The High Court has said that Enoch Burke and his family have engaged in the most deliberate, sustained and concerted attack on the civil courts and the rule of law in this country in recent times and ...

The focus should be on talking up this government’s achievements so far – and preventing a Reform victory, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".

Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want At two minutes 45 seconds it’s about the same length as With a Little Help From My Friends. But Paul McCartney’s first new recording in five years lacks the sing-along tune and jaunty guitar chops because there’s barely anything there. The former Beatle, arguably Britain’s greatest living songwriter, is releasing a track of an almost completely silent recording studio as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies. Continue reading...

Home secretary to announce a drastic tightening of rules, including requiring asylum seekers to wait 20 years before getting the right to permanently settle in UK The Labour MP Diane Abbott has strongly condemned the government’s asylum plans in two posts on social media. Draconian, unworkable and potentially illegal anti-asylum policies only feed Reform’s support. The government has learnt nothing from the period since the general election. Some of the legal changes being proposed are truly frightening: Abolishing the right to a family life would ultimately affect many more people than asylum-seekers. The home secretary sounds like a Reform supporter. It’s a shame that the Human Rights Act, ECHR and her own backbenchers mean that this will never happen. The government are pretending to be tough, but while inside the ECHR they will get stopped in their tracks by leftwing lawyers and judges – probably including their own attorney general. The only way to control our borders is to leave the ECHR and deport every single illegal immigrant upon arrival, with no court hearings. Continue reading...