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A woman is detained by police officers as supporters of Palestine Action take part in a mass action in Parliament Square, Westminster, central London, August 9, 2025
Editorial: / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026
Protesters celebrate outside the High Court, central London, after it rules in favour of Palestine Action's co-founder Huda Ammori's challenge over the ban of the organisation as a terror group, February 13, 2026
Activism / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026

Court strikes down Palestine Action ban as government slammed for its promise to fight the decision in appeals

Then Business Secretary Lord Mandelson dancing with Hannah Mackenzie in the Tower Ballroom when he visited Blackpool while on the General Election campaign trail, April 15, 2010
Politics / 14 February 2026
14 February 2026

A political culture of spin and wilful blindness where journalists play along with power has meant the so-called ‘Prince of Darkness’ has been given an easy ride by the media – until now… MATT KERR reports

Screen grab taken from Parliament TV of the introduction of Lord Matthew Doyle to the House of Lords, London, January 12, 2026
Democracy / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026
Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos CEO and minority shareholder of Manchester United, March 11, 2025
Anti-Racism / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026

Tax exile Sir Jim Ratcliffe slammed after claiming that ‘UK is being colonised’ immigrants

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy at BBC Broadcasting House in London, after her appearance on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, January 18, 2026
Politics / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to Panshanger Community Centre in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Picture date: Tuesday February 10, 2026
Politics / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026

The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to a community centre in Hertfordshire, February 10, 2026
Editorial: / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, February 11, 2026
Labour Party / 11 February 2026
11 February 2026
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a spending bill that ends a partial shutdown of the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington
US / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026

The US president’s career is defined by a consistent use of racist tropes and provocation. Why are world leaders so silent over his repeated vitriolic prejudice, asks ROGER McKENZIE

THE GREAT PRETENDER: Labour leadership contender Keir Starmer speaks on post-Brexit challenges at Westminster Cathedral Hall in London in Janruary 2020
Labour Party / 11 February 2026
11 February 2026

Paul Holden’s book, The Fraud, exposes a hidden war inside Labour, where claims of anti-semitism, amplified by media power and factional networks, were used to break Corbynism and recast the party. JOHN ELLISON revisits the scandals, investigations and suppressed evidence from that era

First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan speaks as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to a engineering workshop at Coleg Menai in Anglesey, November 13, 2025
Labour Party / 10 February 2026
10 February 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street, London, February 9, 2026
Labour Party / 10 February 2026
10 February 2026
Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson, September 7, 2001
Labour Party / 11 February 2026
11 February 2026

The Mandelson scandal reveals a political settlement in which democratic choice is curtailed and the power of markets eclipses the will of voters – only the left can challenge this, writes JON TRICKETT MP

Health Secretary Wes Streeting takes part in the Call the Cabinet phone-in on LBC, hosted by Shelagh Fogarty, at the Global Studios, London, February 4, 2026
Gaza Genocide / 10 February 2026
10 February 2026

Anti-war campaigners say the Health Secretary's private admission to Peter Mandelson only makes him more guilty of complicity in Israel’s crimes

The sign for the Senedd, the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff, July 16, 2024
Local Government / 10 February 2026
10 February 2026
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaking to the media during a press conference at Trades Hall, Glasgow, where he is calling on Sir Keir Starmer to resign as Prime Minister, February 9, 2026
Editorial / 10 February 2026
10 February 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer adjusts his glasses as he waits to deliver his speech during a visit to Horntye Park Sports Complex in St Leonard's on Sea near Hastings, East Sussex, February 5, 2026
Politics / 9 February 2026
9 February 2026

Corbyn’s intervention exposes a corrupted system, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer during the Labour business conference at Canary Wharf, London, which brings together Labour politicians and senior representatives from the world of business to discuss Labour's plans to reboot British's economy, December 8, 2022
Politics / 10 February 2026
10 February 2026

Paul Holden’s The Fraud reveals how a network of donors, MPs and opaque organisations quietly organised to destroy Corbyn’s leadership and manufacture a new centre of power inside Labour, writes JOHN ELLISON