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February 06, 2023

Truss’s leadership defence sparks backlash from Tories

Liz Truss and her allies were accused of living in a “fantasy” as her defence of her disastrous six-week reign at No 10 sparked a furious backlash from senior Tories.

3 mins

Tory party needs ex-PM’s drivel like hole in the head

Liz Truss's 4,000-word article explaining how she became Britain's shortest-serving prime minister is a communications disaster, both for her and for the Conservative Party.

2 mins

Half-truths and evasions as Truss searches for an encore

When someone does something strange or just plain inexplicable, it’s usually a good idea to try to put yourself in their place.

4 mins

Does Truss really think that she can stage a comeback?

It’s been a little over 100 days since Liz Truss left Downing Street in ignominy, kicked out by her own party after her unfunded tax cuts caused market panic and crashed the pound.

2 mins

Rudd: Johnson really did try to get me in the back of his car but I refused his offer

Boris Johnson tried to get Amber Rudd into the back of his car after her famous TV jibe that she would not trust him to drive her home, she has revealed.

3 mins

One-third of Conservatives believe their party is sleazy

More than one-third of Conservative voters view the Tories as the party of sleaze”, new polling for The Independent has found, as Rishi Sunak struggles to draw a line under the scandal-ladden era of Boris Johnson.

2 mins

Nurses could refuse to join NHS staff for mass walkouts

Fears coordinated action puts safety of patients at risk

4 mins

Sunak threatens to pull out of ECHR over migrant rules

Rishi Sunak could take the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights ECHR) if the government’s plans to curb illegal migration are found to be unlawful.

2 mins

Raab has to go’ as 27 staff sign a single bullying claim

Dominic Raab should quit or be fired, a cabinet minister has said, as it emerged that more civil servants than previously thought are part of the investigation into allegations he bullied staff.Dominic Raab should quit or be fired, a cabinet minister has said, as it emerged that more civil servants than previously thought are part of the investigation into allegations he bullied staff.

3 mins

College head found dead with husband and daughter

Police believe the deaths were an isolated incident’

2 mins

Ban on imports of fur and foie gras could be dropped

Rishi Sunak’s government has dropped a proposed ban on importing fur and foie gras, environment secretary Therese Coffey has suggested, as she claims she wants to be the voice of the countryside”.

1 min

New images show missing Nicola Bulley on school run

Images of Nicola Bulley have been released showing the motherof-two leaving her home on the day she vanished.

3 mins

‘Older woman’ who took Harry’s virginity speaks out

A woman has come forward claiming to be the \"older woman\" who took Prince Harry's virginity, saying she had a \"passionate and sparky\" encounter with the Duke as a teenager.

2 mins

Home news in brief

Man runs length of motorway for charity

2 mins

‘Those who stayed were all executed. I don’t know why’

Olena Mykulska lived with her family in Irpin until Russian soldiers destroyed their block. Now, thanks to international donations, their home is being rebuilt, writes Liam James

4 mins

Ex-Israeli leader says Putin vowed not to kill Zelensky’

A former Israeli prime minister has claimed that Russian president Vladimir Putin promised he would not kill his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.

1 min

China spy’ balloon flew over US during Trump era

Chinese spy balloons entered US airspace on three occasions during Donald Trump’s presidency, defence officials say. The announcement comes after US fighter jets destroyed a suspected spy balloon belonging to China over the Atlantic on Saturday. Teams are searching for the debris.

2 mins

Pakistan blocks Wikipedia over blasphemous’ content

Pakistan has banned Wikipedia after the encyclopedia failed to comply with orders to take down blasphemous content.

1 min

World news in brief

Former military ruler of Pakistan dies aged 79

3 mins

Trigger warnings for Austen have failed to notice the sex

No one who has ever read Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey would have supposed the novel to be capable of triggering much other than amusement.

3 mins

Inaction over the Palestinian issue affects the entire world

As Morocco surged through World Cup rounds, e e beating team after team before falling to France in the semi-finals, it celebrated each victory not only by flying the distinctive red flag of the north African nation, but by raising the banner of Palestine a cause that many had considered forgotten, or at least fading, in the Arab world.

4 mins

Russian peacekeeping’ is an oxymoron while it is at war

Russia, Britain, the US, France and China have the power to stop a hostile second-rate authoritarian nation Azerbaijan blockading a country in order to starve its 120,000 occupants. The blockade constitutes a crime against humanity, and is contrary to a number of treaties, but the Azeris have gotten away with it for two months and counting.

2 mins

The Last of Us has settled an age-old internet argument

HBO’s critically acclaimed adaptation of Naughty Dog’s hit video-game franchise The Last of Us has finally revealed to the world at large something that we antisocial nerds have been arguing on internet forums for years: video games are great, and we’re cool for liking them.

4 mins

CONNECTING PEOPLE Eo

Transhumanism might sound like the stuff of dystopian nightmares, but the advances required to link our minds to computers are closer than you think, says Steven Cutts

8 mins

Can you help me solve my Peru trip conundrum?

QT have a holiday booked to Peru at the end of May. I realise there are protests at the moment and therefore may put the holiday on hold. But my main concern is that the travel company have asked to receive the final payment by bank transfer or cheque.

1 min

Energy market needs a refit after a string of scandals

Remember when the banks were seen by business as public enemy number one? After the financial crisis, when they nearly

3 mins

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