Ann Harries

I was a teacher. The kids weren’t competitive, but the parents were.

Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK

Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Crypto investor based in Thailand donates further £3m to Reform Christopher Harborne’s gift is latest to party’s election war chest and comes amid calls for cap on political donations

Who the hell is this guy? And what does he want as a return on his £millions invested in Reform? Because it sure as shit isn’t a fairer, more progressive, equal and prosperous UK with good public services and well-regulated consumer protections.

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Reform fury as someone else wins by Our By-election Editor Tim Shipsink The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost comprehensively to someone else. "It's totally unfair and rigged," said Goodwhinge. "I shouldn't be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost." Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me. Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X. "We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families." Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice. They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green." Reform leader Mr Farage, speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said, "It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either." PLUMBER DEFEATS MATT GOODWIN Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… I've stopped the cock

Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.

Do you think maybe World Book day has got a little bit out of hand? Less about the enjoyment of books and more about the competition for the best costume?

Because I’m not American, I don’t actually know, does she have a position in Congress and she was trying to get into the Senate or does she not have a position? I think she’s great but I just see clips of her and I’m not quite sure exactly what her official position is.

Which is sad really considering how much popularity Keir has sacrificed on the altar of supporting Israel.

And this is why labour has a problem. People seem to think that the mere fact of being in office means that they can fix everything in 10 minutes. The EU has been badly burned and Farage is still in the background so don’t expect to just rejoin because it’s not going to happen.

looking forward to Ganesh's next smug, superior paean to Sensible Moderate Tories in about three days

I’d like to know who made the criticism, because if it’s Joe blogs who complains about everything, I’m not interested

Presumably, because they didn’t know at the time, but also because they are doing it in support of Iran.

Nothing in London in the poor parts, and I’m guessing here but probably not up in the north-east either and places like Blackpool because there won’t be enough doctors to make the system run smoothly.

Ugh. What is the matter with these people?

Not everywhere

Not quite sure that Carney did. A bat Trump straight away and I was quite surprised.

I thought Rory was wrong too, but I don’t think it’s so much dislike of Starmer as that his experience in Afghanistan and Iraq has made him really opposed to any kind of intervention in those countries and he thought that Starmer was weakening. For the record, I don’t think he was.

If these people are found to be working for a foreign power, Keir Starmer will be personally responsible. Whereas when a senior Reform colleague is jailed for ten years for taking bribes from Russia, that is nothing to do with me.

I think I've commented before that Ms Badenoch wouldn't recognise a fact if it stood in front of her and introduced itself! She is increasingly making ridiculous, insubstantial claims clothed as reality - she will come unstuck - hopefully soon.

Xx 😂

Gavin Newsom, the Democratic California governor, likened Israel to “an apartheid state” on Tuesday in comments sharply critical of the country’s joint war with the US against Iran.

The number of civilians killed in Israeli bombings of Lebanon since the beginning of spring has exceeded 100, including children

Such a strange thing seeing members of HM opposition, Reform and the Right wing press absolutely desperate for an attack to happen on a British base.. Cyprus or otherwise.

Wishing death and destruction on Brits so they can use it to attack the Labour government. Completely Ghoulish and Traitorous

Private Eye

"Why Trump turned on Britain"

Because he's a lazy, senile,irresponsible, necrotic imbecile with the temperament of a spoilt toddler who has never been told "no" by anyone.

Sir, For the first time I totally disagree with one of your editorials, which states that the UK should join the war alongside the Americans. To keep the UK out of this conflict is the bravest, strongest act by Sir Keir Starmer in this parliament. The Iranian regime without doubt is odious but this war is doomed to fail, just like the ones in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is not supported by the majority of Americans and will cost billions of dollars and many lives. At least the prime minister has learnt the lessons of history - unlike his counterpart in the White House. Dr Susan Kempson Haddington, East Lothian

PM is right to be cautious on Iran I read James Ball's balanced column "Trump's Iran gamble could unravel his presidency" (The i Paper, 3 March) with interest and, yes, his all-guns-blazing action might indeed come back to haunt him. He and his gung-ho colleagues may have read the room wrong and the American people will be furious if many of their young people die as a result of this war. Seemingly diplomacy is at an end and his presidential call of "America First" rings eerily empty. There is no doubt that the Iranian regime which targeted its own people had to be stopped, but is this the best way to do it? JUDITH A DANIELS REAT YARMOUTH My son was sent to the Gulf when Blair involved the UK in the last American-led fiasco. He still bears the mental scars. Consequently, Starmer's reluctance to get involved now is good news to me. L DGODDARD ASHFORD Those who criticise Sir Keir Starmer for not supporting Donald Trump might consider the possible consequences. Has it occurred to them that the Prime Minister is trying to minimise the risk of Iranian retaliatory action, either militarily or by individuals, by refusing to participate in this conflict? His duty to protect UK citizens is a priority. S LAWTON KIRTLINGTON

Letters in The Times and iPaper that reflect the views of British people far better than the deeply partisan, stupid and disloyal headlines of the rightwing press. Showing there is simply no issue on which they will just calm down and support a Labour govt. Not one. Not even in a war no one wants.

She certainly improved, and has been okay for two or three sessions so if you want to talk about since January maybe your comment has validity but if you want to talk and include 2025, she’s dire

Richard Holden. Why? so utterly sick of him and there is on Politics live again.

Nothing about this makes sense, Simon. Nobody knows why they did it other than Netanyahu’s quite naked admission of opportunism.

Don’t you think that Netanyahu will be rightly included in the blame along with MBS? Clearly nobody should be blaming anybody other than the actors.

I think the answer to that is no.