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Messages were expected to appear in the batch of Mandelson files, published earlier this week, but did not.
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Tony Blair’s departure as PM should have prompted a fresh start for Labour. But Starmer’s sad, backward-looking government remains in his thrall Now half term is over, let’s have a quick quiz. Reading these lines, can you spot the common theme? Westminster has been mesmerised this week by the messages of a famous Blairite, Peter Mandelson, especially his damning exchanges with fellow carrier of the Blair torch, Pat McFadden. Last week’s big news was an essay written by Tony Blair himself. That w
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Protest over killing of Nowak and his treatment by police was attended by several far-right leaders, anti-immigrant influencers and known fascistsSome of those who attended a protest in Southampton on Tuesday night were ordinary members of the public, appalled at the killing of Henry Nowak and his treatment at the hands of the police – who handcuffed him after a false accusation of racism by his killer, Vickrum Digwa.But the protest, which turned violent, was also attended by several far-right l
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The leftwing American commentator Cenk Uygur talks about the ban on him and his nephew, Hasan Piker, entering the UK this week. With reporting from Kiran Stacey“We’re not allowed to put you on the plane,” said the woman at the terminal. “You can’t board because the British government has withdrawn your ETA.” This is how, at LAX airport, the leftwing commentator Cenk Uygur learned he had been banned from the UK.As he tells Lucy Hough, he and his nephew Hasan Piker, a hugely popular streamer, had
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The recommendation is one of several from Lord Mann, whose review examined antisemitism within the organisation.
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Undercover agents are posing as fake job recruiters to try and identify useful targets, MI5 warns.
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Alex Davies-Jones also read out a statement from an Epstein survivor during a House of Commons debate.
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Suffolk MP Jess Asato claims the firm's tool Grok was used to create fake images of her in a bikini.
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Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
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Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
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Sir Alex held a career in British intelligence that spanned almost three decades after joining the service in 1991.
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Everything is material for Nige, who made rare appearance at PMQs to ask question about Henry Nowak caseThere was a rare sighting in Westminster on Wednesday. The lesser-spotted Farage. A species so elusive that not even David Attenborough has previously recorded him in the wild. Nige blinked several times, trying to get used to his unnatural surroundings.He looked sunbaked. His time on the run ever since the Guardian revealed his previously undisclosed £5m handout from a crypto-billionaire in T
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The Manchester mayor is tapping into deep public frustration over the water industry but at some stage he needs to say what he meansThere ought to be a rule to oblige politicians advocating “stronger public control” of an essential service or sector to say what, precisely, they mean. Public “ownership” is easy to understand – it’s nationalisation. But Andy Burnham, when he cites water and energy as targets for greater public control, seems to imply something else. What?Would he, for instance, to
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Prime minister says ‘£5m question still remains’, as pressure grows on Reform UK leader over Christopher Harborne giftUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has pressed Nigel Farage to stop “dodging questions” about the £5m personal gift he received from Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.The gift, first revealed by the Guardian, was given to Farage in the months before he stood as an MP in the 2024 general election. It is now under investigation by the parliamentary s
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Matt Chorley says he "misremembered" a quote by the Reform leader, which was "a mistake on my part".
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There are vital lessons to be learned from Nowak’s death. Instead, it has been used to refuel a pervasive lie about ethnic minorities and ‘two-tier’ policingNine times. As Henry Nowak lay dying in handcuffs, he told police officers that he could not breathe nine times.To recount his final moments: last December, Nowak, who was walking home alone after a night out with university friends in Southampton, encountered Vickrum Digwa. As the judge said in his sentencing, only Nowak and Digwa know exac
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It comes after the Reform UK leader said the public should respond with "pure, cold rage" to the actions of police.
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Chancellor hails deal saying it will create tens of thousands of jobs in the construction, hospitality, creative and technology sectorsBusiness live – latest updateBritish taxpayers will provide £1.3bn in funding to help Hollywood studio giant Universal build its first theme park in Europe.Comcast, the US media company that owns NBC Universal and Sky, had been considering a number of countries in which to build its first European theme park. Continue reading...
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No legislation on welfare reform was announced in the King's Speech.