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Killer police robots and AI drones will further distance us from the act of...
A robot was used in Dallas to kill a suspected shooter. Is this the future of policing? When five Dallas police officers were fatally shot during a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest, officers at the...
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If Theresa May can turn rhetoric into reality, she could put Labour out of...
Britain's new Prime Minister returned to her old preoccupations in her first speech in charge. Play the hits! Theresa May started her premiership with a speech that was virtually identical to the one...
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Labour's new election rules are no match for Jeremy Corbyn voters
Raising the barriers for participation in the Labour leadership poll won't put Corbyn voters off. Tuesday's NEC meeting saw the Labour Party adopt new rules to restrict participation in its...
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Sending Boris Johnson to the Foreign Office is bad for Britain, good for...
Britain's new Prime Minister is moving to ensure if Brexit goes wrong, the Brexiteers will share the blame Towards the end of his term in office, a despairing Bill Clinton complained to Tony Blair...
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Brexit, Iraq, leadership coups: why do Britain's politicians insist on...
One thing ties all the political revelations of the past few weeks together - a lack of planning. The Brexit vote is done, the Labour party mass cabinet resignations have yielded a leadership...
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Theresa May policy audit: how to feel about the new Prime Minister if you’re...
Where does the new PM stand on key policy areas? Brexit Theresa May played a relatively minor role in the referendum, casting herself as a “reluctant Remainer”. That balancing act was rewarded with...
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Labour won’t split if Jeremy Corbyn wins – the rebels will fight him again
Rather than founding a new party, the leader's opponents are planning a war of attrition.On the evening of 12 July, more than a fortnight after the rebellion against Jeremy Corbyn began, his opponents...
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Leader: Can Theresa May save the UK?
The UK is imperilled as an entity. As Prime Minister, Ms May must seek to unite not just the country, but all of Britain. Theresa May, who this week became the 54th Prime Minister of the United...
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Watch: the moment Angela Eagle finds out Boris Johnson is Foreign secretary
The promotion of the blonde certainly was a bombshell to Angela. This is how @angelaeagle reacted the moment she found out Boris Johnson was the new foreign secretary...
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The top Tories who lost out in Theresa May's Cabinet reshuffle
The new PM is appointing a new Cabinet, but that means some big dogs losing out. Theresa May is assembling her new Cabinet, and it includes Tory veterans like David Davis and Michael Fallon, as well...
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Labour rules the "freeze" on voter eligiblity also applies to affiliate members
Those who have signed up as affiliated supporters via unions such as Unite in the past six months will not have a vote in the leadership contest, and must purchase "registered supporter" status....
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May, Merkel, Clinton: Welcome to the Bermuda Triangle of powerful womanhood
And let us not overlook the new trend in politics for lesbians in high places. Theresa May, Angela Merkel and Hillary Clinton walk into a bar. They do shots of Goldschläger (Merkel’s idea – she is...
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8 shocking amendments made to the draft Republican Party manifesto
The party platform is shaping up to be even more extreme than many expected. Earlier this week, the Republican National Committee (RNC) met to debate the terms of the party’s policy platform ahead of...
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Commons confidential: Jezza's new tricks
Labour spinners have finally taught Jeremy Corbyn to smile and bid a cheery good morning to the capitalist media on leaving home in the morning.Theresa May the Home Counties disciplinarian was crowned...
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How refugees filmed their own journeys to Europe for a new documentary
A BBC production team gave camera phones to people attempting to reach Europe. Exodus: Our Journey to Europe is the result. In the days after the Brexit vote, I found it difficult to concentrate....
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The knockout blow – the risk of brain injury in mixed martial arts
The passion driving fighters to be in the cage in the first place is one that will inevitably put them at risk of a brain injury. On Saturday 9 July, an audience of almost 20,000 crowded into an arena...
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With the new Ghostbusters, busting just got even better
Far from being a cheap rewrite, this Ghostbusters improves in every way on the original, which has been insulated for years by nostalgia. One morning in February 1984 a billboard appeared on Santa...
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Andy Murray has stupendous steel and discipline - and yet...
Listening to the presenters discuss Wimbledon on Radio 5 Live, their admiration was clear. But where was the crackle?“Andy Murray – obviously is a double Wimbledon champion. He’s one of the greatest...
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Will there ever be another girl band like the Spice Girls?
Following the 20th anniversary of “Wannabe”, are pop stars like the Spice Girls a thing of the past? It has been 20 years since the release of the Spice Girls’ “Wannabe”, their debut number one single...
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After the news this week, I hoped my AirBnB wouldn't have wifi
Everyone’s an expert, everyone’s on edge . . . and we’ve all gone slightly mad. I’ve never known such a time for news. Wave after wave, in it comes, the first big cycle of events that I’ve experienced...
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