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🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves says she chooses Urusula von der Leyen over Donald Trump

“I believe our future is closely intertwined with that of Europe”

Keir Starmer’s Independent Ethics Adviser says he doesn’t have the grounds to investigate the Prime Minister over Peter Mandelson’s appointment

“The documentation that has been made public indicates that the relevant process for a political appointee was followed”

Apparently this is right-wing coded now, but I wouldn't have thought for a second before selecting historic milestones. I am, as ever, utterly alienated from the British public.

We know we need to go further and faster on the cost of living and give people hope, but we’re seeing real Labour help coming through. (Nice to persuade the audience member on that)

#bbcqt

This is cruel to the young people concerned, self-destructive for the UK and will not win over a single Reform voter.

And, perhaps more importantly (in terms of current influence), those of Badenoch and Farage, plus their media cheerleaders

The US says it will loosen sanctions on other countries buying Russian oil and petroleum loaded on vessels at sea, in a bid to curb price rises

The cost of oil rose to more than $100 a barrel yesterday

Russia continues to pound Ukrainian cities with drones on a daily/nightly basis

The Middle East is on fire, UK military bases are under attack, energy prices are going through the roof and the official opposition is spending its week wanging on about pictures of otters
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/kemi-baden...

How it started ... How it's going

Nigel Farage breaks with his Welsh leader over insurance system for the NHS Reform UK’s Welsh leader Dan Thomas told POLITICO he would rule out moving to an insurance-based system after Nigel Farage said it would be a “national decision ahead of a general elect…

What a spectacle of incoherence.

Reform’s Welsh leader promises not to go down the NHS/insurance route…while Farage keeps that option open for the rest of us. Probably because he’s already committed to selling us out.

Corruption and betrayal nailed on with this lot.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-n...

On some level I’m not sure my mind can quite grasp the raw stupidity of conducting a massive decapitation strike against Iran with no day two plan whatsoever, and then immediately finding yourself in a worldwide energy crisis with no off-ramp because you didn’t expect Iran to react

Fiona Bruce, "Should the Prime Minister Keir Starmer resign over Mandelson?"

Kay Burley, "No, of course he shouldn't"

"He's a bit busy trying to keep us out of WWIII"

It is extremely difficult to construct a practical case against this position. Net Zero is now as much about patriotism as it is about climate change.

We can all agree that I'd look fantastic on a £5 note

Negotiating with Starmer to keep Farage out of power: Nah.
Negotiating with Vladmir Putin: Sure thing.
Also Zack Polanski: Starmer shouldn't negotiate with Trump, he isn't to be trusted!

My humble submission to the new Bank of England with concepts for the new bank notes to please both sides.

BREAKING: “Just hanging about. That’s how she described our pilots in the region. They have been flying sorties in 7 of the 10 countries in the region night and day, taking out incoming strikes, protecting the lives of others whilst risking their own”
Keir Starmer
#PMQs

Keir Starmer: 'In this job, you don't get a second shot at making the right call on taking your country to war.

'If she (Kemi Badenoch) were Prime Minister, we would be in the war, and she would be coming back to Parliament a week later to say, "oh, sorry, I got that one wrong".'

Starmer turning the screw over Badenoch's claim she never wanted the UK to join US/Israeli invasion of Iran

"She & the Reform leader have been spooked, because they’ve realised they jumped into supporting a war without considering the consequences, and now she’s furiously trying to backpedal."

Badenoch said if she was prime minister HMS Dragon would have left a week ago. Presumably with its doors hanging off and with no weapons onboard.

Telling how confident Starmer now feels in owning his Iran decision. His best outing against Badenoch at PMQs in months. KB not alone in shifting her position. Many of those in the press and politics demanding war and condemning Starmer loudest have been far quieter since the inevitable chaos began.

When Robert Jenrick was Housing Minister, he rolled out a “Green Housing Revolution”:

www.gov.uk/government/n...

It includes Heat Pumps, reducing fossil fuels, solar, preventing climate change etc.

He’s now pretending he’s Mr Reform anti-Net Zero.

#BullshitBobby

Nuclear experts undercut White House claims about Iran reactor at heart of case for war The Trump administration sent negotiators without nuclear expertise to lead talks on Iran’s enrichment program. Now, its public case for war centers on a facility that experts say cannot do what offic...

This story suggests that Witkoff and Kushner bungled the negotiations with Iran because they don't understand nuclear technology

www.ms.now/news/trump-i...

Impressed that Kemi Badenoch now seems to be calling for an ... independent British war on Iran?

The Greens want NIMBY votes and they want votes from people who want massive renewables investment and they want votes from people who want cheaper housing and lower rents. They can dodge the obvious contradictions of this for a while - luxury of insurgent opposition - but not forever.

New More in Common poll finds that 55% of British voters want Keir Starmer to prioritise "standing up to Trump", compared to just 27% who say he should prioritise working with him.

74% say they want British forces to have either no involvement in the Iran war or to just offer defensive cooperation.

🚨 WATCH: Labour MP Charlotte Nichols reveals she was raped as an MP as she opposes the jury trial reforms

"I waited 1,088 days to go to court. We've been told [by the Government] that if we have concerns about this Bill, it's because we've not been raped"

With every passing day, the decision of Starmer and his cabinet a) not to join the Iranian war b) to delay access to bases looks wiser and wiser. Trump’s press conference last night shows he has no real idea what the objectives are and its duration is arbitrary.

EXC: Nigel Farage defends Reform-run Kent County Council increasing council tax by 3.99% despite election leaflets last year pledging to “reduce waste and cut your taxes”.

Mr Farage told ITV News Meridian: “Cutting taxes can be not putting them up as much, I suppose.”

Oil Prices Tumble After Trump Says Iran War ‘Very Complete’ Oil futures, which surged as much as 31% Sunday night to more than $100 a barrel, have tumbled back down, a stunning reversal that gained momentum after President Trump told CBS that the war he launch...

If true that Trump is signalling an end in sight, then what we’ve learned from this fiasco is that the Iranian regime does not collapse even under intense pressure & the rest of the world can’t endure closure of the straits of Hormuz for very long at all www.wsj.com/livecoverage...