Matthew Keane

UK: Prince Andrew arrested.

South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.

Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.

USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

Robert Jenrick announces Reform UK will keep the OBR and Bank of England independence, with an emphasis on fiscal discipline, signified by restoring the two child benefit cap.

The speech is essentially the same as every Tory chancellor's conference speech in the last 10 years.

This is absoloutely not a hit at Hannah but... when we referance Jo and David Amess being murdered and the shock of that...

... we should also remember Andy Pennington who was murdered protecting his MP in 2000.

Staff count too.

As Liberals/Social Democrats we need to do way more to celebrate what we have and way less time saying how terrible it is.

Celebrate multiculturalism, the welfare state, cheap food, medical advances etc etc etc! They're all pretty great!

The issue is that since 2016 we have accepted that you're only allowed to do this to voters who are more liberal than you.

Norway police investigate diplomat over Jeffrey Epstein links Mona Juul and her husband Terje Rød-Larsen - who played a vital role in the Oslo Accords - are being investigated for

Europe is the epicentre of Epstein fallout. Meanwhile, in the US - nothing. The rule of law there is clearly breaking down, as authoritarianism proceeds the way it always does.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I think politics is very hard, harder than most people realise. But at the same time it is also more simple than politicians imply: most people want things to stop getting more expensive at the same time as their quality of life gets shitter, and they want to broadly trust that the system is fair.

Peter Mandelson – the great genius at the heart of New Labour.

Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'.

Nick Timothy – the great genius at....

Morgan McSweeney – the great....

Steve Hilton...

Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?

While we all get swept up in Westminster, take a moment to think how fortunate we are

‘I’m British, English and British Asian’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity Podcaster claimed former prime minister not English because he is ‘brown-skinned Hindu’

It is terribly sad that the former PM feels the need to say this in the face of low life blowhards.

We cannot allow this to even be a question.

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To those who doubt the need for the @commonswec.parliament.uk’s inquiry into the abuse of Muslim women & girls, which followed summer’s of hateful riots across the UK - look at the vile abuse recieved after recently visiting a brilliant local school.

This abuse is aimed at school children.

Baffling how he became the most powerful man in the world

The polls this week will be a good test if the Lab vote has bottomed out or not

Usually when a Labour leader is embattled they would have an army of supporters to defend them. Doubly so a Labour Prime Minister. Surely Starmer's crowning achievement is the alienation of his own party inside of 2 years to the extent that nobody is willing to stand up for him now. Incredible work.

If only this is was the headline and the focus. If only.

Would add to this list of rights becoming law, bereavement leave entitlement for all workers who experience miscarriage and all forms of pregnancy loss.

I supported Starmer until he blocked Burnham

Wiinning elections for Labour isnt easy with the media we have got.
Some good things have been done but unfortunately a lot of that hasn't been felt by the general public.
I agree the political operation at number 10 has been poor and starmer is a poor communicator.

Can't believe we were out of power for 14 years and in less than 2 years we have descended into this. It's unforgivable and Starmer should pay with his job. The stakes are too high for sentiment.

With a heavy heart I believe the PM should resign

The country was lucky to have Brown and Darling leading us through the financial crash.
Not so lucky to have Johnson and Hancock during Covid.

Great news....now lets work to keep the tory/reform bastards out of power so they can never bring the benefit cap back.

I think ICE killing US citizens is extreme yes

The customs union story is the only really important story

Quite literally a wifebeating policy

The continuing Mandelson story is I think just another illustration of why this government's approval fell dramatically and remains rock bottom. The change that didn't come - freebies, scandals, old faces, and no sign of understanding why these matter.

Mandelson's appointment just proved - once again - that this government and its advisers see politics very firmly through a 20th century prism. Disastrously so.

No water, no heating, no power, -15 degree weather outside.

It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.

Musk sent this email on Christmas Day - he already had five kids under the age of 8 at this point.

Is she still employed by the bbc?