The Curious Incident of the Dog That Didn’t Bark in the Night-time. Exactly a year ago today, Rishi Sunak began the first of his many relaunches with a speech in which he announced his five pledges. Pledges that were downgraded over the course of the next few months first to promises and then to vague… Continue reading Rish!’s five pledges became five vague aspirations and now … nada | John Crace

Your article rightly mocks the government’s announcement that wine can now be sold in 568ml (1 pint) bottles (Pint of wine, anyone? UK looks to bring back ‘silly measure’, 27 December). If this is as far as the “benefits of Brexit” go then they are very sparse indeed. Using imperial measures in the retail trade is without… Continue reading By any yardstick, metric units beat imperial | Politics

Martin Kettle refers to Ramsay MacDonald’s 1924 government being the first to contain a woman, Margaret Bondfield, and suggests that the lesson to be learned by the current Labour leadership from that administration is not to be doctrinaire (How should Keir Starmer take on 2024? By looking back a century to Labour’s first government, 28… Continue reading Valuable lessons from the first Labour governments | Labour

The actor Alain Delon will file a legal complaint against his son over “a media outburst” in France’s most prominent magazine, his lawyer has said. In an interview published on Thursday, Anthony Delon told Paris Match that his father was finding it hard to accept his frail state of health, adding that there were “major… Continue reading French actor Alain Delon to file legal complaint against son over ‘media outburst’ | Alain Delon

Experts who follow the group confirmed that the statement, circulated online among jihadists, came from the extremists, who likely hope to take advantage of the chaos gripping the region amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Wednesday’s attack in Kerman killed at least 84 people and wounded another 284. It targeted a ceremony… Continue reading Islamic State group claims responsibility for Iran suicide bombings that killed at least 84 people

Conor Gallagher is ready to hold firm and fight for his future at Chelsea despite the club’s willingness to listen to offers for the midfielder this month. Gallagher’s contract expires at the end of next season and there has been no sign of a new deal being agreed. Chelsea, who are in talks to loan… Continue reading Conor Gallagher ready to fight for his Chelsea future amid Tottenham interest | Chelsea