There's a bunch of Chevening Scholars in my Masters classes and they massively enrich it. Impressive people and also so obviously wedded to going back and improving their own countries.
EXCL: Home Office rejected appeal from foreign secretary Yvette Cooper that would have protected outstanding students in some of the world’s most dangerous countries from changes to UK’s immigration system.
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Trump annonce la fin de la guerre – ou pas © Chappatte dans Le Temps, Genève @letemps.ch 👉chappatte.com
Biggest daily drop in Brent in 4 years. On a day the Iranians appear to be mining the Strait.
Can anyone explain to me what the Blue Labour justification for this is? Who out there will vote Labour because Mahmood prevented a Sudanese Chevening Scholar? And to be honest, why won’t the PM simply overrule her?
I saw it. I cried a little.
Iran has a variety of Shaheds, one of which could in theory have reached Cyprus from Iran, but the ones that are most frequently used would - as you say - need to be launched from somewhere much closer.
Will Starmer manage to use this at PMQs tomorrow?
And dealing with mines is normally considered defensive work.
I know how to ask a devil's advocate question. If that was her intention, she's bloody awful at it, and can't complain if people take it the way she meant it. (Oops!)
Q2
"the Prime Minister is catching arrows rather than stopping the archer. That is what we are talking about. Why is he asking our allies to do what we should be doing ourselves? I say to Labour MPs that we are in this war whether they like it or not. What is the Prime Minister waiting for?"
"Technically"
I knew Badenoch was lying, and this was the example I knew how to find in a hurry.
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"The US has taken offensive action to destroy missile launch sites to defend British territory. Why will the Prime Minister not allow the RAF to do the same?"
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Now there is a climate emergency metaphor. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reporter: You just suggested that Iran somehow got its hands on a Tomahawk and bombed its own elementary school on the first day of the war. Why are you the only person saying this?
Trump: Because I just don’t know enough about it.
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Mullah is an honorific title for Muslim clergy and Imams. The term is widely used in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, and is also used for a man who has higher education in Islamic theology and sharia law. (Wikipedia)
But if you're a member of the Hegseth school of diplomacy...
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Great idea!
Was this a tactic Pompeo used with the Taliban?
👀 Did you post this to my office? Written with pink/purple ink? I'd really like to talk to you if so, I can protect your identity but what you sent was really important but not enough on its own. Get in touch via DM email etc... Pls RT.
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We can't have anybody stealing an election again...
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27 February 2026
"Trump’s claim that Iran will soon have a missile that can hit the United States is not backed by U.S. intelligence reports, and appears to be exaggerated... casting doubt on part of his case for a possible attack on the Islamic Republic."
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