Brexit chaos
Keir Starmer calls Gaza hostages ‘sausages’ in key Labour speech
The British PM appealed to voters exhausted by years of political and economic turmoil with the message that better times are on the way.
- Jill Lawless
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- Opinion
- Political unrest
The spirit of the London Games has gone up in flames. Brace for Paris to torch the legacy
As we saw in London and Sydney, the celebratory multicultural and liberal triumphs of the Games are quickly followed by illiberal kickbacks.
- Nick Bryant
- Perspective
- World politics
Riding chill streets, listening for the lessons of Zen on a motorcycle
The first rule of riding a motorcycle is look where you want to go. Could it be a metaphor for life?
- Tony Wright
When it comes to the economy, voters have short memories
After nearly 10 years of the Coalition having many opportunities to deliver surpluses, it not only failed to do so but managed to leave us with a trillion-dollar debt. On the other hand, Jim Chalmers will be the first treasurer in nearly two decades to bring in back-to-back surpluses.
- Opinion
- UK election
Brexit will dominate the UK election. Not this one, but the next
Labour looks set to return to government in Britain on July 4. But the party will do that without a policy to reverse Brexit, even though many Brits now acknowledge it was a mistake.
- George Brandis
Farage struck by milkshake at UK election campaign launch
Two people were arrested after the divisive populist figure had a drink thrown over him while launching his candidacy.
- Rob Harris
‘Your politics is better than people realise’: A cup of tea with Alastair Campbell
The former firebrand political adviser is enjoying later-in-life acclaim due to his acute political insights and relaxed demeanour.
- Stephen Brook
UK to slash foreign workers, student intakes to cut record immigration
Under the plan to cut the migrant intake by 300,000 people a year, foreign health and care workers would be banned from bringing their children, spouses and partners to the UK.
- Rob Harris
Australian super funds to pump billions into UK infrastructure
IFM Investors, the Australian super funds-owned infrastructure specialist, is back in the UK after signalling it had retreated over British government disfunction.
- Rob Harris
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Brexit-Britain. Trump in the US. Now it’s Australia’s turn to split in two
The tragedy of this moment is that an opportunity to bring the country closer together has ended up being so fraying.
- Nick Bryant
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