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Former DJ John Locke says he has lost faith in the Labour Party under Keir Starmer.

On these angry streets, voters deliver a very British backlash

Barely two years since winning power, Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a landmark drubbing in local elections with the tepid economy and immigration fuelling voter discontent.

  • David Crowe

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The AI-generated image posted by Trump showing himself as a messianic figure.

Trump tells Pope to ‘get his act together’ – and exposes his own God complex

Minutes after ranting about Leo being “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy”, the US president posted an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ healing the sick.

  • Michael Koziol
The rules about dual citizens entering the UK have changed.

Brits in Australia are shredding their passports. I think I know why

The UK has changed the rules for dual citizens trying to enter Britain. It’s just the latest betrayal for expats like me.

  • Gary Nunn
2016, clockwise from top left: Kylie Jenner, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Bella Hadid, Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift, and then couple Kendall Jenner and Harry Styles.

Was 2016 the last ‘good’ year? Social media seems to think so

Gen Z are embracing the culture of their Millennial elders, romanticising their youth as a simpler, more optimistic time.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Andrew Hastie is in no hurry to challenge for the leadership, but he’s already staking out a more conservative ground for the party.

Hastie’s got the right stuff but one obsession may fast-track or derail his ambitions

The Sydney-born Liberal MP is in no hurry to challenge for the leadership, but he’s already staking out a more conservative ground for the party.

  • Peter Hartcher
Illustration by Dionne Gain

As Europe falls to the far right, Hastie and Ley are at odds about what it means for the Liberals

Immigration, an issue that should be problematic for a centre-left Albanese government, is instead bedevilling his conservative opponents.

  • Matthew Knott
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Will a Farage-style quake rock Australia? First, we must pass the Cyclone Price test

Australia has some strong buffers to the global rise of populism, but a political comeback for Jacinta Nampijinpa Price might strain them.

  • Nick Bryant
Nigel Farage, and his Reform UK party, is surging in the polls.

In the contest to declare that Britain is broken, nobody beats Nigel Farage

Brexit populist Nigel Farage has dominated British politics for more than a decade. In troubled times, could he now become the next prime minister?

  • David Crowe
Weekly boat arrivals are putting pressure on the British government.

The wealthy have been shielded from Britain’s big problem – until now

As the steady stream of boats crossing the Channel continues, more refugee hotels are set up – and wealthier neighbourhoods like Canary Wharf take notice.

  • David Crowe
Yvette Cooper, UK home secretary, during the Border Security Summit in London, UK, on Monday, March 31, 2025. The number of asylum seekers arriving in the UK has been increasing, and a further backlog built up when the previous government paused the processing of asylum claims while it worked on a plan — subsequently dropped by Labour — to send some to Rwanda. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg

UK plans to end ‘failed experiment’ in immigration

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to cut migration after the recent success of Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration Reform UK party in local elections.

  • Andrew MacAskill