Politics

Published: 17 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Several National Health Service organisations across England are refusing to adopt Palantir’s patient data technology, raising fresh questions about the value, public trust and long-term future of a £330 million government contract with the controversial American technology company. Responses to freedom of information requests suggest that some NHS trusts believe the platform offers little improvement over software they...

Published: 17 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Australia’s mainstream political parties have been warned against adopting populist policies, including strict migration caps and tariffs, as a response to growing public frustration over the cost of living. Mathias Cormann, Australia’s longest-serving finance minister and the current secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), argues that such measures risk worsening economic pressures rather than...

Published: 17 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The administration of US President Donald Trump has intensified its confrontation with California over election procedures, warning local officials that they could face criminal investigation and prosecution if they knowingly count ballots cast by noncitizens in the upcoming midterm elections. The warning, issued by senior officials at the US Department of Justice, has heightened tensions between Washington and...

Published: 17 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US President Donald Trump has reignited controversy over the legitimacy of American elections after falsely claiming that Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff was never legitimately elected in Georgia. Speaking at a campaign rally in north Georgia, Trump repeated allegations that the 2020 election in the state was fraudulent and challenged Ossoff’s electoral mandate ahead of a closely watched Senate...

Published: 17 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US President Donald Trump has put a sweeping package of sanctions against Russia on hold, raising fresh questions about Washington’s strategy towards Moscow as tensions deepen between the White House and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The decision came just days before the restrictions were due to take effect and follows growing criticism of the administration’s approach to the...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Russian anti-war activists who fled their homeland to escape political persecution are facing a new threat in the West, as increasingly restrictive asylum policies leave some at risk of being forcibly returned to a country where they fear imprisonment, interrogation or conscription into the war against Ukraine. For some, the journey to safety has ended in a terrifying...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick has strongly defended party leader Nigel Farage amid renewed allegations that the party has struggled to prevent extremist and racist views among some of its representatives. Jenrick said Farage had “probably done more than almost anybody” to oppose racism and the far right, after undercover footage appeared to show the Reform leader being...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The United Kingdom could potentially establish a much closer relationship with the European Union within months of making a political decision to deepen ties, according to a senior European parliamentarian who played a significant role in the Brexit negotiations. Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament’s trade committee, has suggested that a “Switzerland plus” arrangement could offer Britain...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Repairing the economic damage caused by Brexit should be one of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s highest priorities as the government considers a closer relationship with the European Union, according to the head of one of Britain’s leading business organisations. Shevaun Haviland, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, has argued that the UK’s current trading relationship with...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online One Nation has proposed a $2,000 subsidy for new parents in Victoria, putting maternity support at the centre of its election campaign while explicitly declaring that it will not seek changes to the state’s abortion laws. The proposal comes just one day after both Labor and the Liberal-led Coalition announced plans to remove out-of-pocket costs associated with abortion...