In the red corneer, the wounded outgoing foreign secretary Dominic Raab. in the blue corner, his replacement, the high-flying Lizz Truss. The prize up for grabs? A 17th-century country house! Typically, Chevening is used as the private residence of the foreign secretary. Raab, furious at being demoted during Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle last week, has…
After 16 years as chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel will be stepping down. One of the most iconic political figures of her generation, Merkel has seen over numerous crises, including the 2008 crash, Brexit and coronavirus. But with her party dropping down in the polls, what kind of legacy will she leave behind?The post Angela…
The leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, has apparently written a 14,000 word essay about the future of the Labour Party. The length of this piece got us at Politics.co.uk thinking back to some other seminal political works written over the years. Could we see future politicians waving Starmer’s ‘Future of Labour’? The post…
Emma Raducanu is the new star of British sport, and politicians have been quick to lavish praise on the new overnight sensation. But after Raducanu won the US Open Tennis on Saturday night, eyebrows were raised when Nigel Farage tweeted his congratulations stating: “A global megastar is born, Emma Raducanu winning the US Open is truly…
Pinocchio is the story of a little puppet whose nose grows every time he lies. We at Politics.co.uk wonder how large Boris Johnson’s nose would be by now if he was afflicted by a similar condition. His latest u-turn has been to increase National Insurance contributions, despite the Conservatives pledging in their 2019 manifesto that…
Gavin Williamson committed the ultimate gaffe as he mixed up Manchester United footballer, Marcus Rashford, with Saracens Rugby Union player, Maro Itoje. It’s an easy mistake to make of course. After all, these are two men who ply their trade in different sports, look nothing alike and hail from opposite ends of the UK. This…
