents to a small group of gamers had been posting sensitive information months earlier than previously known and to a much larger chat group, according to online postings reviewed by The New York Times. In February 2022, soon after the invasion of Ukraine, a user profile matching […]

The Debt Ceiling Debate Is About More Than Debt

WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California has repeatedly said that he and his fellow House Republicans are refusing to raise the nation’s borrowing limit, and risking economic catastrophe, to force a reckoning on America’s $31 trillion national debt. “Without exaggeration, America’s debt is a ticking time bomb that will detonate unless we take serious, […]