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Boris Johnson has revealed his weirdly specific new hobby: mastering the form of a cow. The former UK Prime Minister has told TalkTV, the Rupert Murdoch-backed British television channel, that he spends his days drawing cattle after resigning in scandal last year. In his first major TV interview…

BBC News’ journalists failure to understand “basic economics” is bringing a “high risk to impartiality,” according to a BBC-commissioned report. The finding was contained in the first BBC impartiality review, of which several more will be published over the coming months. Since taking on the role in…

BBC Chairman Richard Sharp helped arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800,000 ($990,000) for Boris Johnson weeks before the then-prime minister recommended him for the role at the broadcaster, according to a new report. Sharp, a former Goldman Sachs banker who used to advise Prime Minister Rishi…

Incoming British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to unite the country “not with words but with actions” and said “mistakes were made” during the disastrous 44-day reign of his now-predecessor Liz Truss. In the past hour, the former Chancellor-now-PM has headed to Buckingham Palace where he…

A BBC News presenter has been taken off air for a potential impartiality breach after asking “Am I allowed to be this gleeful?” on a political program following Boris Johnson’s decision to pull out of the race to be Prime Minister. Martine Croxall was presenting Sunday night’s BBC News edition of The…

Rishi Sunak is to become the UK’s next Prime Minister, the third in three months. The news was confirmed minutes ago, as the former Chancellor of the Exchequer became the only Conservative politician to draw the support of 100 or more party MPs and qualify to run for the country’s top political job…

A lettuce wearing a wig has provided much relief for UK people exhausted by the ongoing chaos at the heart of government.  As the nation watched the government in freefall and bet on how many days or hours it would be until the prime minister Liz Truss announced her resignation, one tireless tabloid…

Kenneth Branagh has defended upcoming political drama This England, in which he stars as British former prime minister Boris Johnson, which many people have slammed as “too soon.” The six-hour series details how the UK government addressed the first chaotic months of the coronavirus and national lockdown. Critics of…

Michelle Donelan, a former WWE marketing manager who was Boris Johnson’s Education Secretary for just 48 hours, is to replace Nadine Dorries as Culture Secretary in UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ first cabinet. Donelan, who has previously called for the “unfair” BBC license fee to be scrapped, has been named in the past…

UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries is to stand down when Liz Truss formally takes over as Prime Minister today. The arch-BBC sceptic confirmed reports this morning that she was asked to stay on by Truss but will now likely be given a peerage, triggering a tricky by-election in her constituency. Many had anticipated…

The BBC and Channel 4 may fear the worst as the anti-Public Service Broadcasting agenda led by Boris Johnson’s administration looks set to continue under a Liz Truss premiership, with all eyes trained on whether Nadine Dorries remains Culture Secretary. As expected, Truss comfortably won the race to be the next Conserv…

Liz Truss is to be the next UK Prime Minister, replacing Boris Johnson and defeating Rishi Sunak to become the third woman to hold the office. Truss’ victory was just announced in Parliament and she will officially take up the post tomorrow, when Johnson, who resigned in disgrace in July over multiple scandals, heads…