Author: James Carter

The Canadian province of Alberta is to hold a referendum on independence from Canada in October, its Premier has confirmed — in a development that could trigger the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced in three decades. Premier Danielle Smith announced in a television address that Albertans will go to the polls on 19 October to answer the question: “Should Alberta remain a province of Canada or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?” The vote…

Kemi Badenoch has triggered a heated dispute on the British right after asserting that Britishness is defined by shared values and loyalty to the country rather than ethnic heritage — a position that has drawn swift and pointed criticism from identitarian commentators who argue that national identity is inseparable from ancestry and bloodline. The Conservative leader made the remarks during a discussion with podcaster Elliot Bewick at Oxford University, where she said ethnicity played no part in being British. What mattered, she argued, was “buying into that identity” — loving the United Kingdom, wanting it to succeed, abiding by its…

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is preparing to file confidential IPO paperwork with regulators as soon as this week, according to the Wall Street Journal — in what could become the largest stock market listing in American history and a defining moment for the artificial intelligence industry. The ChatGPT maker is working with bankers at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley on a draft IPO prospectus that it plans to file confidentially with regulators soon, possibly as early as Friday. OpenAI is targeting a public debut as early as September, and is racing against rival Anthropic to become the first major…

Andy Burnham’s team is already drawing up plans for his first 100 days in Downing Street — despite the Greater Manchester Mayor not yet holding a seat in Parliament. According to Politico, three insiders who have worked with Mr Burnham confirmed the plans are in their early stages, with proposals expected to cover social care reform and measures to lower energy costs for UK households. The ambition of the exercise reflects the confidence among his allies that he will become the next Labour leader — and ultimately Prime Minister. The speed of that thinking has been accelerated by events. Labour’s…

Former Neighbours star Holly Valance has called on Australians to stop being “embarrassed” about patriotism and doubled down on her support for far-right One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, after marching alongside Tommy Robinson at a rally in London on Saturday. Valance, 43, who holds dual Australian and British citizenship, was interviewed at Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally — which took place at the same time as a rival pro-Palestinian demonstration in the capital. Speaking to Adelaide Now, she delivered a direct message to her fellow Australians: “Don’t be embarrassed and don’t be too scared to stand up for your country…

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…