Michael Settle
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United Kingdom
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Politicians would envy the support Gary Lineker has attracted
POLITICS and football. Arguably, the most combustible of mixes. But throw in a popular TV presenter and add the national broadcaster, then you have… → Read More
Showing Corbyn the door is Starmer's big Blairite gamble
RUTHLESSNESS, often regarded as an unattractive characteristic in a politician, is invariably for a political leader, particularly one seeking to… → Read More
Does Rishi Sunak's new ethics advisor have teeth? We'll find out
AND so, finally, Rishi Sunak has acted and called on his new ethics adviser to shine the Whitehall torch onto Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs. Step… → Read More
Gaffe-prone Rishi better hope his sniping Tory colleagues belt up
IT’S arguable who had the bigger smile when it emerged Rishi Sunak had been fined for not wearing a seatbelt; Keir Starmer, Nicola Sturgeon, Liz… → Read More
Don't get comfy, cross-border political honeymoon won’t last long
HOW times change yet things always seem to stay the same. → Read More
Is there any hope of an outbreak of common sense?
THAT unexpected “chink of optimism” which emerged at the start of the week and raised hopes of a beginning to the end of Britain’s industrial… → Read More
Starmer's Brexit theft is either brave or very daft indeed
IT was a bold move, shameless even, some might say; Keir Starmer, the arch-Remainer, who people may recall campaigned for a second Brexit… → Read More
Despite Channel tragedy, more desperate people are heading this way
“IT was like something out of a Second World War movie; there were people in the water everywhere, screaming.” → Read More
Could the 'blancmange PM' be toast after the Christmas strikes?
CHRISTMAS, the season of goodwill to all, might arrive a tad late this year – if at all for some. → Read More
Clear-out of SNP's old guard has been a long time coming
THE writing had been on the SNP wall for quite some time after the summer stramash over MP Patrick Grady and Ian Blackford’s mishandling of it. → Read More
Trouble ahead for Sunak, Sturgeon and, whisper it, Starmer
“CHALLENGING” is the politician’s euphemism of choice. Hardly an interview goes by without an embattled Government minister or their opposite… → Read More
It's quite clear why even more Tory voters will migrate to Labour
UNDER David Cameron’s premiership - with Nigel Farage’s UKIP breathing down Conservative necks - it became something of an annual ritual for the… → Read More
Michael Settle: Can Sturgeon's daring 2024 election gamble succeed?
AS we now move tentatively towards the next General Election – or should that be “de facto” Scottish referendum? – it could be that the… → Read More
Right-wing Tories will be choking on their evening Beaujolais
BRITAIN’S winter of discontent has arrived early with an almighty thump: a recession; an accumulating number of strikes and the grim prospect of… → Read More
Michael Settle: Political tide could finally be going out for Trump
THE predicted Republican mid-term “red wave” he hoped to ride towards another term in the White House turned into a ripple while his potential… → Read More
There are no good options for the Tories now. Defeat looks inevitable
THE news was predictably grim. The UK’s economic winter of discontent is about to get colder, darker and last longer than anticipated with the… → Read More
SETTLE ON SUNDAY: The UK's utterly broken system is the clear attraction for migrants
IT’S bigger than any prison in the UK, meant to hold up to 1,600 people but currently has 3,000 with the “catastrophic overcrowding” having… → Read More
There will be no honeymoon for Truss's successor as PM
IT has become the norm that all premierships end in failure but Liz Truss decided to save time and began hers with failure. And yesterday,… → Read More
No wonder so many Tories are glum, and furious with Truss
IT’S been dubbed the “Truss premium”, or should that be the Truss tax: the extra hike in people’s mortgages due to UK Government… → Read More
Michael Settle: Without clarity and credibility, Truss is failing on all fronts
LIZ Truss is, if nothing else, full of surprises. → Read More