Both Keanu Reeves and Nigel Farage are 60 years old. Hate ages you.

On the 17th June 1940, Winston Churchill broadcasted to the world, “We have become the sole champions now in arms to defend the world cause. We shall do our best to be worthy of this high honour. We shall defend our island home, and with the British Empire we shall fight on

A vote for trump is a vote for Putin. Pass it on.

The seemingly endless Tory Party leadership election will eventually come down to a choice between the devil and the deep-blue c-word

There have been twelve housing ministers since Grenfell. My unpopular idea on the radio: secretaries of state serve full five-year fixed terms unless they are sacked for impropriety. Make people responsible for the consequences of their policy, make them see it through to an end.

Don’t ignore the “B players” on your team — while they are often less concerned about their personal trajectories, they’re more likely to go above and beyond in order to support customers, colleagues, and the reputation of the business. s.hbr.org/34qF7pX

When the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, Dutch watchmaker Corrie Ten Boom and her family constructed a hidden room in their home to shelter Jews until they could be safely transported. Over four years, the ten Boom family rescued more than 800 people. Arrested by the Nazis in

On the 24th January 1965, the day that Sir Winston Churchill died, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the following statement, "WHEN THERE was darkness in the world, and hope was low in the hearts of men, a generous Providence gave us Winston Churchill. As long as men tell of

Journalist Peter Oborne says Tory leadership candidates Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch represent a “conversion” of the party to “something like the neo-Nazi AfD in Germany”.

On the death of Sir Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle wrote to Churchill's wife Clementine, "Dans le grand drame, il était le plus grand." Translated, it means "in the great drama, he was the greatest."

Things my grandmas said: If you go out with wet hair you get pneumonia. If you have a bath on a full stomach your bowels explode. If you don’t take your coat off indoors you won’t ‘feel the benefit’ when you go out again. More than two eggs a day results in death. Others?

On the 28th May 1940, Winston Churchill told the full cabinet that, "If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground." The following day Churchill issued a strictly confidential note to Cabinet

Padre Ruffino Nicacci, a Franciscan priest in Assisi, Italy, helped hide approximately 100 Jews during WWII by providing sanctuary in monasteries and convents around his hometown, along with false identity papers. He is 'Righteous Among the Nations'.

France offered the chance for the UK to process asylum claims in France. The Conservatives immediately dismissed the offer. Why doesn't Keir Starmer's government explore the idea?

Word of the day is ‘struthious’ (18th century): prone to ignoring unwelcome facts and letting a situation worsen without any intervention. From the Latin for ‘ostrich-like’.

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We're delighted that the UK's independent news regulator IPSO (Independent Press Standards Organisation) has upheld a complaint we made over a misleading claim about migration data in a 2023 Daily Express comment article written by then-Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden MP. buff.ly/4ecFmGn

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David Lammy’s view on Brexit;now change it David, the damage continues