Debates over Rishi Sunak’s Englishness or Leo Varadkar’s Irishness are deranged
It’s rightly treated with the same disdain - not because it's too provocative, but because it's too weird
Reform UK
The Irish Sea is to be renamed the British Sea – and from now on underwear will be worn on the outside
A few years ago this would have seemed no more absurd than a US president renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America
England is mired in self-doubt and disillusionment - but Ireland can’t afford to gloat
Keir Starmer is walking a very tricky tightrope. Figures close to Trump, including Elon Musk, openly speak of reversing the 2024 UK election outcome by removing him from office
Keir Starmer could face rising pressure to climb down on farm inheritance tax
London Letter: Economic disquiet among farmers and in rural communities has been brewing since long before the tax changes
Ire of farmers and pensioners mounts as British Labour faces possibility of new ‘winter of discontent’
Protest this week by farmers over inheritance tax raid sounds alarm bells for Labour’s rural prospects
‘Prime minister Farage’: Reform UK leader says party has ‘come of age’ and could win the next election
Up to 4,000 jubilant members gather for party conference in Birmingham
Ireland has an almost embarrassing abundance of revenue compared with the UK’s budgetary problems
The problems of Ireland are ones the new UK Labour administration would love: too much money, large tax surpluses and politicians choosing where to spend
Tensions in Reform UK after Nigel Farage shakes up party leadership
Party leader sacks Reform’s deputy leaders as one of them expresses ‘concerns’ over decision making
Reform UK loses out in first-past-the-post anomaly despite winning one in seven votes
Farage’s party got a bigger vote than the Liberal Democrats but ended up with 67 fewer seats
Keir Starmer enters Downing Street as UK prime minister after historic victory
New leader names Rachel Reeves as Britain’s first female chancellor of the exchequer
British electoral politics are still reassuringly loony
London Letter: Joke candidates such as Nick the Incredible Flying Brick are a beloved tradition in British elections
‘It’s the Mayo supporter in me’: the Ballycastle Labour woman battling for Tory Kwasi Kwarteng’s old seat
Spelthorne was once considered unwinnable for Labour but Mayo woman Claire Tighe has made it as toss up
Farage claims ‘bad apples are gone’ from Reform UK amid ongoing racism row
‘Have we had a few bad apples? We have, although to my knowledge nobody involved in an organised betting ring is standing for us, which is something’
Rishi Sunak criticises Reform UK following party activist’s racist outburst
Nigel Farage ‘dismayed’ by undercover film of canvasser Andrew Parker using racist slur to describe prime minister
UK election debate: Sunak goes for it in final joust with Starmer but his true target probably wasn’t in the room
Tory PM took aim at his likely successor in Downing Street but may really have been trying to throttle the flow of votes from his party to Farage’s Reform UK
Reform UK rally: Boos and cheers at political Punch and Judy show
Enthusiasm peaks at a bar-fuelled gathering of supporters of insurgent party headed by Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage claims the EU and Nato ‘provoked’ Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Reform UK leader was challenged over a series of policies and beliefs while speaking to BBC’s Panorama
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