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<p>‘Both parts of his confession to Baldwin were unwise in the extreme. It was unwise to admit that he doesn’t always read his speeches before he delivers them – or that he doesn’t always read them “properly”, which is the same thing’</p>

John Rentoul

I thought I knew what Keir Starmer believed – now, it’s anyone’s guess

It was unwise of the prime minister to say he ‘deeply regrets’ the ‘island of strangers’ phrase – but even more so to admit that he doesn’t always properly read his own speeches before delivering them

<p>Anna Wintour with the late Queen Elizabeth at London Fashion Week in 2018: As my mother put it, ‘There’s ‘Country Life’ for the life you want, ‘Hello!’ to gawp at other people’s lives and ‘Private Eye’ for the truth behind the lives’</p>

Rowan Pelling

Farewell, Anna Wintour – Queen of editors with a nuclear-force power

<p>If every time I picked up the wine bottle to top up my glass – over a healthy dinner! So civilised! – it reminded me that I was increasing my risk of cancer, I suspect I might put it back down</p>

Flic Everett

Putting cancer warnings on alcohol would help me drink less

<p>Keir Starmer has described the spraying of paint on military planes at RAF Brize Norton as ‘vandalism’ and ‘disgraceful’</p>

Alan Rusbridger

Starmer used to defend the kinds of protesters he now calls terrorists

<p>Rachel Charlton-Dailey receives £558 a month in PIP – which she expects will be lost under Labour’s welfare cuts</p>

Rachel Charlton-Dailey

If Labour cuts my PIP, I lose everything I have worked for

<p>‘Not only did I feel lighter, but, for the first time since my son’s death, I felt hope that things might actually change’</p>

Louis Pilard

Wes Streeting is right to listen to bereaved parents – and I am one

<p>The Prince of Wales has been criticised for breeding his cocker spaniel</p>

Charlotte Cripps

I’m with Prince William – there’s a reason people want pure-breed dogs

<p>Daniel Hannan predicted that, nine years after the Brexit vote, ‘fuel bills have tumbled’ and there’s ‘shale oil and gas on tap’ </p>

John Rentoul

So, Mr Hannan, have any of your predictions for Brexit Britain come true…?

<p>‘While some locals may well be fed up with the fuss surrounding the Bezos/Sanchos wedding, it could be argued that 200 extra people is neither here nor there in a city that welcomes some 30 million tourists each year’</p>

Angelina Villa-Clarke

Sorry, Mr Bezos, it’s no wonder you’re not welcome in Venice in June

<p>Freida Hughes has lived in the same house for 21 years, cultivating the garden in that time</p>

Frieda Hughes

I opened up my garden to strangers – here’s how it went

<p>The purported self-driving capabilities of Tesla vehicles have been called into question by regulators as well as crash victims</p>

James Moore

As Tesla’s sales slump, is it time for Elon Musk to step aside?

<p>The chancellor claims the UK economy has ‘turned a corner’ – the Bank of England’s governor, meanwhile, suggests the opposite is true</p>

James Moore

When it’s Rachel Reeves vs Andrew Bailey, I know who my money’s on

<p>‘Working people don’t care who flips the table – Trump or Mamdani – as long as someone does’</p>

Pablo O'Hana

Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win in New York shows voter hunger for hope

<p>Fed chair Jerome Powell has refused Trump’s demand for lower US interest rates</p>

James Moore

Who will Trump pick to replace his ‘terrible’ and ‘stupid’ Fed boss?

<p>Rachel Charlton-Dailey receives £558 a month in PIP – which she expects will be lost under Labour’s welfare cuts</p>

Rachel Charlton-Dailey

If Labour had cut my PIP, I'd have everything I've worked for

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner with Rob Perrins, new chair of Berkeley Group, during their visit to the Oval Village project in London</p>

Chris Blackhurst

Angela Rayner must learn lessons from housebuilders to succeed

The government has big ambitions to build 1.5 million new homes – but for too long the private sector has been viewed with suspicion, writes Chris Blackhurst. It’s time for an urgent rethink

<p>Prime minister Keir Starmer at the G7 leaders’ summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada</p>

Andrew Grice

Has Starmer finally mastered the art of the U-turn?

<p>‘Mad heatwave shopping is not about sensible things like portable air con or linen clothing’</p>

Kat Brown

Help… I can’t stop ‘heatwave shopping’ at night!

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