Grahame Lucas
@grahamelucas.bsky.social
Journalist based in the EU. UK reform needs PR, an elected second chamber representing the metros and regions, a written constitution and a return to the European Union #FBPE #RejoinEU #ProgressiveAlliance especially in the age of Trump 2.0 and Farage
Hammer Blow For Keir Starmer As Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar Calls On Him To Quit.
The move comes as the party faces catastrophe at the Holyrood elections in May. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hammer...
The move comes as the party faces catastrophe at the Holyrood elections in May. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hammer...
Hammer Blow For Keir Starmer As Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar Calls On Him To Quit
The move comes as the party faces catastrophe at the Holyrood elections in May.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Hammer Blow For Keir Starmer As Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar Calls On Him To Quit.
The move comes as the party faces catastrophe at the Holyrood elections in May. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hammer...
The move comes as the party faces catastrophe at the Holyrood elections in May. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hammer...
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Holy shit
🚨 Anas Sarwar:
"I have to do what is right for my country, Scotland.
"It is not easy and not without pain, but my first priority and first loyalty is to my country...
"The distraction has to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change."
"I have to do what is right for my country, Scotland.
"It is not easy and not without pain, but my first priority and first loyalty is to my country...
"The distraction has to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change."
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Holy shit
Streeting-Sarwar-Mandelson bid to take Starmer down now unfolding?
Ahhhh, Mr Sarwar,
Is this why you are calling for Starmer to stand down ?
Spite ?
Is this why you are calling for Starmer to stand down ?
Spite ?
February 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Streeting-Sarwar-Mandelson bid to take Starmer down now unfolding?
Unconfirmed reports: Wes Streeting allegedly behind Anas Sarwar‘s call for Starmer to resign. It‘s hard to see how this can be contained by No10. Streeting is going to have to declare he is running
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Unconfirmed reports: Wes Streeting allegedly behind Anas Sarwar‘s call for Starmer to resign. It‘s hard to see how this can be contained by No10. Streeting is going to have to declare he is running
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EXCL: An website claiming to launch Angela Rayner’s Labour leadership campaign was published temporarily last month, prompting further speculation the former deputy PM is gearing up for contest to replace Keir Starmer.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: ‘Rayner for leader’ site briefly went live in January
angelaforleader.co.uk domain also registered – but MP’s team dismiss half-finished site as ‘fake’ that was created without her knowledge
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
EXCL: An website claiming to launch Angela Rayner’s Labour leadership campaign was published temporarily last month, prompting further speculation the former deputy PM is gearing up for contest to replace Keir Starmer.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It’s all kicking off as Ana’s Sarwar, Labour leader in Scotland, calls for Starmer to go. But Cabinet ministers appear to rally around the beleaguered PM
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Live Updates: Keir Starmer Under Pressure to Resign as Prime Minister of Britain
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
It’s all kicking off as Ana’s Sarwar, Labour leader in Scotland, calls for Starmer to go. But Cabinet ministers appear to rally around the beleaguered PM
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
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First stage of denial: shoot the messenger.
There's a firing squad on Bluesky, aiming at anyone stating the blinking obvious: that Starmer needs to go ASAP if Labour is to have any chance of recovery before 2029.
There's a firing squad on Bluesky, aiming at anyone stating the blinking obvious: that Starmer needs to go ASAP if Labour is to have any chance of recovery before 2029.
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 AM
First stage of denial: shoot the messenger.
There's a firing squad on Bluesky, aiming at anyone stating the blinking obvious: that Starmer needs to go ASAP if Labour is to have any chance of recovery before 2029.
There's a firing squad on Bluesky, aiming at anyone stating the blinking obvious: that Starmer needs to go ASAP if Labour is to have any chance of recovery before 2029.
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This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Ah, another of Mandelson’s people gets the boot. Allan was a hopeless DoC who never managed to shape the narrative. Who put him there? Mandelson’s man McSweeney of course. What a shambles. I really don’t think Starmer The Luckless can survive this meltdown for long
Tim Allan, Keir Starmer’s director of communications, has just quit his Downing Street role:
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
February 9, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Ah, another of Mandelson’s people gets the boot. Allan was a hopeless DoC who never managed to shape the narrative. Who put him there? Mandelson’s man McSweeney of course. What a shambles. I really don’t think Starmer The Luckless can survive this meltdown for long
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The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. A decade on, the numbers show a permanent hit to growth, wages and investment.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating
A decade on, the economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. Here's what the figures say.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. A decade on, the numbers show a permanent hit to growth, wages and investment.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
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Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
The Peter Mandelson scandal has turned ‘No drama Starmer’ into a lurid soap opera. Fierce questions about the prime minister’s judgment are daggers to the heart of what is supposed to be his core brand
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
The Peter Mandelson scandal has turned ‘No drama Starmer...
Fierce questions about the prime minister’s judgment are daggers to the heart of what is supposed to be his core brand
observer.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 AM
The Peter Mandelson scandal has turned ‘No drama Starmer’ into a lurid soap opera. Fierce questions about the prime minister’s judgment are daggers to the heart of what is supposed to be his core brand
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. A decade on, the numbers show a permanent hit to growth, wages and investment.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating
A decade on, the economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. Here's what the figures say.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. A decade on, the numbers show a permanent hit to growth, wages and investment.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
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Morgan McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, The Guardian
February 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Morgan McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, The Guardian
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As widely predicted #McSweeney has not survived his close contact with #Mandelson. Starmer now thrashing around to save himself. But after the Locals it‘s all over
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
As widely predicted #McSweeney has not survived his close contact with #Mandelson. Starmer now thrashing around to save himself. But after the Locals it‘s all over
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Finally out: Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plotters. Let‘s face it - McSweeney should never have been there in the first place
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff
Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plotters
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Finally out: Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plotters. Let‘s face it - McSweeney should never have been there in the first place
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Morgan McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, The Guardian
February 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Morgan McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, The Guardian
As widely predicted #McSweeney has not survived his close contact with #Mandelson. Starmer now thrashing around to save himself. But after the Locals it‘s all over
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
As widely predicted #McSweeney has not survived his close contact with #Mandelson. Starmer now thrashing around to save himself. But after the Locals it‘s all over
Finally out: Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plotters. Let‘s face it - McSweeney should never have been there in the first place
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff
Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plotters
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Finally out: Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plotters. Let‘s face it - McSweeney should never have been there in the first place
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Don’t forget how the BBC deliberately promotes right wing views and pro-Brexit opinion through invitations to client journalists:
Most frequent non-politician appearances on Question Time (2014-2023)
Isabel Oakeshott 13
Julia Hartley-Brewer 13
Kate Andrews 12
Tim Stanley 12
Camilla Tominey 10
Most frequent non-politician appearances on Question Time (2014-2023)
Isabel Oakeshott 13
Julia Hartley-Brewer 13
Kate Andrews 12
Tim Stanley 12
Camilla Tominey 10
February 6, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Don’t forget how the BBC deliberately promotes right wing views and pro-Brexit opinion through invitations to client journalists:
Most frequent non-politician appearances on Question Time (2014-2023)
Isabel Oakeshott 13
Julia Hartley-Brewer 13
Kate Andrews 12
Tim Stanley 12
Camilla Tominey 10
Most frequent non-politician appearances on Question Time (2014-2023)
Isabel Oakeshott 13
Julia Hartley-Brewer 13
Kate Andrews 12
Tim Stanley 12
Camilla Tominey 10
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Reform UK will face a police investigation in Gorton and Denton after admitting it sent out letters from a “concerned neighbour” which did not state they had been funded and distributed by the party
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform faces police investigation over ‘concerned neighbour’ byelection letters
Material distributed in Gorton and Denton did not have legally required imprint stating it was funded by party
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Reform UK will face a police investigation in Gorton and Denton after admitting it sent out letters from a “concerned neighbour” which did not state they had been funded and distributed by the party
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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After the referendum, the BBC chief Lord Hall ordered the BBC to treat Brexit as a done deal, a decision which all but wholly excluded Remainer opinion from the BBC for around 2 years, thus grossly biasing the Brexit debate. It was a grotesque abuse of democracy.
www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-a...
www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-a...
'BBC policy on Brexit is not impartial'
Why is the BBC giving so much time to hardline Brexiteers, asks journalist Raymond Snoddy
www.radiotimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
After the referendum, the BBC chief Lord Hall ordered the BBC to treat Brexit as a done deal, a decision which all but wholly excluded Remainer opinion from the BBC for around 2 years, thus grossly biasing the Brexit debate. It was a grotesque abuse of democracy.
www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-a...
www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-a...
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It's obvious but still striking to consider that we have a United States government driven solely by one man's emotional dysregulation and dysfunction.
February 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
It's obvious but still striking to consider that we have a United States government driven solely by one man's emotional dysregulation and dysfunction.
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These stories come along as regularly as the reports about the disastrous decline of UK fishing. Farmers and fishers most of whom voted for a glorious Brexit facing a catastrophic future because they were conned by a crowd of rich and xenophobic spivs. Sad
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%
NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
These stories come along as regularly as the reports about the disastrous decline of UK fishing. Farmers and fishers most of whom voted for a glorious Brexit facing a catastrophic future because they were conned by a crowd of rich and xenophobic spivs. Sad
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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“Keir Starmer – how dare you speak about justice?”
This week, the PM waxed lyrical about how Epstein victims had suffered unacceptable barriers to justice.
All while HIS OWN GOVERNMENT has repeatedly blocked justice for Harrods trafficking & abuse victims.
The hypocrisy is wild.
This week, the PM waxed lyrical about how Epstein victims had suffered unacceptable barriers to justice.
All while HIS OWN GOVERNMENT has repeatedly blocked justice for Harrods trafficking & abuse victims.
The hypocrisy is wild.
Keir Starmer – how dare you speak about justice?
A letter to Keir Starmer from a Harrods abuse survivor
sussexbylines.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 4:52 PM
“Keir Starmer – how dare you speak about justice?”
This week, the PM waxed lyrical about how Epstein victims had suffered unacceptable barriers to justice.
All while HIS OWN GOVERNMENT has repeatedly blocked justice for Harrods trafficking & abuse victims.
The hypocrisy is wild.
This week, the PM waxed lyrical about how Epstein victims had suffered unacceptable barriers to justice.
All while HIS OWN GOVERNMENT has repeatedly blocked justice for Harrods trafficking & abuse victims.
The hypocrisy is wild.