David Wilcock
@davidtwilcock.bsky.social
Deputy Political Editor (Digital) with special responsibility for cheap memes at the Daily Mail. Foodie, occasional photographer. LFC
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Starmer says he doesn't think Trump is serious about using military action to seize Greenland. Might bookmark this.
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It’s over for this country
February 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
It’s over for this country
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Significant that the High Court ruling is still, in places, quite damning of Palestine Action. It emphatically rejects that the group is engaged in "civil disobediance", for example.
It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.
It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.
February 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Significant that the High Court ruling is still, in places, quite damning of Palestine Action. It emphatically rejects that the group is engaged in "civil disobediance", for example.
It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.
It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.
Palestine Action wins High Court challenge to decision to ban it as a terrorist group
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Palestine Action wins High Court challenge to decision to ban it as a terrorist group
No10 confirms, finally, and in the style of a football manager that Chris Wormald is OUT as cabinet secretary 'by mutual agreement', and is being replaced by THREE interim replacements: Cabinet Office PS Catherine Little, Home Office PS Antonia Romeo and Treasury PS James Bowler
February 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
No10 confirms, finally, and in the style of a football manager that Chris Wormald is OUT as cabinet secretary 'by mutual agreement', and is being replaced by THREE interim replacements: Cabinet Office PS Catherine Little, Home Office PS Antonia Romeo and Treasury PS James Bowler
Jim Ratcliffe doing Keir Starmer a favour by briefly allowing a divided and fractious nation to come together in their mutual dislike of Jim Ratcliffe.
February 12, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Jim Ratcliffe doing Keir Starmer a favour by briefly allowing a divided and fractious nation to come together in their mutual dislike of Jim Ratcliffe.
Too many immigrants in UK, says Monégasque businessman
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Too many immigrants in UK, says Monégasque businessman
Lots of news about but thought this was QI in @moreincommonuk.bsky.social poll: The general malaise in UK politics has even infected the Greens, with fewer than a *third* of those polled saying Zack Polanski would be their choice of PM.
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Lots of news about but thought this was QI in @moreincommonuk.bsky.social poll: The general malaise in UK politics has even infected the Greens, with fewer than a *third* of those polled saying Zack Polanski would be their choice of PM.
No10's position that they couldn't block Matthew Doyle's peerage once announced - despite Sunday Times revelations about campaigning for a paedophile - appears to be collapsing under the merest pressure. There is precedent and the Lords clerks have said there is no procedural bar.
February 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
No10's position that they couldn't block Matthew Doyle's peerage once announced - despite Sunday Times revelations about campaigning for a paedophile - appears to be collapsing under the merest pressure. There is precedent and the Lords clerks have said there is no procedural bar.
Those of us not in the chamber for #pmqs currently being deafened by an anti-tax protest by wealthy gentlemen farmers in Parliament Square
February 11, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Those of us not in the chamber for #pmqs currently being deafened by an anti-tax protest by wealthy gentlemen farmers in Parliament Square
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EXC Starmer's ex-comms chief suspended from Labour over links to sex offender inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Starmer's ex-comms chief suspended from Labour over links to sex offender
Matthew Doyle, who now sits in the House of Lords, has had the Labour whip withdrawn
inews.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
EXC Starmer's ex-comms chief suspended from Labour over links to sex offender inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Andy Burnham calls for Labour unity and an end to backstabbing with a completely straight face - oh and says he backs Starmer but also tells PM what he needs to do to keep his job www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Andy Burnham joins the Starmer pile on with fresh demands from PM
The Greater Manchester mayor, personally blocked from making a return to Westminster by the PM last month, said he supported Starmer but outlined a raft of major changes needed.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Andy Burnham calls for Labour unity and an end to backstabbing with a completely straight face - oh and says he backs Starmer but also tells PM what he needs to do to keep his job www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
'This is Emily Brontë reinterpreted by Lord Flashheart.' I'm sure Rob means this as criticism, but I am totally here for it. Woof.
Emerald Fennell, the director of Wuthering Heights, has heard of subtlety, and she's not having it. thecritic.co.uk/wuth...
February 10, 2026 at 9:13 AM
'This is Emily Brontë reinterpreted by Lord Flashheart.' I'm sure Rob means this as criticism, but I am totally here for it. Woof.
The self-proclaimed 'people's party' appears to have a bit of a problem with working class women not knowing their place
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
The self-proclaimed 'people's party' appears to have a bit of a problem with working class women not knowing their place
Fun UK political timeline:
Starmer out in May
Replacement fails to move dial
Panicking Labour MPs install third PM a year out from 2029 election
Labour mullered anyway and Farage becomes PM
Farage fails to move the dial (the right way)
Robert Jenrick is PM in 2031.
Starmer out in May
Replacement fails to move dial
Panicking Labour MPs install third PM a year out from 2029 election
Labour mullered anyway and Farage becomes PM
Farage fails to move the dial (the right way)
Robert Jenrick is PM in 2031.
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Fun UK political timeline:
Starmer out in May
Replacement fails to move dial
Panicking Labour MPs install third PM a year out from 2029 election
Labour mullered anyway and Farage becomes PM
Farage fails to move the dial (the right way)
Robert Jenrick is PM in 2031.
Starmer out in May
Replacement fails to move dial
Panicking Labour MPs install third PM a year out from 2029 election
Labour mullered anyway and Farage becomes PM
Farage fails to move the dial (the right way)
Robert Jenrick is PM in 2031.
Nigel Farage suggests that Reform-supporting technocrats in his government could sit on empowered Commons committees rather than have to win election to the Commons or be put in the Lords. This would probably also mean they wouldn't have to face parliamentary standards scrutiny...
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Nigel Farage suggests that Reform-supporting technocrats in his government could sit on empowered Commons committees rather than have to win election to the Commons or be put in the Lords. This would probably also mean they wouldn't have to face parliamentary standards scrutiny...
Now we have finally go to Nigel Farage’s speech and he has said we need to invest in nuclear power to cope with the growth of cryptocurrencies
February 9, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Now we have finally go to Nigel Farage’s speech and he has said we need to invest in nuclear power to cope with the growth of cryptocurrencies
Genuinely intrigued by Kemi Badenoch campaigning in a Lib Dem top target seat (Godalming and Ash) days after giving centrist Tories the middle finger.
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Genuinely intrigued by Kemi Badenoch campaigning in a Lib Dem top target seat (Godalming and Ash) days after giving centrist Tories the middle finger.
Reform called a press conference for 3pm today and so far we have had an hour of Jeremy Kyle interviewing Reform MPs in the style of a 1990s Top Shop Radio DJ
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Reform called a press conference for 3pm today and so far we have had an hour of Jeremy Kyle interviewing Reform MPs in the style of a 1990s Top Shop Radio DJ
Farage unveils ex-Tory leader of Barnet Council as new Reform leader in Wales www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Farage unveils ex-Tory London council boss as Reform leader in Wales
Ahead of a crunch Senedd election in May Dan Thomas was unveiled at a press conference in Newport this morning.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Farage unveils ex-Tory leader of Barnet Council as new Reform leader in Wales www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Reform members booing the media at press conference in Wales today bringing back fond memories of the Corbyn Labour era.
February 5, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Reform members booing the media at press conference in Wales today bringing back fond memories of the Corbyn Labour era.
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Exclusive: Morgan McSweeney sought official advice about whether Mandelson could be the UK's ambassador to the US on a part-time basis
Officials “had to explain that being His Majesty’s Ambassador in Washington was a full time job… in Washington"
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Officials “had to explain that being His Majesty’s Ambassador in Washington was a full time job… in Washington"
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
McSweeney ‘asked if Mandelson US embassy role could be pa...
PM’s chief of staff sought advice on behalf of disgraced former Labour peer, senior government sources claim
observer.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Exclusive: Morgan McSweeney sought official advice about whether Mandelson could be the UK's ambassador to the US on a part-time basis
Officials “had to explain that being His Majesty’s Ambassador in Washington was a full time job… in Washington"
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Officials “had to explain that being His Majesty’s Ambassador in Washington was a full time job… in Washington"
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Starmer not having a good #PMQs today. He took a massive political gamble making Mandelson US ambo despite known links to a major paedo and it's backfired spectacularly. It's not really one you can spin away in any meaningful sense.
February 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Starmer not having a good #PMQs today. He took a massive political gamble making Mandelson US ambo despite known links to a major paedo and it's backfired spectacularly. It's not really one you can spin away in any meaningful sense.
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It's just ultimately REALLY unconvincing for the prime minister to run with a "I knew he was friends with a paedophile, but I didn't know they were BEST friends 😔" line
February 4, 2026 at 12:08 PM
It's just ultimately REALLY unconvincing for the prime minister to run with a "I knew he was friends with a paedophile, but I didn't know they were BEST friends 😔" line