- Sunday, February 23, 2025
RISHI Sunak, Jeremy Hunt, and James Cleverly’s wives hit the election campaign trail in Suffolk on Wednesday to help bolster the Conservative party’s sagging fortunes. Almost all pollsters have been forecasting a rout for the Conservative party in the July 4 general election. Prime minister’s wife Akshata Murty, was joined…
THE CAMPAIGN chief for prime minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives stepped aside two weeks before an election, the party said on Thursday, after reports he and his candidate wife were being investigated for betting on the election date. The rapidly escalating gambling scandal is the latest misfortune to unfold for Sunak,…
The Bank of England held its main interest rate at 5.25 per cent, a 16-year high, in its final meeting before the UK election on 4 July. The decision, voted 7-2 by the Monetary Policy Committee, aligned with expectations from a Reuters poll of economists. Deputy governor Dave Ramsden and…
BRITISH ASIAN entrepreneur Zia Yusuf has emerged as the biggest donor to Reform UK’s election campaign. Yusuf, co-founder of the luxury concierge app Velocity Black, has donated a substantial amount to Reform UK. He criticised the Tory government’s immigration policies and advocated for stronger border control, reported The Telegraph. He…
LABOUR’s Baggy Shanker slammed his rival councillors and a “coalition of chaos” after he was sensationally removed as Derby city council leader during an evening of political fall out and shouts from the public gallery. The Sinfin and Osmaston councillor lost a no-confidence motion vote on Tuesday (18) night due…
FORMER prime minister Boris Johnson celebrated his 60th birthday on Wednesday (20) with a unique gift from his wife – three life-size wooden elephants supporting an Indian charity initiative. Carrie Johnson shared pictures on Instagram of the elephants being offloaded and placed on the grounds of their Oxfordshire home, with…
AN elderly Indian couple planning to fly from New Delhi to Newark in the US by Air India were shocked to learn that they had been placed on different flights to separate destinations on different dates. The airline carried out these changes without informing the couple and they got to…
THREE opinion polls on Wednesday (20) predicted a significant defeat for the Conservatives in the July 4 election, forecasting a large majority for the Labour Party after 14 years in opposition. Polling by YouGov showed Keir Starmer’s Labour on track to win 425 parliamentary seats in Britain’s 650-seat House of…
The British Film Institute’s prestigious Sight and Sound magazine has included the Tamil film Kaala in its list of the 25 Films of the Century. Directed by Pa. Ranjith, the film stars the legendary Rajinikanth in the lead role. To acknowledge the best film of the 21st century in terms…
A GROUP of senior US lawmakers including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi met Wednesday (19) with the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, drawing China's ire. The bipartisan group of US lawmakers, led by Congressman Michael McCaul and Pelosi, visited the 88-year-old Buddhist spiritual leader at his home…
