Financial Times
John Major: leaving Afghanistan 'morally incomprehensible'
The departure from Afghanistan leaves a 'stain on the reputation of the west', the former prime minister tells the FT Weekend Festival, as he discusses Britain's place in the world, and says nationalism in Boris Johnson's Conservative...
TLDR News
Is Rishi Moving Further to the Right?
During the Conservative Leadership campaign, Rishi Sunak was seen as the more moderate candidate in comparison to Liz Truss' free-market libertarianism. But now as Prime Minister, is Sunak actually sliding further right on the political...
TLDR News
The UK's Income Inequality Crisis Explained
The UK has a rate of income inequality higher than most other nations. How much of an issue is the inequality, what is driving it and is it actually getting worse?
Financial Times
The case for a new centrist political party in Britain
There has been a lot of talk in Britain about the need for a new centrist political party. Political commentator Janan Ganesh talks to FT editor Lionel Barber about whether this is something that could happen.
TLDR News
Johnson's Brexit Plan Rejected by the House of Lords: Internal Market Bill Amended - TLDR News
Yesterday the Internal Market Bill (a fundamental part of Johnson's Brexit plan) made it to the committee stage in the House of Lords. This bill is infamous for allegedly breaking international law, so the Lords weren't all that keen,...
History Hit
The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore
Charles Moore discusses the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady: where she succeeded, where she failed and why she still matters today.
TLDR News
Third Round of the Tory Leader Race Explained
So yet another candidate has been knocked out, Rory Stewart. In this video, we explain what Stewart's departure means for the race and what else we learn from the third round of voting - such the inevitability that it's going to be...
TLDR News
Theresa May's Chequers Deal - Brexit Explained
UPDATE: Around the time of this video's release the EU rejected the Chequers Plan we discuss in the video. We found out hours before the release of the video, once the video was already queued and scheduled. We had been working on the...
TLDR News
What the EU Election Results Mean for Brexit - Brexit Explained
Last week people across the EU went to the polling station to cast the votes for a new bunch of MEPs. The results of these elections could have serious ramifications for Brexit and the EU as a whole. The success of the Brexit Party may...
TLDR News
Second Round of the Tory Leader Race Explained - TLDR
So another candidate has been knocked out, Dominic Raab. In this video, we explain what Raab's departure means for the race and what else we learn from the second round of voting - such as Boris Johnson continuing to dominate and Rory...
TLDR News
Housing Minister Robert Jenrick’s Planning Scandal: Cash-for-Favours or Coincidence? - TLDR News.
Government Housing Minister Robert Jenrick has been catching a lot of media attention in the last month or two - with some of his old decisions coming to light and looking a little... suspect. Most notable among these is his approval of...
TLDR News
Is Johnson About to Call A General Election? - TLDR Explains
In recent weeks there has been increasing chatter about the Johnson calling a general election. That has come to a head in recent days with the PM referencing it in a speech outside Downing Street. In this video, we discuss what his...
TLDR News
The Conservative Leadership Election Explained - TLDR News
The first round of the Conservative Leadership Election is complete and the list of candidates has been almost cut in half. There's one clear front runner, Boris Johnson. So in today's video, we discuss if it's inevitable he will become...
TLDR News
The New Independent Group Explained - TLDR Explains
About a week ago, on Monday the 18th February, seven Labour MPs resigned from their party to form this new Independent group. This had been a long time coming, and most of these MPs had been vocal critics of Jeremy Corbyn way before...
The Economist
Who will be Britain's next prime minister?
The race is already on to replace Theresa May as Britain's prime minister. Adrian Wooldridge, our political editor, assesses the chances of five leading Conservative politicians hoping to take the top job.
TLDR News
Can You Vote for the New Prime Minister? - TLDR News
Choosing the next Prime Minister is a big and important task, so it seems natural to make the process and simple and democratic as possible. However, in the UK only 160,000 people will be voting to select the new PM. We discuss who gets...
TLDR News
The Brexit Party Won't Stand in 317 Conservative Seats - TLDR Explains
Yesterday Nigel Farage announced that the Brexit Party wouldn't contest the 317 seats that are currently held by the Conservatives. The idea is that by letting the Tories have a clean run at it, they avoid splitting the Brexit vote. So...
TLDR News
Conservatives Upset With May Over Talks with Corbyn - Brexit Explained
Yesterday May entered into serious talks with leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn. While Labour's stance on Brexit is quite difference, May hoped they might be able to forge a solution for Brexit. However, all she seemed to do was...
TLDR News
MPs Approve a Bill Blocking No-Deal - Brexit Explained
On Tuesday night MPs voted to give themselves the power to take control of the Parliamentary timetable. They used this time to discuss the Benn Bill. This bill would require the PM to request an extension to the Brexit deadline if there...
TLDR News
The Brexit Plans of the Candidates for Prime Minister
During the first round of the leadership race, there were 10 people looking to replace Theresa May as Prime Minister. In this video, we discuss their plans for Brexit and what else they say they'd do if they won the race.
TLDR News
Who Will Replace May as Prime Minister?
Yesterday Theresa May announced that she was stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party, and therefore stepping down as Prime Minister. That means there's an opening for another conservative to take her place and become Britain's...
TLDR News
THREE Reasons Why The Conservative Poll Lead Has Collapsed - TLDR News
Having led for weeks and often by a considerable margin, recent polling has put Labour ahead of the Conservatives for the first time in Starmer's Tenure. But what is driving the collapse of Johnson's support? In this video, we look at...
The Wall Street Journal
Britain's New Horizons
How will Britain leaving the EU affect business, trade and security and what is Britain's new vision for its place in the World?