Kris Tooke

"Unquestionably blindly following the Americans is, in my view, the wrong thing to do.. I'd pass legislation that said military action could be taken if.. the lawful case for it was made.. there was a viable objective &.. you got consent of the commons"

When's the vote, Keir?

Trump called it.

In 2019 😜

Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum Home secretary announces 30-month protection limit, with refugees required to leave if their home countries are later judged safe

So, even if a refugee is granted asylum, it can be revoked any time the Home Office decrees that their former country is now safe.
And we thought Patel & Braverman were as bad as it could get.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

This is an, err, interesting take on parliamentary democracy from the leader of a major party.

Refugee status becomes temporary in asylum shake-up Adults and accompanied children claiming asylum will only receive refugee status for 30 months under the changes.

Abysmal, immoral, cruel, small hearted, tiny minded, ineffective, undemocratic, and just generally utterly indecent. What a bitter godforesaken disappointment these people are.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

While we're all distracted by Iran, Shabana Mahmood is continuing Labour's sprint Right...

In my over half a century on this Earth, I have never seen a British political party more determined to lose the next election.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

This is important to help you understand how some news outlets intrumentalise wording to help support the far-right agenda. We've had it for 10 years now with their promotion of MAGA, Farage and other fascists.

Seeing as we're getting upset the Ayotallah was killed, and seeing as we are the self declared successor state, let's look at some of the heads of state USSR & Russia have killed.

We'll ignore that we tried to kill Zelensky. That just highlights our incompetence. 🧵

2022: Ukrainians hope that NATO will help

2026: Ukrainian experts help NATO

We will also involve experts from Ukraine to help our partners in the Persian Gulf shoot down Iranian drones, - Starmer.

Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum Home secretary announces 30-month protection limit, with refugees required to leave if their home countries are later judged safe

So, Labour involves us in America’s aggression and simultaneously plans to make refugee status temporary.
Does politics really have to be this dangerous and cruel? They take such unforgivable risks with people’s lives.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

OK, the Gorton and Denton by-election, I have some thoughts!

Let's take a look at some of the FACTS and burst a few of the more ridiculous takes doing the rounds

But first up, can we acknowledge just what bad losers Reform are?!🤣

Right, let's get started...

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THIS IS NOT AMUSING.

First it shows the power of Kuwaits air defences and the weakness of the older F-15’s in a hotly contested environment.
Also shows marked lack of inter-force coordination and trigger finger responses from poorly trained operators on the ground.

Well, yes, trans people are getting drugs; yes, from entirely unregulated sources; yes, without counselling; yes, without blood tests; yes, they are self-administering; yes, without clinical oversight; yes, risking long term harm; yes, it is highly suboptimal.

What did you think would happen?

Has Shabana Mahmood defected to Reform yet?

Labour is stubborn in defeat because it knows this: we face the belated end of the political 20th century | John Harris In Gorton and Denton, I heard again and again that people wanted seismic political change – Labour and the Tories are no longer part of that conversation, says Guardian columnist John Harris

"Whereas so-called 'red wall' residents who have moved to the right have been lionised by Labour insiders as 'hero voters' to be chased and never criticised, Labour-Green switchers must apparently be scolded for being seduced by indulgent and reckless gesture politics."

It would be great if the US showed the same level of determination against Russia that it shows toward Iran.

Sadly, that doesn’t happen because Trump is compromised by Russia, as shown in the Epstein files

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

See a pattern here?

No, Shabana Mahmood, people seeing failing state support and crumbing infrastructure don't have either legitimate concerns or a legitimate grievance against immigrants, refugees or asylum seekers.

They have a legitimate grievance against governments.

Six years ago, his principles were entirely different.

Some thoughts

- Shed no tears for Khamenei et al - Islamic Republic has been brutal at home and scourge regionally

- Revolted at Bibi/Trump reckless and self interested adventurism

- UK has little alternative re use of Fairford and Diego Garcia - defence of GCC is a thin but defensible line

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🎯🎯

Stop sending me this. 😭

Dirty water, death and decline: the inside story of a privatisation scandal There is no end in sight to the pollution caused by a ‘broken’ system. Experts say it could even be getting worse

Neither Tory or Labour governments have governed for the benefit of the people. If they had we would have clean water, affordable energy and food. Their words are excuses and I for one am sick and tired of the lot of them.

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it.

Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.

The last few years have exposed a dangerous reality:

European munition stocks are far from sufficient for a high-intensity conflict.

Deterrence is hollow without deep inventories of cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, guided bombs, and interceptors.

Time to finally step up!

Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton | Sadiq Khan The threat to the party in some parts of our country is now existential. But we can progress, as we have in London, by being bold and strong in our core beliefs, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

"Trying to compete with Reform not only feels inauthentic... but a betrayal of what Labour is supposed to represent. We must address the concerns and fears of voters, not play on them."

Damning stuff from Sadiq Khan

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

So presumably this Daily Mail campaign against "foreign-born" voters will quickly be applied to their foreign-born star columnist, Boris Johnson, and their own France-based for tax purposes non-dom owner?