From Labour’s biggest U-turn to horror show blunder of the year, our Westminster winners and losers of 2025

POLITICS had more drama and dust-ups in 2025 than a Christmas special of The Only Way Is Essex. It was the year Sir Keir ...

How Theresa May became an unlikely TikTok star and why Gen Z love her

Many of the ‘fan’ TikTok edits of the ex-PM focus on the traits she was derided for while in office. We all remember her ...
AOL

Dakota Johnson makes surprise cameo on 'SNL,' portrays mistress in Lily Allen's song about infidelity

Lily Allen is sharing painful moments from her past with the help of friend Dakota Johnson. During Allen's performance of "Madeline" — a song that is believed to reference a mistress who allegedly had ...
The Guardian

Why it’s ridiculous to call our new train system ‘Great’ British Rail

The name originated during the period of Boris Johnson boosterism. People no longer want Brexit triumphalism, but things that actually work What’s in a name? A government minister has a good answer ...
The Punch Newspapers

‘I feel safe in Nigeria’, Boris Johnson dismisses security concerns

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday declared he felt “perfectly safe” during his visit to Nigeria, dismissing negative security reports that had preceded his trip to Owerri, the ...
Cosmopolitan

Prisoner 951: What did Boris Johnson actually do in the Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case?

The BBC's latest drama series, Prisoner 951, has renewed public interest in the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was wrongly imprisoned in Iran for six years. Prisoner 951 has been described by ...
The Economist

Global forces are pushing Britain and Europe closer together

The coming year will mark the tenth anniversary of David Cameron’s 2016 Brexit referendum, the most seismic British political event of recent decades. It will also be the moment for the five-yearly ...
Yale Daily News

Boris Johnson set to speak at Yale on U.S.-U.K. relations

Boris Johnson, a former Conservative British prime minister, will speak at Yale on Oct. 9 at an event organized by the Buckley Institute, a group which bills itself as “the only organization dedicated ...
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Dakota Johnson praises Celine Song's response to online discourse around 'Materialists'

While promoting "Splitsville," Dakota Johnson spoke with The Associated Press about a recent online debate labeling "Materialists" as "broke boy propaganda." Director Celine Song expressed her ...
The Diplomat

Boris Johnson’s Visit Is Just One Sign of the UK’s Changing Approach to Taiwan

On August 5, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson became only the third former British leader to visit Taiwan, after Margaret Thatcher’s visit in 1992 and Liz Truss’ in 2023. From Taipei, he ...
Digi Times

Boris Johnson says UK once considered competing with Taiwan in chips, but abandoned plan over tech gap

During a keynote address at the Ketagalan Forum in Taipei on August 5, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed that he had contemplated enabling the UK to compete with Taiwan in semiconductor ...
The Hill

Boris Johnson blasts Starmer for backing Palestinian state: ‘Ridiculous’

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday slammed the current UK leader for threatening to recognize Palestinian statehood amid the ongoing war in Gaza, calling the move “ridiculous.” ...