Keir Starmer calls Gaza hostages ‘sausages’ in key Labour speech

Keir Starmer calls Gaza hostages ‘sausages’ in key Labour speech

The British PM appealed to voters exhausted by years of political and economic turmoil with the message that better times are on the way.

  • byJill Lawless

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The spirit of the London Games has gone up in flames. Brace for Paris to torch the legacy

The spirit of the London Games has gone up in flames. Brace for Paris to torch the legacy

As we saw in London and Sydney,the celebratory multicultural and liberal triumphs of the Games are quickly followed by illiberal kickbacks.

  • byNick Bryant
Riding chill streets,listening for the lessons of Zen on a motorcycle
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Riding chill streets,listening for the lessons of Zen on a motorcycle

The first rule of riding a motorcycle is look where you want to go. Could it be a metaphor for life?

  • byTony Wright
When it comes to the economy,voters have short memories

When it comes to the economy,voters have short memories

After nearly 10 years of the Coalition having many opportunities to deliver surpluses,it not only failed to do so but managed to leave us with a trillion-dollar debt. On the other hand,Jim Chalmers will be the first treasurer in nearly two decades to bring in back-to-back surpluses.

Brexit will dominate the UK election. Not this one,but the next

Brexit will dominate the UK election. Not this one,but the next

Labour looks set to return to government in Britain on July 4. But the party will do that without a policy to reverse Brexit,even though many Brits now acknowledge it was a mistake.

  • byGeorge Brandis
Farage struck by milkshake at UK election campaign launch

Farage struck by milkshake at UK election campaign launch

Two people were arrested after the divisive populist figure had a drink thrown over him while launching his candidacy.

  • byRob Harris
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‘Your politics is better than people realise’:A cup of tea with Alastair Campbell

‘Your politics is better than people realise’:A cup of tea with Alastair Campbell

The former firebrand political adviser is enjoying later-in-life acclaim due to his acute political insights and relaxed demeanour.

  • byStephen Brook
UK to slash foreign workers,student intakes to cut record immigration

UK to slash foreign workers,student intakes to cut record immigration

Under the plan to cut the migrant intake by 300,000 people a year,foreign health and care workers would be banned from bringing their children,spouses and partners to the UK.

  • byRob Harris
Australian super funds to pump billions into UK infrastructure

Australian super funds to pump billions into UK infrastructure

IFM Investors,the Australian super funds-owned infrastructure specialist,is back in the UK after signalling it had retreated over British government disfunction.

  • byRob Harris
Brexit-Britain. Trump in the US. Now it’s Australia’s turn to split in two

Brexit-Britain. Trump in the US. Now it’s Australia’s turn to split in two

The tragedy of this moment is that an opportunity to bring the country closer together has ended up being so fraying.

  • byNick Bryant
Is the ‘spirit of cricket’ the last refuge of the loser?

Is the ‘spirit of cricket’ the last refuge of the loser?

While the English Ashes team claim it’s just not cricket,readers agree that Australians know how to win a Test match - and within the rules of the game.