European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has said that Britain will be able to claw back certain powers from Brussels ahead of an in-out referendum on the country’s continued EU membership, the Telegraph reports. British Prime Minister David Cameron failed last
Ed Vaizey, the Conservative Minister for Culture, has praised the British Film Institute (BFI) for demanding ethnic minority, women and gay quotas on the films they finance. BFI is the largest funder of films in the UK, and from September
Watch what he does, not what he says: even while Prime Minister David Cameron was in the Commons this week accepting praise from his eurosceptic backbenchers for the way he “stood up for British interests” at the European Council on
Andy Coulson, a former editor of the defunct News of the World tabloid and an ex-aide to British Prime Minister David Cameron, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Friday for his role in a phone-hacking scandal that brought
While David Cameron and his government are still reeling from the “coup” pulled off by the European Parliament last week in Brussels, when MEPs seized control of the selection of the next president of the European Commission away from national
Margaret Thatcher is to blame for the rise of UK Independence Party, as no other leader can live up to her greatness, cabinet minister Eric Pickles has claimed. He says the so-called “Iron Lady” was “such a phenomenal leader” that
George Osborne may be credited with leading Britain to a great economic comeback, but he is still not above refusing to do his times table, according to the Daily Mail. The Chancellor of the Exchequer told a group of school
Security at British airports is being stepped up after the U.S. received intelligence that jihadists plan to target flight with so-called “stealth bombs”. Passengers at London Heathrow will now face extra checks on footwear and electronic devices before they can
A leaked table plan of David Cameron’s Summer Dinner last year shows who sat where, and that the attendees had a combined wealth of £11bn. Business leaders, oligarchs and ministers joined the Prime Minister at a lavish event held at
The National Health Service (NHS) – the “envy of the world” or a study in neo Marxism, depending on your point of view – continues to please and disappoint in equal measures. Paid for out of taxation and free at
Britain must retain its status as a nuclear power to avoid risks posed by Russia, a powerful committee of Members of Parliament has said. The cross-party group has argued that without an investment in a new generation of at-sea nuclear
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, in what looks like a slippery manoeuvre to draw attention away from his failures in Brussels, is now pretending he secured concessions from the same EU leaders who voted him down 26-2 in his opposition
A former rising star of the Tories’ tech strategy, Rohan Silva was considered the future of the U.K. technology industry. But the Whitehall high flyer’s career has stalled: he’s now an office manager in Shoreditch. His promised “ed tech” startup
It’s that time of the year again – where Prime Minister David Cameron and his Deputy Nick Clegg try to appeal to Muslim voters by awkwardly wishing them “Ramadan Mubarak”. Don’t believe me? Watch the cringeworthy videos below, and listen
A former senior adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron has been charged with possession of indecent images of children. The 63-year-old was arrested by the national crime agency after a complaint from within Number 10 Downing Street itself, according to
Although news coverage of Europe has been sticking to David Cameron’s pitched battle against Jean Claude Juncker and European federalism, the real emerging story was elsewhere this week. While the Ukraine crisis rumbles on, a number of seemingly unconnected events in Eastern
Newspapers warned Saturday the country had edged closer to leaving the EU after Prime Minister David Cameron’s “crushing” failure to block Jean-Claude Juncker becoming president of the European Commission. But they were divided on whether it was Cameron or Brussels
European Union leaders gathered in Brussels have nominated Jean-Claude Juncker to be the next president of the European Commission, dismissing Prime Minister David Cameron’s warnings that putting the euro-zealot Juncker in the top job in Brussels would push Britain further
Nigel Farage’s UK Independence Party (UKIP) continues to impact the British public’s idea of what should be nationally prioritised, as the UK economy improves, and on the back of the party’s huge election victories last month. The Economist reports that
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – David Cameron will make a last-ditch stand against the nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker for European Commission president on Friday, enforcing a point of principle that raises the risk of Britain leaving the European Union. The British prime
What is it with politicians and Mumsnet? I admit, I am an avid reader. I don’t have darling children (DC), I have no intention of ‘TTC’ (trying to conceive) for a very long time, and I certainly don’t have a
Allegations of phone hacking have led to an unprecedented public spending spree by police and the Crown Prosecution Service contributing to the £100m overall cost of the investigation and trial. Despite the allegations being comparatively minor: listening to celebrity’s voicemails,
Britain’s David Cameron headed for defeat at an EU summit Thursday after being abandoned by his allies in a battle to block the nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission chief. European Union leaders gather at the World War I
UKIP could take both parliamentary constituencies in Plymouth at the next election, according to a think tank linked to the Conservative Party. Research by the Bow Group indicates that Oliver Colvile, Conservative MP for Plymouth Sutton & Devonport and Alison
LONDON (Reuters) – The way British Prime Minister David Cameron has fought Jean-Claude Juncker’s candidacy for the European Commission president has undermined Britain’s position in Europe, a minister in his own coalition government said on Wednesday.
Communications impresarios Burston-Marsteller have today released their ‘Twiplomacy 2014’ report into how world leaders and organisations use social media to reach the public. No doubt the product of many man hours spent scrolling through Twitter, the report reveals that more
LONDON (AP) — The trial is not over yet, but tremors from the phone-hacking case are shaking Britain’s political establishment — and Rupert Murdoch’s media business. Jurors are still considering bribery counts against former News of the World editor Andy
David Cameron’s gamble in opposing Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission president has burnt bridges with allies and left him with few cards to play before a likely 2017 referendum on Britain leaving the EU, experts say. With Juncker’s confirmation looking
LONDON (AP) — Here are key developments in the phone hacking scandal involving segments of Britain’s tabloid press: November 2005: The News of the World reports that Prince William has a knee injury. A Buckingham Palace complaint prompts a police
Britain on Tuesday became the latest nation to formally outlaw the herbal stimulant khat, the bushy leaf chewed by many Somalis, Yemenis, Kenyans and Ethiopians. Under a new law that came into effect on Tuesday, khat is now a “class
This article first appeared at the Gatestone Institute website Anti-radical Muslims must break their silence to oppose the revived for building a Tablighi Jamaat [TJ] mega-mosque in the West Ham neighbourhood of London. Mobilisation against the mega-mosque should include Muslims
Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks was found not guilty of all charges in Britain’s landmark phone-hacking trial while former colleague Andy Coulson was guilty of one charge on Tuesday. The jury delivered their verdicts after eight days
Number 10 is claiming that British Prime Minister David Cameron has “won agreement” on a vote on the future president of the European Commission, the EU’s executive branch. The claim follows a meeting in London today between Cameron and Herman
British officials have told the French not to display the European Union flag or other symbols of the EU during ceremonies marking the 1914-18 war, and warned them not to use the centenary of the Great War to promote the
Prime Minister David Cameron will attempt to force fellow EU leaders to vote on who should head the bloc’s executive body if they try to impose Jean-Claude Juncker, Downing Street sources said Sunday. Cameron, who views the former long-serving Luxembourg
David Cameron’s over-confidence in his own powers of persuasion appear to have made veteran Brussels insider Jean-Claude Juncker the near-certain choice as next president of the European Commission. EU leaders whom Cameron thought he could persuade to join him in an
In a slap-down of claims by Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg that Britain would be “isolated” if it left the European Union, one of China’s most senior economic figures has said it would make no
ABU DHABI, 19th June, 2014 (WAM/UPI) — The Abu-Dhabi based daily, The National, has today published an exclusive report revealing links between media attacks on the U.A.E. and U.K.-based connections to the Muslim Brotherhood. According to the report, at the
British energy giant BP will sign a long-term deal with Chinese state-owned peer CNOOC in London on Tuesday to supply China with liquefied natural gas, BP chief executive Bob Dudley said. The LNG deal, worth around $20 billion (14.75 billion
The head of one the Birmingham schools at the centre of the ‘Trojan Horse’ controversy has revealed that parents of Pakistani origin wanted her to “get rid of the white kids” at her school. Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, head teacher at Anderton
