Kevin Schofield

'Shames Us All': Keir Starmer Is Now Facing Pressure Across Political Spectrum To Act On Gaza The Daily Express's front page today could mark a significant shift in the British media's approach to Israel's war in Gaza.

This morning's Daily Express splash feels like a bit of a moment.

Story by @katenicholson.bsky.social

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James Cleverly Is Returning To The Tory Frontbench. That Spells Trouble For Kemi Badenoch The former leadership contender is at odds with his party's leader on key issues.

On the Today programme, James Cleverly won't say he agrees with Kemi Badenoch when she says she is "increasingly of the view" that the UK needs to leave the ECHR, and repeats his view that doing so would not be a "silver bullet".

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Is That It? Kemi Badenoch Accused Of 'Deckchair Shuffling' After Frontbench Shake-Up James Cleverly has made a comeback and, er, that's about it.

Is That It? Kemi Badenoch Accused Of 'Deckchair Shuffling' After Frontbench Shake-Up

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Tory Who Used Racist Slur About Chinese People Defects To Reform UK Laura Anne Jones also once said she wanted to "shoot chavs".

Tory politician who used racist slur about Chinese people and once said she wanted to "shoot chavs" defects to Reform UK.

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How Does Farage Want To Protect The UK From 'Collapse'? By Sending Prisoners To El Salvador, Of Course Andrew Neil quickly said that would be like offloading prisoners to "some godforsaken hellhole".

How Does Farage Want To Protect The UK From 'Collapse'? By Sending Prisoners To El Salvador, Of Course

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Reform UK MP Given Brutal Reality Check By BBC Journalist After On-Air Bust-Up Sarah Pochin had made an outrageous claim about Afghan and Eritrean asylum seekers.

Reform UK MP Given Brutal Reality Check By BBC Journalist After On-Air Bust-Up

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Labour's Chances Of Re-Election Hinge On Solving The Sewage Scandal. Here's Why The government has insisted it won't renationalise the water industry, despite years of mismanagement.

Labour's Chances Of Re-Election Hinge On Solving The Sewage Scandal. Here's Why

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This Judeo-Christian nonsense again. Traditionally, the "Judeo" reaction to people talking about "a Christian restoration" is to start thinking about getting the suitcases out of the attic.

How Starmer Told His Cabinet To Stop Beating Themselves Up – Then Cracked The Whip On Rebel MPs The prime minister is preparing to set out his vision for the UK.

Keir Starmer told the Cabinet: “The Tories get 96% of things wrong and focus on the 4% of things they get right, whereas Labour gets 96% of things right but agonise over the 4% we get wrong.”

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Russia 'Increasing Pace Of Gains' In Ukraine Despite Trump's Peace Plea, Says UK The US president has given Vladimir Putin 50 days to end the war or face huge tariffs on Russian exports.

Russia 'Increasing Pace Of Gains' In Ukraine Despite Trump's Peace Plea, Says UK

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Diane Abbott Suspended By Labour For A Second Time Over Anti-Semitism Comments Parliament's longest-serving female MP has doubled down on her remarks from 2023.

NEW: Diane Abbott Suspended By Labour For A Second Time Over Anti-Semitism Comments

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Diane Abbott Is Set To be Suspended By Labour For A Second Time Over Anti-Semitism Comments Parliament's longest-serving female MP has doubled down on her remarks from 2023.

Diane Abbott Is Set To be Suspended By Labour For A Second Time Over Anti-Semitism Comments

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Labour Is Giving The Vote To 16-Year-Olds – But Half Of Them Don't Want It Keir Starmer said if someone is old enough to work, they should be able to vote.

Labour Is Giving The Vote To 16-Year-Olds – But Half Of Them Don't Want It

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'Ask Me Another Question': Reform MP Fumes At Journalist Over Afghan 'Sex Offenders' Row Sarah Pochin repeatedly failed to offer any evidence to back up Nigel Farage's claims.

'Ask Me Another Question': Reform MP Fumes At Journalist Over Afghan 'Sex Offenders' Row

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'Are You A K**bhead'? Iain Dale Asks Labour Rebel To Respond After Attack By Party Insider Rachael Maskell was one of four left-wing MPs who lost the whip yesterday.

'Are You A K**bhead'? Iain Dale Asks Labour Rebel To Respond After Attack By Party Insider

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Keir Starmer Has Sparked A Furious Backlash By Suspending 4 Left-Wing MPs - And No.10 Are Delighted The PM has set a test of strength he dare not lose.

Keir Starmer Has Sparked A Furious Backlash By Suspending 4 Left-Wing MPs - And No.10 Are Delighted

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Nigel Farage Says Some Afghans Airlifted To UK Are 'Sex Offenders'. But There's No Evidence That's True Reform UK leader urged to go to the police if he can back up his claims.

Asked Reform 12 hours ago if they had evidence that some of those airlifted from Afghan to the UK were sex offenders. Still waiting.

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Keir Starmer Has Sparked A Furious Backlash By Suspending 4 Left-Wing MPs - And No.10 Are Delighted The PM has set a test of strength he dare not lose.

Labour source: “We couldn’t do it during the welfare stuff, we had to wait for the dust to settle on that.

“But if you are actively organising against the government then there has to be consequences.”

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Keir Starmer Suspends 4 Labour MPs In Crackdown On Party Discipline The move comes after a huge rebellion against the government's cuts to welfare.

UPDATE: It is understood that Rosena Allin Khan, Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Mohammed Yasin have had their trade envoy roles removed as well.

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Keir Starmer Suspends 4 Labour MPs In Crackdown On Party Discipline The move comes after a huge rebellion against the government's cuts to welfare.

NEW: The 4th Labour MP to lose the whip today is Rachel Maskell

She joins Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff.

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Keir Starmer Suspends 4 Labour MPs In Crackdown On Party Discipline The move comes after a huge rebellion against the government's cuts to welfare.

HuffPost UK understands the suspensions are not solely based on the MPs' voting records, but for "actively organising against the government in various guises".

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Keir Starmer 'Suspends 3 Labour MPs' In Crackdown On Party Discipline The move comes after a huge rebellion against the government's cuts to welfare.

NEW: Keir Starmer is removing the Labour whip from FOUR MPs this afternoon.

It is understood 3, including Brian Leishman, have already been informed, with one more to come later this afternoon.

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Keir Starmer Is Right To Point The Finger Of Blame At The Tories For Afghan Data Leak Scandal The prime minister said the last government "has serious questions to answer".

"It is undeniable that the last Tory government ensured that the scandal was kept under wraps, saving them from huge political embarrassment in the process."

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Rachel Reeves Gets Brutal Reality Check Just Hours After Claiming Labour Is Making 'Progress' On The Economy The bad news just keeps coming for the chancellor.

Rachel Reeves Gets Brutal Reality Check Just Hours After Claiming Labour Is Making 'Progress' On The Economy

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Nigel Farage Says Some Afghans Airlifted To UK Are 'Sex Offenders'. But There's No Evidence That's True Reform UK leader urged to go to the police if he can back up his claims.

Nigel Farage Says Some Afghans Airlifted To UK Are 'Sex Offenders'. But There's No Evidence That's True

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'Volodymyr, Can You Hit Moscow': Trump's Extraordinary Question During Zelenskyy Phone Call The US president agreed to give Ukraine more weapons after the talks.

'Volodymyr, Can You Hit Moscow': Trump's Extraordinary Question During Zelenskyy Phone Call

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Revolt On The Left? Starmer's Strategy In Question As Support Grows For Lib Dems And Greens A new poll shows Labour is being squeezed from all sides.

Revolt On The Left? Starmer's Strategy In Question As Support Grows For Lib Dems And Greens

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Yvette Cooper Delivers Brutal Commons Slapdown To Chris Philp Over The Tories' Immigration Failures The shadow home secretary had said the cabinet minister owed the country an apology.

Yvette Cooper Delivers Brutal Commons Slapdown To Chris Philp Over The Tories' Immigration Failures

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More warning signs for Labour in the latest YouGov poll:

🔥 Reform UK lead is UP 4 points
🔥 Labour support DOWN 2 points
🔥 Lib Dem and Green support UP

Reform - 28% (+2)
Labour - 22% (-2)
Tories - 17% (+1)
Libs - 16% (+1)
Greens - 12% (+1)

Even Some Reform Voters Think Nigel Farage Is An 'A******e', So What Is His Appeal? The arch-Brexiteer divides opinion like no other Westminster politician.

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