Author: James Carter

Nicki Minaj and Azealia Banks — two of America’s most prominent rappers who have spent years locked in a bitter public feud — have found unlikely common ground in backing Kemi Badenoch as Britain’s next Prime Minister, as Labour’s leadership crisis deepens and the political landscape shifts. Minaj, the Trinidad and Tobago-born rapper behind global hits including Anaconda and Super Freaky Girl, took to X to compare Badenoch to Margaret Thatcher. “The UK is truly one of a kind,” she wrote. “They will portray her in film and TV one day — just like they did with Margaret Thatcher.” Minaj,…

Andy Burnham has been handed a direct route back into Parliament after Josh Simons announced his resignation as MP for Makerfield in Greater Manchester, explicitly standing aside to allow the Manchester Mayor to contest the seat and mount a Labour leadership challenge. Simons, a former minister, made the announcement on Thursday in a statement that amounted to a full-throated endorsement of Burnham and a stinging verdict on the state of the Labour Party under Keir Starmer. “For decades, Westminster has overseen the managed decline of towns like mine,” he said. “We have talked big, then acted small, stuck in a…

Wes Streeting has resigned as Health Secretary, telling Sir Keir Starmer he had lost confidence in his leadership and that it would be “dishonourable and unprincipled” to remain in government — clearing the way for what is widely expected to be a formal challenge for the Labour leadership. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Streeting acknowledged the NHS improvements made under his tenure before setting out his reasons for walking away. “As you know from our conversation earlier this week, having lost confidence in your leadership, I have concluded that it would be dishonourable and unprincipled to do so,”…

An American podcaster and political commentator banned by the Home Office from entering the United Kingdom has spoken exclusively to Britannia Daily, saying the Keir Starmer government is engaged in deliberate political censorship ahead of Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally in London this Friday. Don Keith, who describes himself as a concerned American citizen and vocal critic of mass migration, was one of at least seven foreign speakers barred from attending the 16 May event after the Home Office cancelled their Electronic Travel Authorisations. Each was told the same thing — that their presence in the UK was “not…

Keir Starmer has thrown his weight behind Ed Miliband’s ambitions to accelerate Britain’s transition to clean energy, using the King’s Speech to unveil a flagship Energy Independence Bill — while remaining silent on the future of contested North Sea oil and gas fields. The bill, presented during Wednesday’s State Opening of Parliament, commits the government to going “further and faster to deliver clean energy,” with a particular focus on expanding wind and solar capacity and developing hydrogen power. It also includes plans to reform planning rules to ease the installation of renewable energy infrastructure and to change the remit of…

Wes Streeting is reported to be on the verge of resignation and prepared to trigger a Labour leadership contest as early as Wednesday, after a 16-minute meeting with Keir Starmer at Downing Street did little to ease the deepening crisis engulfing the Prime Minister. The Health Secretary’s brief visit sparked immediate speculation that the two men had failed to reach any agreement, with allies of the Prime Minister dismissing the encounter as a “quick cup of coffee” and insisting Mr Streeting lacks both the numbers and the “nerve” to mount a formal challenge. Mr Streeting is said to have indicated…

Natalie Fleet, the Labour MP for Bolsover, has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, replacing Jess Phillips who resigned from the role on Monday citing a lack of “real change” under Keir Starmer’s leadership. Phillips’ departure came five days after Labour suffered its worst local election results in recent memory, losing around 1,496 councillors on 7 May. In her resignation letter, she said she was not seeing the progress the country expects — a pointed assessment that added further pressure to a Prime Minister already facing calls from dozens of Labour MPs…

The Home Office has revoked the travel authorisation of a sitting European Parliament member, barring him from entering the United Kingdom days before a high-profile right-wing rally in London — part of a coordinated effort that has seen at least seven foreign speakers refused entry ahead of the same event. Dominik Tarczyński, who represents Poland’s Law and Justice party in the European Parliament, received official notification on Monday that his Electronic Travel Authorisation had been cancelled. The Home Office told him his presence in the country “is not considered to be conducive to the public good” and that he would…

Andy Burnham travelled to London on Tuesday for a discreet gathering with Labour MPs supportive of his leadership ambitions, as Sir Keir Starmer’s government descended into its most serious crisis yet with four ministerial resignations in a single afternoon. The Greater Manchester Mayor was photographed by The Telegraph arriving at London Euston, having abruptly withdrawn from a speaking engagement at a healthcare conference in the capital. Two Labour sources confirmed a private meeting was under way between Burnham and sympathetic MPs. Two further sources familiar with his thinking told the paper that he had now identified an MP willing to…

Angela Rayner is privately canvassing Labour MPs for support for her own leadership campaign while publicly championing Andy Burnham’s return to Westminster — in a dual-track strategy that exposes the ruthless jockeying now consuming the Labour Party as Sir Keir Starmer’s position continues to crumble. The former Deputy Prime Minister has made vocal public representations that Burnham should be allowed to fight a Commons by-election and re-enter Parliament in time to contest any leadership race. But Labour sources have told the Daily Mail that she is simultaneously texting MPs to gauge support for her own bid should events move too…