Politics

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A new poll examining voting intentions and tactical voting in Britain suggests that the outcome of the next general election could be significantly affected by voters who are prepared to support a party other than their preferred choice in order to influence the result in their constituency. The research, conducted by Survation and the progressive campaign organisation 38...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A 37-year-old far-right activist has been arrested by police after allegedly filming himself slashing the side of a small migrant dinghy in the English Channel while a rescuer was reportedly on board, prompting an investigation into whether the incident endangered a person's life. Daniel Thomas, who is also known as Danny Tommo, was taken into custody on Wednesday...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Former British prime minister Tony Blair has called for Britain to work towards rejoining the European Union within the next decade, putting the question of EU membership back at the centre of Labour’s political debate and increasing pressure on Prime Minister Andy Burnham over the party’s long-term approach to Brexit. Blair’s intervention comes a decade after the 2016...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Elif Eralp’s rapid rise from a Berlin state parliamentarian to a potential governing mayor has become one of the most closely watched developments in German politics after Die Linke emerged as the strongest party in the capital’s latest state election. For Eralp, a 45-year-old lawyer born to political migrants from Turkey, the result has transformed a campaign built...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday as protests, diplomatic criticism and political pressure surround his government at home and abroad. His appearance comes at a particularly sensitive point, with Israel involved in conflicts involving Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, continuing international criticism over its policies in...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A federal judge in the United States has ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, temporarily blocking the administration from enforcing a ban that had prevented the three outlets from covering presidential activities inside the White House. US District Judge Timothy Kelly said the media organisations had...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Britain has put payments to Mauritius on hold and begun reassessing its agreement over the Chagos Islands after US President Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to the proposed transfer of sovereignty, with Defence Secretary Wes Streeting saying the arrangement cannot proceed in its current form without American support. Streeting said annual payments to Mauritius of at least £120...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Iran has rejected suggestions that it has abandoned its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz after holding three hours of talks with US representatives in New York, while President Donald Trump described the discussions as highly productive and indicated that further negotiations could take place soon. The unexpected meeting brought Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi together with...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The UK government is preparing to establish a new national centre dedicated to countering foreign disinformation, deepfakes and other forms of information warfare, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham saying Britain needs stronger defences against hostile state activity in the digital information environment. Burnham announced the creation of the National Centre for Information Defence during his address to the...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Members of the UK Parliament’s Treasury Committee have rejected calls for fundamental reform of the Office for Budget Responsibility, arguing that criticism of the independent economic watchdog should not become a way of blaming it for difficult decisions created by the country’s tight public finances. In a report published on Wednesday, the committee said policymakers should resist attempts...