Labour Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has been elevated to Britain's House of Lords by outgoing Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has been appointed to the House of Lords, the upper house in Britain’s Houses of Parliament, as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer prepares for his departure from office. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Labour Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has been elevated to Britain’s House of Lords by outgoing Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. DETAIL: On Thursday, it was announced that London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been granted a peerage by Prime Minister Starmer. Khan is among the 26 new appointees to the House of Lords, the unelected upper house of the Houses of Parliament, recommended by the outgoing Prime Minister. It is customary for outgoing Prime Ministers to elevate a select number of individuals to the House of…Open
Britain's governing Labour Party is making sudden changes to the mayoral voting system in an attempt to stop Nigel Farage's Reform UK party from winning a possible contest in Greater Manchester.
Britain’s governing Labour Party is making sudden changes to the mayoral voting system in an attempt to stop Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party from winning a possible contest in Greater Manchester. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Britain’s governing Labour Party has expedited changes to the voting system for regional mayors, switching from first-past-the-post to the supplementary vote (SV) system—expected to benefit the leftist party in a potential Greater Manchester mayoral election. DETAIL: Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is standing for election in the Makerfield parliamentary by-election (special election) and will be forced to vacate his current post if he wins and enters Parliament, triggering a mayoral election. Local…Open
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out additional defense funding despite the resignation of his Defence Secretary and Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, prompting warnings from military leaders about the country's waning military capabilities.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out additional defense funding despite the resignation of his Defence Secretary and Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, prompting warnings from military leaders about the country’s waning military capabilities. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that no additional funding will be allocated to Britain’s military despite security concerns, despite his Secretary of Defence and Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces resigning, citing dangerous underfunding. DETAIL: Starmer insisted on Tuesday at the G7 summit in France, “The position on investment in defense is firstly that we increased, last year, defense spending from…Open
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Harriet Harman, linked to a controversial pedophile advocacy group, as an adviser on women and girls has further undermined his credibility.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to appoint Harriet Harman, linked to a controversial pedophile advocacy group, as an adviser on women and girls has further undermined his credibility. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appointed Harriet Harman, a former Deputy Leader of the Labor Party, and current member of the House of Lords, as an adviser on “women and girls” earlier this month, despite her past association with the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), which advocated for decriminalizing sex with small children, through her role at the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL). DETAIL: Harman, while serving as a legal officer for the NCCL in 1978, authored a paper that…Open
A small group in the House of Lords has proposed hundreds of amendments that are helping stymie a bill that was meant to legalize medically assisted death for the terminally ill.
On Monday, the government of the United Kingdom (UK) announced plans to ban mobile phones in schools. The UK government will turn current advisory guidance from the Department of Education – the UK government department responsible for education, skills, and child protection – into an enforceable law; one which requires all schools in England to prohibit mobile devices throughout the school day.
Britain’s Department for Education has announced plans to introduce a statutory ban on mobile phones in schools , aiming to create a uniform policy across England. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: On Monday, the British government announced plans to ban cell phones in schools. It will turn the Department of Education’s current advisory guidance into a law requiring all schools in England to prohibit mobile devices throughout the school day. DETAIL: At present, schools in England have control over how cell phones are regulated on their premises, despite the government officially advising that they should be prohibited during the school day. The proposed amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, a flagship government…Open
State of the Union: He wrote an acclaimed biography of John Maynard Keynes. The post Historian and TAC Contributor Robert Skidelsky Passes Away appeared first on The American Conservative .
Robert Skidelsky, the award-winning British author and economic historian, died last Wednesday of a brain infection. He was 86. Skidlesky, best known for his widely acclaimed three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes, was a professor of international studies and political economy at the University of Warwick. A founding member of the Social Democratic Party, he was elevated to the peerage in 1991 and sat in the House of Lords. Of Russian extraction, Skidelsky in his later years relearned the language and advocated for a better British understanding of Russia. He opposed Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine but was also critical of NATO’s expansion eastward to Russia’s doorstep, before the war. Skidlesky was a contributor to The…Open
Daniel Hannan, a member of the House of Lords for Britain's Conservative (Tory) Party, has penned a bizarre defense of mass Muslim prayer in public spaces, such as London's iconic Trafalgar Square, describing it as "inclusive." The post Top ‘Conservative’ Says Muslims Should Be Able to Pray at Historic Landmarks. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Lord Daniel Hannan of Britain’s Conservative Party defended mass Muslim prayer in London’s iconic Trafalgar Square, calling it “inclusive.” WHO WAS INVOLVED: Lord Hannan, the Conservative (Tory) Party, and Muslims in Britain. KEY QUOTE: “Some people maintain that Islam is uniquely incompatible with Western values… There are nearly 4 million Muslims in the United Kingdom. If you insist on seeing them all as dangerous, then, in the absence of mass conversions, you are led by your own logic to demand ethnic cleansing .” – Lord Hannan IMPACT: Hannan’s party presided over unprecedented mass migration during its time in office from 2010 to 2024, much of it from the Islamic world. His defense of…Open
Assisted suicide is never the solution. Published March 28, 2026 A controversial bill that would have allowed assisted dying for terminally ill adults in the United Kingdom has stalled in Parliament, after months of debate [...]
