Politics

Published: 18 August 2025. The English Chronicle Desk Victoria McCloud, the UK’s first transgender judge and now a litigation strategist at W-Legal, has initiated proceedings at the European Court of Human Rights challenging the process that led to the Supreme Court’s ruling on biological sex. McCloud argues that the Supreme Court undermined her Article 6 rights to a fair trial by refusing to hear her representation and by excluding evidence...

Published: 18 August 2025. The English Chronicle Desk The parliamentary standards watchdog has faced criticism after approving former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps to take a role as chair of Cambridge Aerospace, a defence-focused startup, on the condition that he avoids working on defence matters. The decision has drawn condemnation from political ethics experts, who argue that the advisory body’s ruling stretches credibility and highlights weaknesses in oversight. Shapps, a former...

Published: 18 August 2025. The English Chronicle Desk Novelist Sally Rooney, internationally acclaimed author of Normal People, has reaffirmed her commitment to supporting the direct-action group Palestine Action, declaring that she intends to continue using royalties from BBC adaptations of her works to fund the organisation. This comes despite the Home Office last month designating the group a proscribed terrorist organisation, making support for it a criminal offence under the...

Published: 17 August '2025 | The English Chronicle Desk Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has issued a stark warning to Nigel Farage and Reform UK, claiming their pledge to repeal the Online Safety Act could endanger a generation of young women by removing critical protections against abuse, including revenge porn. Rayner demanded that Farage clarify how his party would safeguard women and girls online if the current legislation were scrapped....

Published: 15 August 2025 — The English Chronicle Desk Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer of perpetuating what he calls a “democratic disparity” in the composition of the House of Lords, after claiming his party is being unfairly excluded from nominating peers to the upper chamber. The Clacton MP, who has previously campaigned for the abolition of the Lords, is now pressing for his party...

Published: 15 August '2025. The English Chronicle Desk British and allied military forces are fully prepared to deploy immediately in the event that a ceasefire is reached in Ukraine, the UK defence secretary has confirmed, as global attention turns to high-stakes negotiations between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. In a series of interviews ahead of the summit, Defence Secretary John Healey rejected any notion...

Published: 15 August 2025 — The English Chronicle Desk Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing mounting internal pressure to embrace a wealth tax as a growing financial shortfall threatens the stability of the United Kingdom’s public finances. Fresh polling reveals that an overwhelming majority of Labour Party members support higher taxation on the wealthy, calling on the government to adopt a markedly different approach to economic policy. A survey...

Published: 14 August 2025. The English Chronicle Desk, English Chronicle Online New guidelines proposed for UK police to disclose the ethnicity and immigration status of criminal suspects in high-profile cases have drawn sharp criticism from race campaigners, who warn that such measures risk fueling “dog-whistle politics” and exposing Black and brown communities to increased vulnerability. While officials argue the guidance is intended to combat misinformation, critics insist it may exacerbate...

Published: 14 August 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. English Chronicle Online European leaders expressed cautious optimism on Wednesday after a virtual call with former US President Donald Trump, just two days before his scheduled meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss a potential ceasefire in Ukraine. The discussions marked a last-minute effort by European leaders to ensure that Ukraine's interests and continental security remain central to the...

Published: 13 August 2025. The English Chronicle Desk The US State Department has raised serious concerns about the human rights situation in the United Kingdom, citing “significant human rights issues” and restrictions on free speech. The report states that conditions worsened in 2024, with credible evidence of restrictions on expression and incidents of antisemitically motivated crimes, violence, and threats following the 7 October Hamas attacks in Israel. Although the report...