Author: armchairnews

So, the Conservative party leadership contest will be between former cabinet members Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. Two people who backed current prime minister Boris Johnson while in office. Just as things couldn’t get any worse… At the moment, the UK is run by what many commentators say, “a caretaker government”, one still headed by…

The Met Office has given red weather warnings for the first time covering most of the United Kingdom. Temperatures of around 40C will be recorded on both Monday and Tuesday before falling on Wednesday. Not since 1976 that we have seen such a heatwave. Emergency services and first responders will be on high alert. Employers…

The United Kingdom is a country in a serious mess. There is a cost of living crisis, household bills are rising, the cost of food and basics have shot up, and our departure from the European Union has led to the loss of freedom of movement, loss of being in the common market and customs…

The Conservatives’ problems got from bad to worse when they lost two seats in a recent by-election. The Liberal Democrats won the once ultra-safe Tiverton and Honiton seat in Devon when they won by a majority of over 6,000 votes. Meanwhile, Labour won back Wakefield in West Yorkshire, a former safe seat captured by the…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, at the time at writing, will face a no-confidence vote from his fellow Conservative MPs tonight. That’s because a number of them wrote letters calling for him to stand down. Under party rules, if he wins, then he is safe for at least twelve months. If he loses, the pressure of…

On June 2nd, Her Majesty The Queen will be celebrating the record-breaking Platinum Jubilee. She has been Britain’s head of state for seventy years. As a result, there will be an extended bank holiday weekend until Sunday. At a time when many of her loyal subjects are suffering from the cost of living crisis, ranging…