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An Anti-monarchy Labour MP swore allegiance to the King in a second attempt at the oath after initially omitting part of it in protest.Clive Lewis was warned he risked possible legal action and losing his seat after he did not to mention four words while swearing allegiance to the King.The Norwich South MP, who favours living in a republic, omitted the words “his heirs and successors” during his first attempt.By law, MPs need to make an oath or affirmation of allegiance to the Crown and are not allowed to speak in debates, vote or receive their salary until they do so. More

Angela Rayner has said she “does not recognise” JD Vance’s claim that that, under a Labour government, Britain could be “the first truly Islamist country” with a nuclear weapon.Donald Trump’s now-running mate recently made the remark at the National Conservatism conference.Speaking to Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, 16 July, the deputy prime minister said: “I think he said quite a lot of fruity things in the past.Ms Rayner added that she looked forward to meeting Mr Vance if the former president is re-elected. More

Sir Keir Starmer defended Joe Biden’s mental capability after a string of gaffes and a disastrous debate performance from the US president.In an interview with CNN, the new British prime minister addressed concerns over the president’s acuity after Mr Biden introduced Volodymyr Zelensky as “president Putin” and referred to his running mate Kamala Harris as “vice president Trump.”Sir Keir said Mr Biden was “in good form” when the pair spoke on the phone recently.Praising the Nato summit, he added: “President Zelensky [said] ‘this is a success’.“And so I do think [Mr Biden] deserves credit for that.” More

A Tory MP received a round of applause after hitting out at his own party, saying they deserved to lose the general election.George Freeman, who was a senior minister in Rishi Sunak’s government, slammed the Tories and accused his team of “taking voters for granted”, during a passionate Question Time speech on Thursday (11 July).Mr Freeman said: “I think there were a lot of good policies but the conduct of many of my colleagues in office and my party in office, we’ve looked as though power is ours by divine right, a crown to be played with while people are suffering and we’ve been thrown out unceremoniously for it.” More

Sir Keir Starmer declared the UK was back playing a leading role on the world stage at the conclusion of his first international summit as prime minister.He said his government would “reset” the UK’s relationship with Europe, return to leadership on climate change and “engage more deeply” with developing countries in the southern hemisphere.Sir Keir’s comments came at the conclusion of Nato’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington DC, where the prime minister said the allies had united behind Ukraine and the idea that a Russian victory is “unthinkable”. More