Noah Keate
@noahkeate.bsky.social
Writer. Journalist. Live News Reporter for @politico.eu. Loves cats, Edinburgh, 'The Archers', trains and Earl Grey Tea. Email: nkeate@politico.co.uk
Due to, erm, events, we skipped the @politico.eu #PMQs scorecard and wrote about Keir Starmer's strongest criticism of the US president to date.
“I will not yield, Britain will not yield on our principles and values about the future of Greenland.”
www.politico.eu/article/uk-k...
“I will not yield, Britain will not yield on our principles and values about the future of Greenland.”
www.politico.eu/article/uk-k...
UK’s Starmer: I will not yield to Donald Trump
The British prime minister says the U.S. president is trying to exert pressure over Greenland with Chagos change of heart.
www.politico.eu
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Due to, erm, events, we skipped the @politico.eu #PMQs scorecard and wrote about Keir Starmer's strongest criticism of the US president to date.
“I will not yield, Britain will not yield on our principles and values about the future of Greenland.”
www.politico.eu/article/uk-k...
“I will not yield, Britain will not yield on our principles and values about the future of Greenland.”
www.politico.eu/article/uk-k...
Quite the language from Donald Trump about the Chagos Islands deal between the UK and Mauritius, given the US president's previous support for the agreement over Diego Garcia was a key win from Keir Starmer's first meeting with Trump in the White House.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Quite the language from Donald Trump about the Chagos Islands deal between the UK and Mauritius, given the US president's previous support for the agreement over Diego Garcia was a key win from Keir Starmer's first meeting with Trump in the White House.
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truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Confused about what's happening? (A perennial question admittedly.) Keen to learn more about how the world's response to Donald Trump's latest threat of tariffs? Then do follow @politico.eu's live blog closely, providing reaction across the continent.
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
Trump’s tariff bombshell leaves Europe scrambling to defend Greenland — live updates
Massive week of global diplomacy begins across Brussels, Washington and Davos.
www.politico.eu
January 19, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Confused about what's happening? (A perennial question admittedly.) Keen to learn more about how the world's response to Donald Trump's latest threat of tariffs? Then do follow @politico.eu's live blog closely, providing reaction across the continent.
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick are now best mates.
But that wasn't always the case.
My @politico.eu piece looks over seven occasions (yes, seven) where the close allies didn't always see eye to eye.
www.politico.eu/article/7-ti...
But that wasn't always the case.
My @politico.eu piece looks over seven occasions (yes, seven) where the close allies didn't always see eye to eye.
www.politico.eu/article/7-ti...
7 times Nigel Farage and his new best mate Robert Jenrick fell out
The former Tory bigwig has not always been on the same page as his new boss.
www.politico.eu
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick are now best mates.
But that wasn't always the case.
My @politico.eu piece looks over seven occasions (yes, seven) where the close allies didn't always see eye to eye.
www.politico.eu/article/7-ti...
But that wasn't always the case.
My @politico.eu piece looks over seven occasions (yes, seven) where the close allies didn't always see eye to eye.
www.politico.eu/article/7-ti...
The true mark politics has changed - the official parliamentary website has updated Jenrick's status. The now independent MP's X banner, however, still calls him the Shadow Justice Secretary.
members.parliament.uk/member/4320/...
members.parliament.uk/member/4320/...
Contact information for Robert Jenrick - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament
The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick is the Independent MP for Newark, and has been an MP continually since 5 June 2014.
members.parliament.uk
January 15, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The true mark politics has changed - the official parliamentary website has updated Jenrick's status. The now independent MP's X banner, however, still calls him the Shadow Justice Secretary.
members.parliament.uk/member/4320/...
members.parliament.uk/member/4320/...
It's a Wednesday, so do read my latest @politico.eu #PMQs scorecard where u-turns (including digital ID) took centre stage. The usual barbs were on show from both sides with Starmer and Badenoch (for now) enjoying support from their backbenchers.
www.politico.eu/article/pmq-...
www.politico.eu/article/pmq-...
PMQs: Badenoch mocks Starmer over digital ID U-turn
The Tory leader pushed the PM over Labour’s many U-turns — and questioned his ability to govern.
www.politico.eu
January 14, 2026 at 1:57 PM
It's a Wednesday, so do read my latest @politico.eu #PMQs scorecard where u-turns (including digital ID) took centre stage. The usual barbs were on show from both sides with Starmer and Badenoch (for now) enjoying support from their backbenchers.
www.politico.eu/article/pmq-...
www.politico.eu/article/pmq-...
NEW: Ed Davey tells me it's "quite outrageous" for the House of Lords to "try to kill" the assisted dying bill despite opposing the legislation himself.
"It’s the democratic right of the House of Commons to pass bad law if it wants to," he adds.
"It’s the democratic right of the House of Commons to pass bad law if it wants to," he adds.
January 13, 2026 at 11:22 AM
NEW: Ed Davey tells me it's "quite outrageous" for the House of Lords to "try to kill" the assisted dying bill despite opposing the legislation himself.
"It’s the democratic right of the House of Commons to pass bad law if it wants to," he adds.
"It’s the democratic right of the House of Commons to pass bad law if it wants to," he adds.
At Ed Davey’s speech highlighting the crisis inside A&E departments across the country - including the huge waits patients experience. Health is a core policy area for the Lib Dems, so they’ll be hoping raising awareness attracts support on both the left and right.
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 AM
At Ed Davey’s speech highlighting the crisis inside A&E departments across the country - including the huge waits patients experience. Health is a core policy area for the Lib Dems, so they’ll be hoping raising awareness attracts support on both the left and right.
Reposted by Noah Keate
Special delivery from the Lib Dem media team to the lobby to “pep you up for the rest of the afternoon”
January 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Special delivery from the Lib Dem media team to the lobby to “pep you up for the rest of the afternoon”
Keir Starmer's made another u-turn. What's new?
My latest @politico.eu listicle compiles seven times the PM has changed gears in government and, crucially, the time it took him to perform the inevitable u-turn.
Expect this list to get some updates!
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
My latest @politico.eu listicle compiles seven times the PM has changed gears in government and, crucially, the time it took him to perform the inevitable u-turn.
Expect this list to get some updates!
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
7 times Keir Starmer’s MPs forced him to U-turn … so far
… and how long each about-face took to pull off.
www.politico.eu
January 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Keir Starmer's made another u-turn. What's new?
My latest @politico.eu listicle compiles seven times the PM has changed gears in government and, crucially, the time it took him to perform the inevitable u-turn.
Expect this list to get some updates!
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
My latest @politico.eu listicle compiles seven times the PM has changed gears in government and, crucially, the time it took him to perform the inevitable u-turn.
Expect this list to get some updates!
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
Party like it's 2019!
@danbloom1.bsky.social and yours truly combed through the Brexit tribes inside Labour trying to reshape Britain's relationship with the EU.
Apart from some Blue Labour holdouts, all the groups are united by wanting *closer* ties with Brussels.
www.politico.eu/article/meet...
@danbloom1.bsky.social and yours truly combed through the Brexit tribes inside Labour trying to reshape Britain's relationship with the EU.
Apart from some Blue Labour holdouts, all the groups are united by wanting *closer* ties with Brussels.
www.politico.eu/article/meet...
The Labour tribes shaping Britain’s Brexit reset
POLITICO sketches the tangled Venn diagram of Brexit camps in Britain’s ruling party.
www.politico.eu
January 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Party like it's 2019!
@danbloom1.bsky.social and yours truly combed through the Brexit tribes inside Labour trying to reshape Britain's relationship with the EU.
Apart from some Blue Labour holdouts, all the groups are united by wanting *closer* ties with Brussels.
www.politico.eu/article/meet...
@danbloom1.bsky.social and yours truly combed through the Brexit tribes inside Labour trying to reshape Britain's relationship with the EU.
Apart from some Blue Labour holdouts, all the groups are united by wanting *closer* ties with Brussels.
www.politico.eu/article/meet...
Given the turbulent geopolitical situation, you'd be forgiven for expecting a sober tone at the first #PMQs of 2026.
But that didn't happen.
My @politico.eu scorecard on Starmer and Badenoch falling out ... despite agreeing a lot on foreign policy.
www.politico.eu/article/pmqs...
But that didn't happen.
My @politico.eu scorecard on Starmer and Badenoch falling out ... despite agreeing a lot on foreign policy.
www.politico.eu/article/pmqs...
PMQs: Badenoch decries Starmer’s cowardice on telling MPs about Ukraine
The Tory leader took Starmer to task for not addressing parliament over the situation in Ukraine and Greenland — but the PM committed news of his own.
www.politico.eu
January 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Given the turbulent geopolitical situation, you'd be forgiven for expecting a sober tone at the first #PMQs of 2026.
But that didn't happen.
My @politico.eu scorecard on Starmer and Badenoch falling out ... despite agreeing a lot on foreign policy.
www.politico.eu/article/pmqs...
But that didn't happen.
My @politico.eu scorecard on Starmer and Badenoch falling out ... despite agreeing a lot on foreign policy.
www.politico.eu/article/pmqs...
Given most of my landscape shots consist of grey skies, rather pleased with these snaps of the last day and sunset of the year. May 2026 involve plenty more aesthetically pleasing photos, bright & crisp weather and, possibly, a return to some culinary escapades.
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Given most of my landscape shots consist of grey skies, rather pleased with these snaps of the last day and sunset of the year. May 2026 involve plenty more aesthetically pleasing photos, bright & crisp weather and, possibly, a return to some culinary escapades.
Keen for a political trip down memory lane? Then, in-between the mince pies and remaining leftovers, do scroll through my @politico.eu rundown of 67 (yes, 67) odd words and phrases that entered SW1’s lexicon in 2025.
www.politico.eu/article/67-w...
www.politico.eu/article/67-w...
67 weird phrases that defined British politics in 2025
From “driving the DLR” to “island of strangers,” Westminster was hit by a tidal wave of strange terminology this year.
www.politico.eu
December 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Keen for a political trip down memory lane? Then, in-between the mince pies and remaining leftovers, do scroll through my @politico.eu rundown of 67 (yes, 67) odd words and phrases that entered SW1’s lexicon in 2025.
www.politico.eu/article/67-w...
www.politico.eu/article/67-w...
Marking Betwixmas in a peaceful, cloudy Cambridge with, of course, some charity shop book purchases.
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Marking Betwixmas in a peaceful, cloudy Cambridge with, of course, some charity shop book purchases.
Feeling bereft after finishing Elizabeth Day’s utterly sublime ‘One of Us.’ Thrilling to rediscover the array of compelling, intoxicating characters five years after reading ‘The Party.’ Meticulous plotting, pacy narrative and beautiful prose. The perfect festive tome.
December 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Feeling bereft after finishing Elizabeth Day’s utterly sublime ‘One of Us.’ Thrilling to rediscover the array of compelling, intoxicating characters five years after reading ‘The Party.’ Meticulous plotting, pacy narrative and beautiful prose. The perfect festive tome.
Cambridge is always enchanting and majestic, but especially so at Christmas.
December 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Cambridge is always enchanting and majestic, but especially so at Christmas.
Essential Christmas tradition = complete.
December 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Essential Christmas tradition = complete.
NEW: The New Year's Eve celebration on the Commons Terrace has been cancelled after parliamentary security staff in the PCS union announced strike action on December 31.
Last month, I reported this was very likely due to inadequate working conditions. 👇
www.politico.eu/article/uk-h...
Last month, I reported this was very likely due to inadequate working conditions. 👇
www.politico.eu/article/uk-h...
UK parliament’s security staff eye New Year’s Eve strike
Guards responsible for protecting British lawmakers have repeatedly walked out over working conditions.
www.politico.eu
December 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
NEW: The New Year's Eve celebration on the Commons Terrace has been cancelled after parliamentary security staff in the PCS union announced strike action on December 31.
Last month, I reported this was very likely due to inadequate working conditions. 👇
www.politico.eu/article/uk-h...
Last month, I reported this was very likely due to inadequate working conditions. 👇
www.politico.eu/article/uk-h...
Final @politico.eu #PMQs scorecard of 2025 by yours truly where Starmer and Badenoch traded festive barbs. The Tory leader claimed all Labour MPs want for Christmas "is a new leader" while Starmer said Badenoch would be "left Home Alone" by defections.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
PMQs: Starmer bats away Badenoch’s festive barbs
The two leaders embraced the Christmas spirit in their final battle of the year — and the prime minister came out on top.
www.politico.eu
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Final @politico.eu #PMQs scorecard of 2025 by yours truly where Starmer and Badenoch traded festive barbs. The Tory leader claimed all Labour MPs want for Christmas "is a new leader" while Starmer said Badenoch would be "left Home Alone" by defections.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
Reposted by Noah Keate
Green Party leader Zack Polanski is open to forming a discrete non-aggression pact with Labour in order to stop right-winger Nigel Farage from ever entering Downing Street, according to two senior Green officials.
Britain’s Greens eye a Labour pact to shut out Farage
Leftist party considers targeting resources away from Labour to block right-wing Reform UK — but not under Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
www.politico.eu
December 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Green Party leader Zack Polanski is open to forming a discrete non-aggression pact with Labour in order to stop right-winger Nigel Farage from ever entering Downing Street, according to two senior Green officials.
Reposted by Noah Keate
EXC: Operation stop Farage: Polanski would work with Labour to keep Reform out of No 10 - if Starmer is ousted
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Operation stop Farage: Polanski would work with Labour to keep Reform out of No 10
Green Party leader is open to pact, senior figures suggest
inews.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
EXC: Operation stop Farage: Polanski would work with Labour to keep Reform out of No 10 - if Starmer is ousted
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Required Christmas reading!
Lunchtime reading - or maybe just an amuse-bouche from the absolute doorstopper that is "The British General Election of 2024" from @robfordmancs.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social, @psurridge.bsky.social and me.
The ten most surprising facts from the 2024 election revealed
Voters cared a lot less about tax than you might think.
theconversation.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Required Christmas reading!
In 2020, Keir Starmer pledged to abolish the House of Lords.
But now he's filled the unelected chamber with his allies.
My @politico.eu listicle remembers five times Labour ripped into the upper house ... before learning to love the red benches.
www.politico.eu/article/5-ti...
But now he's filled the unelected chamber with his allies.
My @politico.eu listicle remembers five times Labour ripped into the upper house ... before learning to love the red benches.
www.politico.eu/article/5-ti...
5 times Labour denounced the House of Lords … before packing it with pals
Keir Starmer once pledged to abolish the House of Lords — now he can’t help but fill it with allies.
www.politico.eu
December 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In 2020, Keir Starmer pledged to abolish the House of Lords.
But now he's filled the unelected chamber with his allies.
My @politico.eu listicle remembers five times Labour ripped into the upper house ... before learning to love the red benches.
www.politico.eu/article/5-ti...
But now he's filled the unelected chamber with his allies.
My @politico.eu listicle remembers five times Labour ripped into the upper house ... before learning to love the red benches.
www.politico.eu/article/5-ti...
My penultimate @politico.eu #PMQs scorecard of 2025 highlighted how Kemi Badenoch focused on the records of Keir Starmer's leadership rivals in their respective government departments — lambasting *both* their policy delivery and the internal political divisions.
www.politico.eu/article/pmqs...
www.politico.eu/article/pmqs...
PMQs: Badenoch pokes fun at Starmer’s leadership rivals
The Tory leader raised the record of the prime minister’s possible successors in No 10 — and left Starmer on the defensive.
www.politico.eu
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My penultimate @politico.eu #PMQs scorecard of 2025 highlighted how Kemi Badenoch focused on the records of Keir Starmer's leadership rivals in their respective government departments — lambasting *both* their policy delivery and the internal political divisions.
www.politico.eu/article/pmqs...
www.politico.eu/article/pmqs...