China's steel tantrum exposes the cost of naive investment
Jingye Group demanded compensation from the UK after British Steel was nationalised last week.
19 JUL
· 3 min read
Analysis
Private investment shows how Britain can lead in AI
Nebius has committed to a 22MW AI deployment at Kao Data's Harlow campus under a 10-year agreement as part of a £1.7 billion UK investment across four sites.
19 JUL
· 4 min read
When a village dreams of independence, ministers should listen
Piddington villagers voted 96 percent in favour of pursuing a referendum on independence after plans to house up to 1,250 adult male asylum seekers nearby.
19 JUL
· 4 min read
Green leader's grooming gang defence shows exactly why voters are done with the lot of them
Green Party leader Zack Polanski argued against deporting Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed, claiming it doesn't make sense and that threats should be contained in British prisons.
19 JUL
· 4 min read
Grid failure exposes Britain's hollow AI ambitions
Nscale's £2bn AI data centre in Loughton, Essex, backed by Nvidia with Microsoft as anchor tenant, faces grid connection delays for its 90MW supply, pushing back the 2027 opening.
19 JUL
· 3 min read
Jailing the mother changes nothing when the real rot starts earlier
Kiran Kaur jailed for three years after removing the knife her son used to murder 18-year-old Henry Nowak.
19 JUL
· 3 min read
Brussels once again lectures small islands on how to run their own affairs
The EU has demanded that five Caribbean nations phase out citizenship-by-investment programmes by June 2028 or risk losing Schengen visa-free access for their citizens.
18 JUL
· 4 min read
Clacton's carnival of candidates exposes the hollow heart of Westminster
A record 34 candidates confirmed for the Clacton by-election on 13 August 2026 after Nigel Farage resigned on 7 July.
18 JUL
· 3 min read
London underground bosses sack the man warning us about toxic dust
Micky Steeds raised concerns in 2023 about inadequate protection from asbestos and toxic dust on the London Underground and was sacked later that year.
18 JUL
· 3 min read
Britain's overdue aid reckoning puts security first
UK bilateral aid to Kenya is being cut by 93 per cent, with Tanzania facing a 91 per cent reduction and several other African nations seeing drops of 88 to 90 per cent.
18 JUL
· 4 min read
Burnham's big entrance arrives as parliament slopes off for the summer
Andy Burnham is finalising his cabinet ahead of becoming prime minister on 20 July 2026 after Keir Starmer's resignation.
18 JUL
· 4 min read
Reform UK's poll surge exposes the hollow core of Britain's political establishment
YouGov and Survation polls from mid-July 2026 show Reform UK on 24 percent, level with or ahead of Labour.
18 JUL
· 5 min read