Politics

Published: 25 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The BBC is facing intense scrutiny as chairman Samir Shah defended his leadership amid claims of bias and internal turmoil. Shah insisted he will not resign, despite public concern over divisions on the corporation’s board and a series of high-profile departures. The controversy stems from a Panorama documentary in which a speech by Donald Trump was edited to...

Published: 25 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Nigel Farage has broken his silence nearly a week after accusations emerged that he engaged in racist and antisemitic behaviour as a teenager. Speaking in a broadcast interview, the Reform party leader said he “never directly, really tried to go and hurt anybody,” responding to claims made by around 20 of his former schoolmates. The allegations, detailed in...

Published: 24 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A majority of Conservative Party members believe their party will need to prop up a government led by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK after the next general election, according to a new survey conducted by ConHome. The results highlight the deep uncertainty within the Tory rank-and-file as the party faces internal divisions and the prospect of being significantly weakened...

Published: 24 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The BBC is set to overhaul its editorial oversight processes and create a new deputy director general role following a row over political bias. The reforms aim to reduce the influence of a Conservative board member accused of attempting to sway the broadcaster’s impartiality. Tim Davie and Deborah Turness, head of BBC News, resigned amid the controversy after...

Published: 24 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing a new crackdown on benefit fraud while simultaneously removing the two-child limit for universal credit, a move expected to cost around £3 billion. Ministers hope the dual approach will balance the government’s welfare commitments with concerns about rising public spending and rising criticism from opposition parties. The decision has sparked debate across political...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a historic and unexpected victory, 34-year-old state legislator Zohran Mamdani has won New York City’s mayoral election, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo, a candidate backed by both the political establishment and former President Donald Trump. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, becomes the city’s first Muslim immigrant mayor and the youngest in over a century, sending reverberations across...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights organisation in the United States, has filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, challenging Abbott’s recent designation of the group’s Texas chapter as a “foreign terrorist organisation.” The move has drawn sharp criticism from civil rights advocates, Democratic lawmakers,...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Venezuela’s political crisis has taken a dramatic turn as the nation’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has been warned that she will be considered a fugitive if she travels abroad to accept her Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement by Venezuela’s Attorney General, Tarik William Saab, has added a new layer of tension to an already volatile political...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online As the COP30 climate summit unfolds in the Amazonian host city of Belém, global attention has turned sharply toward India, the world’s third-largest carbon emitter, and the only major economy still holding back its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The delay has prompted mounting questions from diplomats, environmental groups, and analysts who fear that the world cannot...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online WhatsApp messages have revealed how Nathan Gill, a former MEP for Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party and later leader of Reform UK in Wales, took bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign in the European Parliament. Gill, who faces prison, was paid thousands of pounds to give TV interviews supporting a key Putin ally and to make...