Great piece on Roger Casement in today’s Guardian by @rorycarroll.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Q&A: What is the point of sending the king to the US for a state visit? - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Q&A: Why won't Labour opt for PR? - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Q&A: Is being an MP a hard job, and are they up to it? - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Q&A: Will Reform UK continue to see its support go down, and will election of lots of Reform-led councils have impact? - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

I'm setting aside an hour or two this afternoon to do a Q&A with readers on my Guardian Politics Live blog. If you want to take part, post a question BTL (below the line) here - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Farage claims 'cataclysmic' Labour losses in May elections likely to lead to Starmer being replaced as Labour leader - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Reform UK would impose 'biggest cuts to benefits bill ever seen in history of this country', Farage says - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

What exactly could No10 be seeking with Europe? More details in tonight’s story www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Reeves says she's 'angry' about Trump starting Iran war, with no 'clear plan' how to get out of it - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Reeves says claim Treasury getting windfall from Iran war because of higher tax receipts 'for the birds' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

'Labour is nearest thing I've got to a religion' - Karl Turner says he wants whip back, and doesn't know why he's suspended - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

On US v Europe, has Starmer finally made his choice? Snap verdict on his press conference - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Starmer says he is 'ambitious [to] do more' in relation to alignment with EU single market - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Starmer suggests Trump's Nato threat an attempt to put pressure on UK and other allies - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Starmer says UK to host meeting later this week with other nations willing to work together to reopen strait of Hormuz - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Starmer says, with global volatility, UK's long-term national interest requires 'closer partnership' with EU - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Ed Davey says Starmer showing 'staggering lack of backbone' by allowing state visit to US to go ahead despite Trump's insults - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

NEU gives Polanski standing ovation as Green leader says he's actively courting trade unions 'let down by Labour', Sally Weale reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Zack Polanski tells NEU teachers' union Greens oppose academisation and would abolish 'toxic, failed' Ofsted - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Andrew Rosindell loses legal bid to keep his office in Romford Tory association office despite his defection to Reform UK - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

How Starmer's trying to capitalise on Trump's Iran war taunts - snap verdict on PM's local elections launch speech - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Labour highlights 13 'key cost of living measures' coming into force within next week as it launches local elections campaign - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Starmer to say Iran war means Labour’s values needed more than ever at local elections campaign launch - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

UK has paid more than £25bn to EU since it left under withdrawal agreement liabilities deal, Treasury says - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

🚨 Wes Streeting gave speech outlining his performance on NHS & plans for future. Unofficial leadership pitch? @kiranstacey.bsky.social & I sat down with health secrto find out. Plus patient (dis)satisfaction, Palantir & those Mandelson messages. Latest pod👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...

Tories claim Morgan McSweeney has 'serious questions' to answer about phone theft, after minister mocks 'conspiracy' thinking - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

'Fortunate timing' - Badenoch not wholly convinced by McSweeney's phone theft story, spokesperson suggests - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

What Rycroft report says about how serious problem of foreign financial interference in UK politics is - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Reed says crypto political donations ban coming into force today will cover even very small gifts - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Steve Reed says from today Britons living abroad will only be able to give £100,000 a year to political parties - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Met police releases transcript of McSweeney reporting phone theft to 999 to show he did not say he was PM's chief of staff - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Wes Streeting urges people to reject 'conspiracy' theories about theft of Morgan McSweeney's phone - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Starmer says he's 'unapologetic' about staying focused on national interest, when asked how he copes with 'rude' Trump - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Badenoch admits Tory 'lower taxes' pledge in local elections does not necessarily mean council tax cuts - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

No 10 won't say if Starmer explicitly urged Trump to shelve his power plants bombing ultimatum to Iran - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

No 10 defends delay in disclosing Iranian missile attacks aimed at Diego Garcia in Chagos Islands - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

No 10 won't comment on Trump posting sketch mocking Starmer on social media, saying PM 'entirely focused on job' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

IFS says Reform UK's tax plans for Scotland 'not credible', as it accuses party of not knowing how Scottish budget works - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Zack Polanski says he wants Greens to hold balance of power after election, letting them push for PR and wealth tax - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Reform UK brushes off concerns about extremism of some of its MSP candidates, with one saying Humza Yousaf 'not British' @severincarrell.bsky.social reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

"Perhaps we were witnessing a re-enactment of the Jonestown massacre. A moment of intense rapture to be followed by an hour-long political suicide note. Either way, it proved to be a collector’s item." @mrjohncrace.bsky.social on top form.

EXCL: Senior ministers believe Keir Starmer will not intervene to give the assisted dying bill further time in the next session of parliament as he is wary of opening up new divisions among Labour MPs - @jessicaelgot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

PMQs - snap verdict - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Interview with expert behind a weighty global democracy study - Trump aiming for dictatorship & doubt he’ll accept electoral setbacks - Unwinding democracy far faster than Orban or Modi - Global authoritarian trend - felt in UK as free expression compromised www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

Irish PM Micheál Martin defends Starmer in White House as Trump revives his 'no Churchill' diatribe about him @benquinn75.bsky.social reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

NEW: Nigel Farage has sold videos in which he endorsed a neo-Nazi event, repeated extremist slogans and supported a man convicted over his involvement in a far-right riot - @direthoughts.com & @michaelgoodier.bsky.social report www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

Labour's Emily Thornberry backs calls for king's state visit to US to be postponed given Iran war and US rift with its allies - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

'You don't need to meet your team, you're the PM' - Trump slams Starmer for being over-reliant on his advisers - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...