Politics

Published: 06 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Growing political pressure surrounds Palantir contracts in the United Kingdom as opposition figures demand an immediate pause on further government deals. Concerns centre on transparency, lobbying links, and the handling of sensitive public sector data systems. Several MPs argue that Palantir contracts should be frozen until ministers release fuller records of meetings, negotiations, and approval processes. The controversy...

Published: 05 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Press rights are facing increasing dangers in the United States, Nancy Pelosi warned this week. The former House speaker described press rights as being “under siege” following the arrest of journalist Don Lemon and an FBI search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home. Pelosi stressed that these actions, which involved confiscating electronic devices, are intended to intimidate...

Published: 05 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Mandelson files controversy has entered a critical new phase after a senior parliamentary figure promised openness despite political risk. A cross-party intelligence committee is now examining sensitive background material connected to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States. The process has triggered heated debate across Westminster and raised fresh questions about transparency,...

Published: 05 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. California’s new congressional map has cleared a major legal hurdle, allowing Democrats to maintain strategic advantage. The Supreme Court ruled the California map can be implemented this November, rejecting a last-minute challenge from California Republicans. Focused on redistricting politics, the decision underscores the continuing struggle between partisan interests and voter initiatives in American democracy. Proposition 50, which voters...

Published: 05 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The UK defence funding has faced scrutiny as ministers continue to defend delays to the military spending plan. Defence funding remains critical as the government seeks to bridge a growing £28bn gap, which has already affected major programmes including the Tempest fighter jet. Luke Pollard, the minister for defence readiness and industry, insisted the plan is “a bigger...

Published: 05 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Fresh criticism has erupted around the Department for Work and Pensions after senior MPs accused its leadership of allowing a damaging culture to grow around carer allowance administration. The growing carer allowance controversy centres on how thousands of unpaid carers were pushed into unexpected debt through systemic failures. Lawmakers say repeated warnings were ignored, leaving vulnerable people exposed...

Published: 05 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A growing Starmer crisis is shaking Westminster after senior Labour MPs warned that the prime minister’s position now looks increasingly fragile. Anger has spread quickly across the parliamentary party following controversy surrounding Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador. The Starmer crisis intensified after fresh disclosures about Mandelson’s past links with Jeffrey Epstein triggered uproar in the Commons. What...

Published: 04 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online After months of sharp rhetoric and public insults, US President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro struck a notably conciliatory tone following a high-profile meeting at the White House, signalling a potential thaw in relations between Washington and Bogotá. The closed-door bilateral talks, which lasted around two hours, covered a wide range of sensitive regional issues, including...

Published: 04 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Russia’s renewed attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as “barbaric” and “particularly depraved”, after a wave of overnight strikes plunged large parts of the country into darkness amid dangerously low winter temperatures. The comments came after Starmer held talks with US President Donald Trump, only hours after Russian missiles and drones...

Published: 04 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s former leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and once regarded as his most likely successor, has reportedly been shot dead, according to Libyan media and international news agencies. He was 53. Confirmation of his death emerged on Tuesday when the head of Saif al-Islam’s political team told the Libyan News Agency that he...