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latest news & developmentsLabour tipped for historic win as UK voters go to the polls
If predictions are accurate, Rishi Sunak will on Friday visit head of state King Charles III to tender his resignation as prime minister
What the ANC can learn from the Tory meltdown
If South Africa’s governing party does end up losing its majority in future elections, it might never get it back
Time ticks for three horsemen of dystopia – Zuma, Trump and Boris
The past week has been a good week. All three have suffered serious setbacks, as they have once again been exposed as the cowards they truly are, for all the bravado
Pressure on Sunak is building after the UK local elections
The Tories are comforting themselves for their loss by arguing that historically every government during the mid-term suffers losses in local elections
UK set for ruling on plan to deport migrants to Rwanda
Four people died last week after a small boat packed with migrants capsized in the Channel in freezing weather conditions
Dutch expected to apologise for 250 years of slavery
Prime minister expected to give speech on ‘meaningful moment’
UK’s Sunak exposes his naivety on foreign policy
This was evident in the British prime minister’s speech at the lord mayor’s banquet, which customarily focuses on foreign policy
A deficit spending scam destroyed Liz Truss, UK’s prime minister. Who is next?
UK governments borrow money for deficit spending from corporations and the rich. But the very beneficiaries of the tax cuts Truss proposed were these ‘investors’, who baulked
With Sunak as UK PM, let’s hope for bland times ahead
No one is sure what Sunak must do, but whatever it is, it’s not going to be easy in toxic British politics
Queen Elizabeth II’s doctors ‘concerned’ for her health — Buckingham Palace
The 96-year-old monarch has been dogged by health problems since October last year that left her with difficulties walking and standing
Liz Truss named as UK’s third woman prime minister
The foreign secretary comfortably beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, after a gruelling summer-long contest decided by just over 170 000 Conservative members
How Boris Johnson rigged British politics for the Tories
Johnson’s brief premiership has been a relentless assault on the UK’s freedoms – to organise, to protest, to vote
‘Tunisia Days’ ahead as inflation exerts political pressure
With high prices continuing to bear down on consumers the world over, leaders who fail to bring inflation to heel could face a reckoning
‘The will of the party’: Johnson steps down as Conservative leader
The UK PM announced that he would step down after a slew of resignations from his top team in protest at his leadership
Brexit to exit: The rise and fall of Boris Johnson
The outgoing PM rode his luck throughout his career, bouncing back from a succession of setbacks and scandals