Have you ever wondered what the future King of the United Kingdom fuels his car on? Well, it’s probably not what you think. Prince Charles, first in line to the British throne and climate change activist, has nailed his green colours to the mast by revealing he runs his Aston Martin on “surplus English white wine…
The fall of New Labour in 2010 coincided with a political oddity in UK politics, the first coalition cabinet since 1945. David Cameron and Nick Clegg formed a government that would lead to exceedingly different political outcomes for their respective parties. Eighteen Conservatives, four Liberal Democrats, can you name the coalition cabinet? The post Can…
Some are over 100 years old, others were formed this year. Establishing a political party isn’t easy in the UK, but once they are, they’re usually here to stay. Can you name the when these political parties were formed? The post Can you name the when these political parties were formed? appeared first on Politics.co.uk.
The old adage that life is nothing more than a popularity contest is especially true in politics. The tenures of leaders across the political spectrum are defined by the level of support they retain amongst their own parties. So it may cause Sir Keir Starmer some concern that his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn, has been showing…
Pete Wishart, the SNP MP for Perth & North Perthshire, criticised parliament’s imminent recess, saying: “As this house abandons its station to go to the conference halls and seaside resorts, there’s universal credit cuts, energy prices going through the roof, a CO2 crisis, driver shortages, farming chaos, fishing chaos, export crisis, the ending of…
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…
Professor Chris Whitty and US rapper Nicki Minaj are at the epicentre of a bizarre feud over Covid-19 vaccines. Earlier in the week, Nicki Minaj tweeted an unsubstantiated story suggesting the Covid-19 vaccine made people impotent. Professor Whitty said the people who were “peddling untruths” should be “deeply ashamed”. In response, the US rapper appeared…
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…
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…
