UK politics so much funnier than fiction,comedy writer finds it ‘hard to match’
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UK politics so much funnier than fiction,comedy writer finds it ‘hard to match’

The Tories are in a spot of bother as the UK heads to an election. A possible catastrophic defeat would be both self-inflicted and richly deserved.

  • byRob Harris

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Number 10 was a ‘prison infested with fleas’,says former British PM

Number 10 was a ‘prison infested with fleas’,says former British PM

She felt “itchy”,like a prisoner,and unsuited to making the speech on the Queen’s death,Liz Truss writes in her memoir.

  • byGenevieve Holl-Allen
Tories may throw Sunak overboard,but rearranging deckchairs can’t save this ship

Tories may throw Sunak overboard,but rearranging deckchairs can’t save this ship

Are the Tories mad enough to roll another leader? My spies inside the Conservative Party tell me this is a real possibility.

  • byGeorge Brandis
Boris Johnson says Trump presidency could be ‘just what the world needs’

Boris Johnson says Trump presidency could be ‘just what the world needs’

The former British PM says Trump’s success in the polls has “driven some people to the brink of virtue-signalling derangement”.

  • byRob Harris
School is over,but life is just beginning

School is over,but life is just beginning

Congratulations to all the students who completed 13 years of schooling. Just having reached the end of this marathon is an achievement in itself,never mind scores on a piece of paper.

Boris Johnson tells Sydney:We need bigger AUKUS,more Ukraine aid to counter ‘continuum of evil’

Boris Johnson tells Sydney:We need bigger AUKUS,more Ukraine aid to counter ‘continuum of evil’

Speaking in Sydney,the former British PM delivered a rousing defence of the West but criticised its habit of “cancelling freedom of expression in the name of wokery”.

  • byMichael Koziol
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What links Boris Johnson and Taylor Swift? They sold out in Sydney

What links Boris Johnson and Taylor Swift? They sold out in Sydney

The former British PM’s visit down under aroused such excitement that the organisers had to boost the event’s capacity.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Gai Waterhouse enters fray over Racing NSW board row

Gai Waterhouse enters fray over Racing NSW board row

The Australian racing legend lines up behind critics of the Minns government’s plan to grant Racing NSW’s powerful chair Russell Balding an unprecedented 14-year term on the board.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Don’t be ‘suckered’ by Gaza ceasefire call:Scott Morrison

Don’t be ‘suckered’ by Gaza ceasefire call:Scott Morrison

The former prime minister said a ceasefire would enable Hamas “to be able to strengthen their positions and make this war go on for even longer”.

  • byMatthew Knott
Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson arrive in Israel

Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson arrive in Israel

The former prime ministers will reportedly meet Israel’s President,Isaac Herzog,and visit massacre sites in southern Israel.

  • byJames Massola
Boris Johnson takes his retirement tour Down Under

Boris Johnson takes his retirement tour Down Under

The former British prime minister is set to deliver a lecture with John Howard in December.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andLiam Mannix