Author: James Carter

David Lammy has refused to take the knee for Henry Nowak, the teenager stabbed to death in Southampton after his killer falsely accused him of racism — in comments that have exposed a striking contradiction with his own passionate defence of the same gesture when it was adopted in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. Asked directly on LBC’s Nick Ferrari programme on Thursday whether he would take the knee for Henry Nowak, the Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary declined, saying the 18-year-old’s family wanted “genuine common sense policing and a reduction in knife crime” rather…

David Lammy has dismissed a formal intervention from the Trump administration over Henry Nowak’s murder as a “caricature” of British policing — as the Liberal Democrats called on Sir Keir Starmer to summon the US ambassador over what they described as “flagrant foreign interference.” The US State Department posted on X late on Thursday: “Ideological conditioning and two-tiered policing are glaring symptoms of civilizational decline. They must be rejected across the West. The United States sends our condolences to the family of Henry Nowak and the people of the United Kingdom at this troubling time.” The post marked a significant…

Yvette Cooper has been accused of lacking the backbone to confront China over its human rights record, support for Russia and the imprisonment of British citizen Jimmy Lai — as the Foreign Secretary arrived in Beijing for Labour’s latest diplomatic push to warm relations with the world’s second-largest economy. Cooper’s visit, her first to China as Foreign Secretary, follows Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s own trip to Beijing in January and a three-day visit by Chancellor Rachel Reeves last year — a pattern of engagement that critics have repeatedly condemned given China’s backing for Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, its…

A pioneering underground eco-home that featured on Grand Designs and became England’s first certified Passivhaus property has gone on sale for £3.25 million — with the extraordinary selling point that its running costs amount to little more than £300 a year in logs and the occasional filter replacement. Underhill House in the Cotswolds was built by architect couple Helen and Chris Seymour-Smith between 2008 and 2010, after they devised an audacious solution to appease sceptical planning officials in the protected countryside on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire borders: restore a 300-year-old Cotswold stone barn on the site and hide the family…

Rupert Lowe, the leader of Restore Britain and MP for Great Yarmouth, has become the first British politician to sign the Save Europe Act — a pan-European initiative demanding an immediate halt to all non-European immigration, mass deportations and the preservation of what its founders call Europe’s “ethnocultural identity.” The act was unveiled on 30 May at a Remigration Summit in Porto, Portugal by Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek, who announced it as the “first patriotic European Citizens’ Initiative.” Lowe’s prominent endorsement was celebrated by Vlaardingerbroek on X, where she wrote: “Thank you, Rupert Lowe, for your tireless efforts to Restore…

Andy Burnham is reportedly considering calling a snap general election if he succeeds in ousting Keir Starmer as Labour leader and entering Downing Street, as preparations for a potential transition of power accelerate behind the scenes — including discussions about a major Cabinet reshuffle that would see Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood installed as Chancellor. The revelations, reported by the Sun, paint a picture of a leadership operation already functioning as a shadow government-in-waiting, even before Burnham has secured a seat in Parliament. The Greater Manchester Mayor is expected to win next month’s Makerfield by-election, which would make him eligible to…

Cabinet ministers initially withheld their messages with Lord Mandelson from Parliament before being pressed repeatedly to hand them over, The Telegraph has revealed — with the disclosure adding fresh impetus to accusations of a deliberate cover-up surrounding the disgraced peer’s appointment as US ambassador. According to The Telegraph, government officials dealing with the Mandelson files were forced to ask ministers more than once to surrender their WhatsApp messages and emails after initial reluctance. Under the terms of a “humble address” motion passed in February at the Conservatives’ initiative, all ministers, officials and special advisers were legally required to submit any…

Chipotle has confirmed it is testing a crispy chicken option at select restaurants in California — its most significant menu experiment in years — sparking a fierce debate online about whether the move is a bold innovation or a desperate departure from everything the chain stands for. The new protein was first spotted by food creators Snackolator, BookofElie and Foodbeast at a location in Tustin, Orange County, before sightings were also reported in Irvine, according to KTLA. Signage at test locations described the item as “hand cut and juicy,” raised without antibiotics and free of preservatives, gluten and artificial ingredients.…

A magnificent 13-bedroom country mansion once owned by Poundland co-founder Steven Smith has had its asking price cut by £250,000 — the latest episode in a long-running saga of an extraordinary property that has repeatedly defied attempts to sell it at anywhere near its true perceived value. Hammer Hill House, near Romsley in Worcestershire, is currently listed at around £4.75 million, down from £5 million in April 2026, as its current owners attempt to find a buyer for one of the Midlands’ most architecturally distinguished private residences. The property is being handled by estate agents Charwell Noble, who describe it…

Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman — a longstanding American ally and key broker in current Iran peace talks — during a chaotic White House Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, in remarks that left observers struggling to determine whether the President had misspoken or was making a deliberate threat against a friendly nation. The extraordinary moment came as Trump was responding to a reporter’s question about who would control the Strait of Hormuz, the critical oil passage that has been closed since Iran shut it following US and Israeli airstrikes in late February. The strait, which in normal times carries one…