A new poll reveals that British teenagers are more patriotic than their parents, casting doubt on Labour’s recent move to extend voting rights to 16 and 17-year-olds. The survey, conducted by More in Common for The Sunday Times, shows that nearly half—49 percent—of teens express pride in being British, while only 10 percent report feeling ashamed. That’s a stronger patriotic sentiment than the national average, where 45 percent say they are proud and 15 percent ashamed.
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan says he is ready to leave Britain for good, claiming police are working hand in hand with transgender activists and that free speech is collapsing in the country. Instead, the Irish comedy writer says he hopes to settle in the United States to escape what he described as “nut-jobs.”
The collapse of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has thrown Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government into turmoil, sparking speculation about whether it can survive its full term or will face an early election. Rayner, once one of Labour’s few popular figures, resigned after revelations she underpaid taxes on her £800,000 second home, dealing a heavy blow to the party.
Former Conservative cabinet minister Nadine Dorries has delivered a major blow to Britain’s ruling party, announcing her defection to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Dorries, who served as Culture Secretary under Boris Johnson, declared in a Daily Mail column that the “Tory Party is dead” and that only Farage has the answers to the crises facing the country.
Residents in Epping, Essex, are threatening a tax rebellion after the Court of Appeal overturned a High Court injunction to close the Bell Hotel, now being used to house asylum seekers. The ruling followed arguments from the Home Office that obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights outweighed local safety concerns.
Controversy erupted Friday after the Court of Appeal overturned a local council's attempt to shut down a migrant hotel, sparking outrage over alleged judicial bias. The lead judge in the case, Lord Justice David Bean, is now facing formal complaints for undisclosed ties to far-left political groups and the Labour Party.
Public confidence in the direction of the United Kingdom continues to plummet, with new polling showing an overwhelming majority of Britons think the country is in poor condition compared to other Western nations.
The British Court of Appeal ruled Friday that the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, can continue housing illegal migrants despite not having proper planning approval — sparking outrage among locals and political leaders.
Sexual offence convictions involving foreign nationals in Britain have surged by over 60% in just four years, significantly outpacing the rise in convictions among British citizens. The Ministry of Justice revealed migrants accounted for 14.1% of rape and sexual offence convictions in 2024—roughly one in seven—according to Police National Computer data.
Britain’s left-wing Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is facing intense criticism after reports revealed she has purchased a third home worth nearly $1 million—while presiding over the country’s worsening housing crisis.
