"I'm not sure that cabinet is big enough for both Starmer and Streeting." Wes Streeting is accused of "open plotting" after publishing his texts with Peter Mandelson - seen by critics as saving himself at the expense of party loyalty. @maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com

It probably seemed like a good idea at the time, sending Prince William to Saudi Arabia while Epstein pressure mounts on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. But does it help to be spending time with another man named multiple times in the Epstein Files? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

"Our Parliament should get some backbone and for once, talk openly about the Royal Family - and ask the questions that ought to be asked." @lewisgoodall.com says it's time for a cross-party parliamentary inquiry into what the Royals knew about Andrew's Epstein links.

When Emily Maitlis interviewed Andrew Mountbatten Windsor in 2019, she had a photo of him and Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre on her lap. The reason? The palace had asked her to prove the image was fake before she sat down in Buckingham Palace www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...

“The Royals knew about Epstein's conviction in 2008, they knew Andrew kept seeing him afterwards. He remained a working Royal,” says Lewis Goodall. “They contain, they delay, and they only act when the political pressure is unbearable" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...

"Donald Trump is not a big fan of foreigners, we know that by now." @maitlis.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com react to Trump calling Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance - sung entirely in Spanish - "an affront to the greatness of America".

"The King is trying to deal with Andrew now, because he's got no choice," says Lewis Goodall "It's taboo to discuss the late Queen's role in all of this, but I think she's got a lot to answer for, and there should be a reappraisal of her latter years" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...

"There are lots of MPs who are 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 with Starmer, deeply frustrated by the performance of his government - and who also think this is 𝘯𝘰𝘵 the issue over which he should resign." Will Keir Starmer survive the week? @maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com

"We were talking to professionals, no one thought it was a fake," says Emily Maitlis, as Andrew photo is seemingly confirmed genuine. "In denying that the photograph was real, they were rubbishing her. They were rubbishing the victim" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/emil...

"We were talking to professionals, no one thought it was a fake," Emily Maitlis says, as Andrew photo is confirmed genuine. "In denying that the photograph was real, they were rubbishing her. They were rubbishing the victim" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/emil...

"We were talking to professionals, no one thought it was a fake," Emily Maitlis says, as Andrew photo is confirmed genuine. "In denying that the photograph was real, they were rubbishing her. They were rubbishing the victim" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/emil...

"The figure was Andrew. The photo was real. Maxwell knew it, but let those in power deny it." "By denying it, she denied the story Virginia Giuffre tried to tell us." @maitlis.bsky.social on the story behind 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 photo & why what was so obvious at the time now appears to be confirmed.

"Starmer didn't pick Mandelson in spite of his Epstein connections… He picked him because of them." Would he have made the same choice if Kamala Harris had won? "Absolutely not", says @lewisgoodall.com.

"These women are being put through hell one more time. The rich, always powerful, men have more access to justice than the victims." Why Virginia Giuffre would be "moved, but very angry" by latest reveals from the Epstein Files www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/virg...

"None of the excuses are good enough now," says Emily Maitlis. "It does, at this point, land at Starmer's door to explain why any of that was seen as okay this time last year." What did Labour know about Mandelson when he took a top job in 2025? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/star...

"They called him 'pincher by name' - it's a case in point. "People take it on board, laugh about it and still appoint them." Keir Starmer’s appointment of Peter Mandelson is giving "Chris Pincher vibes". Does it now have the potential to become a political crisis for him?

"If you knew the man you were about to appoint had a relationship with a convicted paedophile, why wasn't that ringing alarm bells?" Emily Maitlis asks. "If it wasn't, the only reason is because you weren't taking those crimes seriously enough" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/star...

"It shows, frankly, how 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 Trump has become - and how low standards in American public life have sunk." Watch the moment Donald Trump snaps at a female reporter who dared ask him a question about Epstein victims… @maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com

"The Department of Justice thinks its job is done. It's not pursuing people in this," says Emily Maitlis "It's saying, 'well, we said we'd release the files. There you go.' Hands off" Will there be prosecutions for people named in the Epstein Files? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/plea...

"A lot of media organisations will be reluctant to air Trump accusations - partly because they’re pretty unverifiable, partly because he's highly litigious." Why aren't more people talking about the 38,000 mentions of Trump in the Epstein files?

"There are 3 million different files, and I have no doubt people are raking through every allegation – and some are almost unreadable, because they are vile," says Emily Maitlis. Why is the media so slow to report on Trump claims made in the Epstein Files? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...

"If it was an ordinary business we'd call it insider trading - but it's a government, and so it actually starts to look more akin to treason." Was Mandelson "working against the best interests of his country" as leaked gov secrets come to light? @maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com

"This might vindicate the very worst fears that people have about global elites," says Lewis Goodall "It feels like massive cover-up, and you can understand how people get to a conspiratorial mindset. "It doesn't feel conspiratorial at that point" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/plea...

"Keir Starmer had a choice in appointing Peter Mandelson as our ambassador to Washington," says Jon Sopel, after new Epstein files revelations. "There are some pretty serious questions for Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney to answer" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/pete...

"There were plenty of people around Starmer saying: 'We know about Mandelson's relationship to Epstein - it's a bad idea." Starmer has called for Mandelson to be stripped of his peerage, but why did he appoint him as US ambassador to begin with?

"Peter Mandelson has a lot of explaining to do – what we’ve heard so far doesn’t cut it." "He wanted a rehabilitation into public life, but those hopes are in absolute tatters." Do the latest Epstein files details spell game over for the Labour Lord? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/pete...

"There is a sense of impunity." "Accepting money from a paedophile billionaire, staying in a convicted paedophile's flat - 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧." As Peter Mandelson appears again in the Epstein files @maitlis.bsky.social asks: When does impunity stop and accountability begin?

MAGA claims Alex Pretti, shot dead by ICE agents in Minneapolis, was intent on committing a "massacre" against law enforcement. Social media video from the scene, witness accounts and testimony from local law enforcement tells a very different story www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/unpa...

"People have their eyes and ears via so many mobile phones which is making it impossible for the administration to lie in the way that they are used to doing," says Emily Maitlis. Can MAGA recover from its handling of the Minneapolis ICE killings? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/minn...

Donald Trump has always claimed he won Georgia in the 2020 election - which he lost. The FBI has now seized the ballots, and commissioner Mo Ivory says she has "no confidence" they won't be tampered with so Trump finally gets the result he wants www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...

"Tory defectors are presenting us with a diagnosis that Britain is broken – but there is one clear set of culprits as to how we got to this place..." Who wants to tell Suella Braverman? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/tory...

"Why are we running around talking to former diplomats about Trump? Why are we running around talking to former Foreign Office officials? "We should be talking to psychotherapists" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/we-s...

"There's a feeling a new Prime Minster will resolve the UK's problems... But everything signals it doesn't matter". In an era of disillusionment, how has Keir Starmer's 'grown up' politics failed to maintain his 2024 election success? @ppfideas.bsky.social www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/how-...

“They know that there is someone backing people who are willing to sow chaos”. Actor Billy Crudup on the theme of “pardon power” in his play, High Noon, and how it translates to Trump’s approach to January 6.

“They’re both the straight man. They’re both the stooge – the thing that would give the other one life is missing”. Is the double act of Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves dragging down Labour's time in power? @ppfideas.bsky.social

“There’s something fraudulent about the mismatch between his sense of his own authority - and the complete absence of it in reality”. Is Starmer’s lack of self-awareness to blame for his plummeting popularity? @ppfideas.bsky.social

"People sense something fraudulent in the mismatch between his sense of authority – and the complete absence in reality," author David Runciman tells Lewis Goodall. From historic win to record low polling, how has it gone so wrong, so fast, for Starmer? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/how-...

Donald Trump has always claimed he won Georgia in the 2020 election - which he lost. The FBI has now seized the ballots, and commissioner Mo Ivory says she has "no confidence" they won't be tampered with so Trump finally gets the result he wants www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...

“Oh, we are just the first. This is the plan - to cause chaos, make the polls unsafe, militarise our voting” Fulton County Commissioner gives stark warning ahead of midterms after FBI raids Georgia office over 2020 election.

“The parties have become narrower, and as a result, they’re less popular”, says Lewis as Kemi Badenoch tells centrist Tories to “get out of the way”. “Either you represent all strands of opinion, or somebody is going to represent those voters for you”.

"There is nothing for Trump to gain from a democratic Iran," activist Negin Shiraghaei says tells Emily and Lewis. "There is a lot for him to gain in making sure that the flow of the oil continues..." www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...

“You have a president, who’s always been very friendly to the NRA, now making those carrying guns feel they’re doing wrong” Is Trump really changing his stance on the Second Amendment after the death of Alex Pretti?

"There is no help coming. The Iranian government is trying to kill us," says Iranian activist Negin Shiraghaei. "So if there is someone – even a bully like Trump – who might do something that as a side effect we would benefit from, then let them do that" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...

"I don't believe for a moment that Trump is after democracy - 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘥." As Trump says "a massive Armada is heading to Iran," Iranian activist Negin Shiraghaei speaks on Trump’s real motive.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears" - George Orwell, 1984 As Trump removes the border patrol chief from Minneapolis after a second fatal ICE shooting, have observers have now become the city's eyes and ears?

"MAGA says Alex Pretti was holding a weapon – but it was never the gun. It was always the phone. "The phone that sheds light on truth is far more powerful right now than a gun in the holster." Are the ICE killings a moment MAGA can't lie its way out of? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/minn...

MAGA claims Alex Pretti, shot dead by ICE agents in Minneapolis, was intent on committing a "massacre" against law enforcement. Social media video from the scene, witness accounts and testimony from local law enforcement tells a very different story www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/unpa...

"You can lie about what's happening far from people's homes," says Emily Maitlis. "But when people are filming every single frame of a shooting, a murder, an attack, then you can't lie so convincingly." Is this the moment MAGA comes unstuck? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/minn...

"They said Alex Pretti was holding a weapon – but the weapon was never the gun. It was always the phone." "The phone that reveals the truth is more powerful right now than a gun in the holster." Officials took Pretti's phone after he was killed - will we ever see the footage?

“It’s an act of profound arrogance more than anything else” “If they had more principle, they would call a by-election” Should MPs be banned from defecting to other parties?