Lewis did stand for the leadership when Starmer won.

Ukraine sent drone experts to protect US bases in Jordan, says Zelenskyy Interceptor drones and operators deployed to Middle East after ‘requests for help from 11 countries neighbouring Iran’

I hope Trump said thank you.
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

DUBAI issues emergency alert. are evacuating apartments 00:31 9اا Emergency Alert now نظرا للأوضاع الراهنة تهديد صاروخي محتمل، ݕرجى الاحتماء فورا في مبنى آمن بعيدا عن النوافذ والأبواب والمناطق المفتوحة وانتظر التعليمات الرسمية ) وزارة الداخلية م Due to current situation, a potential missile threats, Seek immediate shelter in the closest secure building, and to steer away from windows, doors, and open areas. Await for further instructions

Sorry for anyone affected by the violence in the Middle East and that sympathy extends to Isabel Oakeshott and her family.

Perhaps this experience will help her reflect on the fear and suffering of millions of people who suffer far far worse and are obliged to flee famine and war.

Let me guess, wealthy people who moved to Dubai to avoid paying taxes now want the countries they moved from to protect them?

FarRage and Goodwin (Badloser, geddit?) show by their graceless and baseless comments after their loss in Gorton and Denton that they really don't like the country they live in and the people they live among. They should emigrate.

Osborne, Cameron & certain Lib Dems have a lot to answer for. All problems you see today from pot holes, to waste dumping, sub standard housing, rise of food banks is all because they decimated public funding while selling off infrastructure too. They need their day in the court of accountability.

I propose a new word - tantrump.

‘Right about everything’: Liz Truss tweets photo of meeting with Trump Unclear how encounter between Britain’s shortest-serving PM and US president was initiated and how long it lasted

Careful, Donald. Remember what happened to the Queen...
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Keir Starmer’s director of communications Tim Allan steps down Exclusive: Decision follows departure of chief of staff Morgan McSweeney over Peter Mandelson scandal

Rats and ships?
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There's a one hour special on Nigel Farage and Reform UK, and whether they are ready to lead, on BBC2

Presumably, there will be a similar one hour special on Zack Polanski, and whether The Greens are ready to lead, as well?

‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served Bar owners say they struggle to dissuade people from forming a line as behavioural experts point to post-pandemic ‘new norms’

Queuing at the pub? Now I know that this country is finished.
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Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds Exclusive: Voters say they have little confidence that government can control borders despite sharp falls in net migration

I wonder where these people get their information...
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A reminder that Thatcher's "government as household" analogy traps us in a degenrate narrative that will always end in austerity.

‘Catastrophic’ MoJ leasing of jail with toxic gas set to cost more than £100m MPs criticise 10-year deal struck in ‘blind panic’ to rent Dartmoor prison, where high levels of radon had been detected

Meanwhile Charles and William are laughing all the way to the bank. The Duchy knew about the radon problem before agreeing the lease.
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‘Shameful’ 41,000 people reached UK by small boat last year, says Home Office Second highest annual number of irregular arrivals on record reached British shores in 2025

Its a new year and I'm already sickened by this weak govt's take on what is effectively a human tragedy - people embarking on unsafe boat journeys in search of safety and security - former human rights barrister Keir Starmer you can do better -the shame is on you
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Kemi B: "People who hate Britain should not be welcomed into our country." OK, let's deport Farage then. What does he like about the UK? I suspect even the pints of ale are a pose, and he drinks claret away from the cameras.

Thank God they didn’t claim an extra £10 in Benefits or they really would be in trouble!

2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.

So Corbyn who is a renowned fighter against discrimination is tarred as an anti-Semite by the UK press, whilst Farage singing about gassing Jews and being an overt racist is treated by the same press as banter. Every wrong in the UK summed up in one juxtaposition

Half-heartedly following the Your Party debacle you become aware that the 'left' constantly issues tests of ideological purity, elevating issues that, while not unimportant, are very far from most people's concerns, thereby sabotaging itself from the outset.

Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’

A lot of the problem is shit life syndrome - poverty, stress, inequality.
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"

As opposed to doing what with their children??

Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK

Will Border Force be extracting gold teeth?
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Listening to Radio 4 and the reporting on people seeking asylum is factually incorrect on multiple levels, including overstating channel crossings in comparison to other routes to seek asylum. No wonder people don't understand the situation when the media reporting on it is so poor.

UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.

"The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing." Harold Wilson, 1962. So with the latest anti-refugee moves, it is nothing. Morally empty, politically inept.
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We need to talk about government spending and why there is plenty of money A blog for the promotion of social, economic and environmental justice

1/ The government has plenty of money. Here's my explainer. A short read.

Some extracts below 🧵

Well I've been complaining to the BBC about biased coverage of asylum seekers but I didn't expect Davie to resign over it.

Reform…