“No previous experience necessary.” Comedy duo Larry & Paul have put out a new spoof ad inviting people to apply for the vacant position of UK prime minister. On Thursday, Liz Truss resigned from the position after just 44 days in the job, making her the shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history. Her resignation came after some […]

3 years ago

This is just objectively terrible. Many British publications have not covered themselves in glory throughout Brexit – particularly when it comes to their coverage of Anglo-Irish relations. Whether culturally or politically, much of the coverage has suggested that many in the British media class do not quite take us seriously. Things have gotten so bad […]

7 years ago

The debate was set to take place on Tuesday night. Sky News has cancelled a UK Conservative Party leadership debate, originally scheduled to take place this Tuesday 25 June, due to Boris Johnson declining to participate. Johnson, currently the front-runner for role of Prime Minister, was set to face off against rival Jeremy Hunt. On […]

7 years ago

The problem with Brexit is that reality keeps on breaking through. No sooner had former Army officer and Conservative MP Bob Stewart announced that, in the fantasy combat scenario he’d dreamed up in his head, Boris Johnson was the man he’d trust to lead a platoon into battle than the reality of a conflict situation […]

7 years ago

Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt wrongly said the country was being controlled by the USSR. Jeremy Hunt has wrongly claimed Slovenia was a “vassal state” of the Soviet Union. He was visiting Ljubljana to discuss the Brexit negotiations with his counterpart Miro Cerar, and demonstrated ignorance of the country’s recent history. Slovenia was a state, within […]

7 years ago