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Yaya Bey was incredible at Islington Assembly Hall this evening

Reform MP Lee Anderson mocked by Angela Rayner over major by-election blunder Lee Anderson shared photos of himself campaigning for the Gorton and Denton by-election outside Stanley House Function Rooms - which is in the wrong constituency

Angela Rayner told The Mirror: "Farage's Reform can't even find the Gorton and Denton constituency on a map. Perhaps it's because they're too busy filling their party full of former Tories who failed the country."
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Nigel Farage's Reform hypocrisy exposed by letters as turncoat flip-flops Andrew Rosindell called for the UK to give up the Chagos Islands in 2021, a newly-surfaced letter shows - after The Mirror revealed he'd asked Joe Biden to help 'decolonise' the territory

Well well well. Andrew Rosindell wrote to Joe Biden asking for help 'decolonising' the Chagos Islands, then the following year wrote to (Foreign Sec) Dominic Raab saying failure to respect international demands undermined the UK. He's been very vocal recently 🤔
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Reform 'hypocrite' blasted as letter to Joe Biden about Chagos Islands emerges Andrew Rosindell, who defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK at the weekend, wrote to Joe Biden in December 2020 saying failure to 'decolonise' the Chagos Islands was causing international anger

Reform 'hypocrite' blasted as letter to Joe Biden about Chagos Islands emerges
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Racism horror as Nigel Farage says employers should be allowed to discriminate Anti-racism campaigners and unions voiced their horror after Nigel Farage doubled down on his decade-old call for anti-discrimination laws to be ripped up so employers can discriminate

Racism horror as Nigel Farage says employers should be allowed to discriminate
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Some interesting merch being handed out to journalists at the Lib Dem conference

Morning

Exclusive: UK's top bishop says Nigel Farage's deportation plan 'isn't the British way'
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Corbyn says new party has nearly as many members as Reform after just 24 hours Jeremy Corbyn announced on social media that 200,000 people had signed up to his new party less than 24 hours after its launched - putting it within touching distance of Nigel Farage's Reform membersh...

Jeremy Corbyn says 200,000 people have signed up to his new party in less than 24 hours. For context, Reform currently has 229,329 members
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Nigel Farage names ex-Tory who made racist remark on WhatsApp as defector A smiling Nigel Farage unveiled Tory Senedd member Laura Anne Jones as his latest Reform recruit - branding it a 'big step forward for Reform in Wales'

New Reform recruit Laura Anne Jones also said he wanted to go 'Chav shooting' and joked about shooting Ed Miliband
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Farage's 'fantasy' plan to cut crime unravels over 'fag packet' figures Nigel Farage has been accused of peddling a string of 'ill-thought through slogans' after making big promises to tackle crime, with questions over his sums and the impact on prisons

Nigel Farage has yet again been accused of peddling "fantasy" plans based on dodgy sums - this time on tackling crime
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Spiky from Keir Starmer when asked if suspending MPs was weak. "We have to deal with people who repeatedly break the whip because, everyone was elected as a Labour MP on the manifesto of Change, and everybody needs to deliver as a Labour government," he says

Donald Trump throws shade at 'sloppy Brexit' - but says Starmer's sorting it out US President Donald Trump said Britain's execution of Brexit was 'sloppy' - but praised Keir Starmer for getting it 'straightened out', days after Emmanuel Macron said UK voters were 'sold a lie'

Donald Trump said Britain's execution of Brexit was 'sloppy' - but praised Keir Starmer for getting it 'straightened out', days after Emmanuel Macron said UK voters were 'sold a lie'
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Got her up before 5am so she can have a good walk before it gets too hot. Does she look grateful?

Wednesday's DAILY MIRROR: War ready
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PM refuses to cancel welfare vote despite rebellion - see PIP data in your area Keir Starmer has insisted he will not cancel a vote on his disability welfare changes in spite of 123 Labour MPs backing an amendment demanding a rethink

Keir Starmer insists he will not cancel a vote on his disability welfare changes in spite of 123 Labour MPs backing an amendment that could torpedo it
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Sick 'pimping websites' given four-word warning as MPs demand new laws Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips says tough new laws will give courts the power to suspend adult service sites behind sexual exploitation as MPs demand paying for sex is made illegal

Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips says tough new laws will give courts the power to suspend adult service sites behind sexual exploitation as MPs demand paying for sex is made illegal
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YouTube video by Sly and the Family Stone - Topic Thank You for Talkin' to Me, Africa

RIP Sly Stone. At his peak he was unmatched
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Women told to keep working longer set for showdown which could affect millions WASPI campaigners say they are on course for a High Court showdown with the Government over the decision not to pay compensation to millions of women

WASPI campaign leaders say they are on target for a High Court showdown with the Government after clearing a major hurdle
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Nigel Farage skips crucial EU update to go on holiday in latest shameless move Nigel Farage has whined about the Government's EU reset agreement, but it turned out he missed a key update to the Commons because he has gone on holiday

Nigel Farage has been branded a 'part time leader' after jetting off on holiday and missing a chance to grill Keir Starmer on his post-Brexit EU deal - despite griping about it
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Starmer leaves door open to changing winter fuel cuts after months of backlash Keir Starmer told reporters in Tirana, Albania, that means testing winter fuel payments was the right thing to do, but did not deny reports that thresholds could change

Keir Starmer leaves door open to changing winter fuel cuts after months of backlash - by @daveburke12.bsky.social
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'I survived vile exploitation - sick supermarkets of the vulnerable must shut' Mia de Faoite, who endured years of harrowing abuse and exploitation, says prostitution laws must be torn up and so-called 'pimping websites' have to be closed down

Exploitation survivor Mia de Faoite warns 'pimping websites' are a 'supermarket of the vulnerable' in a harrowing interview calling for the law to change
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Lots of backlash over Keir Starmer’s migration speech, particularly his ‘island of strangers’ remark. Some spiky exchanges in the Commons - ‘apeing Reform’, ‘reflecting language of Enoch Powell’, ‘legitimising far-right violence’

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This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.

Dog who wouldn't sit still at polling station

Tackle vile 'pimping websites' and rip up outdated prostitution laws, MPs demand Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi warned sex trafficking on so-called 'pimping websites' is happening on an 'unimaginable scale' as calls grow for paying for sex to be criminalised

Plans backed by over 50 MPs would:
🚨 outlaw 'pimping websites'
🚨 criminalise those (predominantly men) who pay for sex
🚨 rip out 'out of date' soliciting and loitering offences
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Robert Jenrick hints at Farage pact in leaked recording as Tory split blows open Robert Jenrick was recorded said he is 'not prepared' for the Tories and Reform to split right-wing votes at the next general election in a massive blow to Kemi Badenoch, who has mocked Nigel Farage

Kemi Badenoch is under pressure to sack Robert Jenrick after he hinted at a pact with Reform UK in a leaked recording
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New law to sack police who fail background checks after 'absurd' loophole fury Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said it is 'not acceptable' that officers who fail vetting checks cannot automatically be sacked after legal challenges showed the difficulty in sacking them

New law to sack police who fail background checks after 'absurd' loophole fury
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Rachel Reeves warns UK won't accept US trade deal if red lines are crossed In an interview with The Mirror the Chancellor Rachel Reeves voiced her optimism an agreement can be reached to tackle the misery caused by Donald Trump's tariffs

Had an interesting chat with Rachel Reeves ahead of Washington trip next week:
🚨 UK will walk away from US trade deal if red lines crossed
🚨 Donald Trump not acting like a bully
🚨 No rush to get deal done
🚨 No commitment to Commons vote
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Minister responds to fears of global recession as Trump tariffs cause chaos Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander responded to a question on whether there would be a global 'bloodbath' with Donald Trump's tariffs causing a worldwide recession

Minister responds to fears of global recession as Trump tariffs cause market chaos
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