So he made the decision to grant clearance before the final decision was made? Didn't know the final decision? Didn't update it after the final recommendation was made? 3/3

🇺🇦 Good news for Ukraine. Europe must keep supporting our allies in their battle against Putin's illegal war.

The latest wage data for the 3 months to Feb 2026 shows a growth of 3.6% on a year earlier - maintaining the trend for above the inflation increases in earnings. Unemployment also fell to 4.9% in the 3 months to Feb 2026, from 5.2%. The number deemed inactive increased from 20.8% to 21%... 1/2

A lot of people spent days going "OMG OMG OMG popcorn at the ready SiR kEiTh obvs lying; Olly Robbins has the receipts". Now they're like "too clever to get caught, they did it with VIBEZ." From "Starmer is really bad at politics" straight to "Starmer is Machiavelli reincarnated" - like every week.

Key government business in Parliament today: Ministerial statement: Middle East economic update by the Chancellor - due around 12:30pm. English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments. 170 amendments from the Lords will hopefully be whittled down to just a few.

Should you wish to return any ReFUK election material. Return address. Free post. They pay.

Retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson has revealed that Donald Trump wanted to use nuclear codes during a White House meeting on Saturday night. General Dan Cain, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stood up and said NO This is the level of instability in the White House.

Price fixing

Reform UK councillor apologises for 'pandering' comments targeted at MP's visit to Muslim event www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/politic...

"The photographer is real," say scrupulously honest Reform. In which case, their supporters have 6 fingers, can perform levitation, and are campaigning to "Get Stuppence Out." Stick to tax evasion, Tice. You're absolutely nailing that. www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

And you can complain to the BBC here: www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

Absolutely appalling

I’m satisfied in my mind that when Olly Robbins put his signature to this letter to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee that he knew he was committing a lie of omission. It was clear what the Committee was asking and he deliberately hid the fact that Mandelson had failed his UKSV clearance. 👇

I take this as another sign the UK economy is generally doing well under Labour and undoing the damage of Liz Truss (and Johnson). 2/2

The IMF say, in their latest data, that the UK economy is now the 5th largest in the world again, over taking India. In October 2022 the IMF said the UK economy was overtaken by India, putting the UK in 6th place ( in the middle of Truss as PM) and the UK has remained there since then. 1/2

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened. Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah. (h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

Lee Anderson being interviewed by SKY for calling Starmer a liar: 1️⃣ lied about fake canvassing 2️⃣ lied about 30p a day 3️⃣ lied about being offered money to join Reform 4️⃣ lied about Islamists control London 5️⃣ lied about never being kicked out of a pub. He’s a compulsive liar

After over 2 hours and 20 minutes after the PM got to his feed for his statement and subsequent question session, the questions have ended. The next statement that has just started in a ministerial statement on: Recent Antisemitic Attacks (Minister for Security)

Excellent speech from PM Keir Starmer who has clearly been let down by some members of his backroom staff. Starmer MUST NOT resign over this - people are using the #Mandelson issue to score political points. Stand Firm Sir Keir #IStandWithStarmer

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Questions I have now: 1) who in the FCDO knew & withheld the information from the Government & Parliament that Mandelson had failed vetting? 2) how did this information suddenly get leaked to the Guardian less than 48 hours after the PM found out and was still seeking the truth - who as involved?

The opposition are just so desperate and weak they’ll say and do anything to hack this government down to return to the 14 years of corruption and chaos. Stay strong SKS we’re with you.

👀🇪🇺 "The Mail may have been expecting its own readers to back Brexit, however early indications of the poll put 73% of respondents as saying Britain should rejoin the EU because it’s better for the economy. "As time went on, this number grew to 84%."

Pippa Crerar’s husband works as a senior civil servant at the Foreign Office & used to work for The Telegraph.

I'm interested in how the "exclusive" happened given the journalist who scooped it is married to a senior comms bod in the FCDO.

Also full investigation on how this information did get to the press if, as it seems, so few people knew. Must be a limited number of civil servants who knew….

Worth a few minutes of your time to watch these videos of the PM giving the facts and the timeline of events around Mandelson. Don't listen to cherry picked parts with added opinions from comentators. Listen to the PM himself. 1/5

Starmer states that Mandelson’s appointment was announced before the security vetting had been carried out. He has now changed the rules to stop that happening again; in future, security vetting will have to take place first. #SecurityVettingStatement

Donald Trump is using a war, with thousands dead and billions in damages, to manipulate the markets and enrich his plutocratic enablers. He is a traitor to his country.

The Mandelson affair, obv. I’m dreading the upcoming drama in H of C, as everyone parades faux outrage. The appointment was a complete cock-up. No-one emerges well. It’s possible rules were followed, AND bad decisions taken, AND this is not the end of all days. I dread Badenoch’s posturing most.

Meanwhile outside of Westminster bubble: "Starmer is doing the best job that anybody could do, particularly internationally."

New in PN: Trump Is dooming his party to a midterm blowout "The difference between '18 and '26 is that not only has Trump become even more repellent, his actions have made everything worse. In fact, it’s hard to imagine what more he could do to enrage voters & ensure his party’s defeat in November"

Starmer still leading the critical “Best PM” poll, despite best efforts from the media to trash him all year.

For those believing results of May 7th will be the next call for Starmer to resign. Fact: No of seats being contested: 6-8,000 Total council seats: 17,500 No PM has ever resigned for Council election results. #GetAGrip

👀 People on street that won Farage’s energy bills competition say Reform hasn’t paid https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-energy-bills-competition-nigel-farage-wigan-b2960544.html

GOP men have been waging war on women’s rights & freedoms for decades++, the latest assault is the Save Act stealing your right to vote & South Carolina’s near total ban on a woman’s bodily autonomy. Had enough yet, ladies? Pick yourselves up & fight back! 🚫Patriarchy #Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central Cartoon Network And more... This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped. State AGs must step in and block it.

NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.

Texas CD33 Elect Colin Allred to Congress! Run off election is May 26th. Here’s what Colin will bring to the table: ✔️Affordable Healthcare ✔️Reproductive Rights ✔️Immigration Reform ✔️Jobs & a Better Economy ✔️Improve Education ✔️Protect Veterans ✔️Campaign Finance Reforms #ResistanceUnited #Pinks

This is just unconscionable. No one is illegal, & the bar to obtaining asylum is high. Reversing an asylum decision would be hideously cruel & threatening to do so would leave ppl in a horrendous situation of insecurity.

When will America put a child's right to life above the rights of people to own a gun?😡

Don’t bother telling me that I shouldn’t say Reform is racist. They are. They are cruel and hateful and racist. Voting for them is a cruel and hateful and racist act. Shame on everyone who supports and excuses them.

Reform pledges to review the previous 5 years of asylum grants if got into power - deporting those granted refugee status if came without permission. Reform claim 400,000 people granted asylum would be "in scope" - and they would deport most of them www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

So we get multiple conflicting reports, including from Trump himself, that Vance is or is not leading the US delegation for peace talks on Tuesday, then we get multiple reports from Iran state media that they have no plans to attend peace talks on Tues & didn’t know about it.

It’s a mark of how completely normalised the corruption & depravity have become that we barely bat an eyelid at the thought of two *property developers*, one Trump’s nepo baby son-in-law, being sent to represent the USA in peace negotiations with Iran. Sometimes it all hits you afresh.

A bombshell new report reveals that top military officials have kept Trump out of the room during Iran war operations because they fear his erratic behavior will put troops in harm’s way. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

So pleased Laura Kuenssberg is back this week. That means there is no chance Robert Jenrick will be asked about his promise to cut flight tax after a £40k donation from an airline owner.