Month: December 2025

Tony Blair was told that tensions with his then chancellor would need to be carefully managed, files reveal‘Too complacent’: how Blair’s advisers misjudged his disastrous WI speechPeter Mandelson warned Tony Blair not to allow Gordon Brown’s supporters to wreck Labour’s 2005 general election campaign from within, according to newly released government files.Relations between Blair and his chancellor were strained in the autumn of 2004 as Labour prepared to try for […]

Emergency medicine specialist says improved social care and efficiency would help crisis in NHSEmergency departments across the UK are “in big trouble” owing to the way corridor care has been “normalised”, a leading medic has warned.Dr Ian Higginson, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), said there should be “howls of outrage” over deaths linked to long emergency department waits, with just a few hospitals around the […]

Former PM’s team suggested initial less-politicised drafts seemed patronising and appealed to ‘fuddy-duddy Britain’Brown’s allies could wreck Labour’s 2005 election hopes, Mandelson warnedTony Blair’s key advisers agonised over the writing of his notoriously ill-judged speech to the Women’s Institute (WI) which saw the then prime minister heckled and slow hand-clapped before 10,000 members at Wembley Arena, newly released documents reveal.Despite the WI explicitly warning they were “wary of anything that […]

Newly released UK cabinet papers from 2005 provide an insight into how the Blair government worked to flatter the Australian PM to influence his decisionTony Blair’s government discussed how to “influence” John Howard when it came to committing Australian troops to Iraq after the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime, newly released files in the UK show.They also reveal that one of Howard’s own defence ministers told a Downing Street official […]

US president and Israeli prime minister exchange flattery as Trump threatens Iran and stresses that Hamas must disarm.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Yvette Cooper has ordered an urgent Foreign Office review of "serious information failures" in the case of a freed British-Egyptian activist.Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

Grammy-winning artist joins husband Jay-Z and artists like Taylor Swift following the success of Cowboy Carter tourBeyoncé is now a billionaire, according to a report from Forbes – becoming the fifth musician to obtain the status.The Grammy award-winning artist, 44, has joined the world’s wealthiest people following the success of her Cowboy Carter tour, which grossed more than $400m in ticket sales, and an additional $50m in merchandise sales. Her […]

Somalia says it is concerned the recognition serves as a pretext for the forced relocation of Palestinians.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article