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If nothing else today, revel in the fact that Wes Streeting may have inadvertently scuppered his own chances at Leadership down the line.
February 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
If nothing else today, revel in the fact that Wes Streeting may have inadvertently scuppered his own chances at Leadership down the line.
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Reform-led Worcestershire set to issue England’s largest council tax rise
Reform-led Worcestershire set to issue England’s largest council tax rise
Cap-busting tax hike will be embarrassing for the party, which has made low council tax a priority
Reform-led Worcestershire county council is likely to issue England’s largest council tax rise this April after it was given special permission by the government to increase it by up to 9%.
Worcestershire is one of a handful of authorities whose requests to be allowed to increase local rates above the standard 5% cap from April have been accepted by ministers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Reform-led Worcestershire set to issue England’s largest council tax rise
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Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Seamus Culleton, who has lived in US for two decades, faces deportation after being arrested on way home from work
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An Irish man has spent five months in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and faces deportation despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record.
Seamus Culleton was a “model immigrant” who had become the victim of a capricious and inept system, said his lawyer, Ogor Winnie Okoye. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
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EXC: Nigel Farage has been accused of having no solution to Britain's problems by his own candidate. Matt Goodwin repeatedly attacked the Farage in historic posts, as well as the Reform party as a whole
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Farage accused of having no answer to UK's problems by his own candidate
In posts from just last year, Matt Goodwin, the Reform UK candidate, claimed if Mr Farage became Prime Minister support for him would 'collapse quickly' due to him being 'fairly divisiv...
www.mirror.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
EXC: Nigel Farage has been accused of having no solution to Britain's problems by his own candidate. Matt Goodwin repeatedly attacked the Farage in historic posts, as well as the Reform party as a whole
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Farage doesn’t work from home either. He’s never in Clacton.
🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense. They're more productive being with other fellow human beings"
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense. They're more productive being with other fellow human beings"
February 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Farage doesn’t work from home either. He’s never in Clacton.
What’s Sarwar’s plan if Starmer goes today and Scottish Labour still get destroyed in May?
February 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
What’s Sarwar’s plan if Starmer goes today and Scottish Labour still get destroyed in May?
It would be nice to see Starmer fight back and grow some balls but I doubt it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
It would be nice to see Starmer fight back and grow some balls but I doubt it.
I can’t really see a long term solution for Starmer here. How does he play this? If he could hang on to May and Labour got annihilated then maybe that would be the last straw?
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I can’t really see a long term solution for Starmer here. How does he play this? If he could hang on to May and Labour got annihilated then maybe that would be the last straw?
Anas Sarwar has made it clear that his loyalty lies to Scotland so he won’t be seeking the job in Number 10, right?
February 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Anas Sarwar has made it clear that his loyalty lies to Scotland so he won’t be seeking the job in Number 10, right?
I don’t like Sarwar at all.
February 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I don’t like Sarwar at all.
I know this isn’t the point but… Danny Beales MP is hot af.
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I know this isn’t the point but… Danny Beales MP is hot af.
Excellent throwback.
Is John Sergeant on the steps of the Paris embassy yet?
February 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Excellent throwback.
We need somebody old and experienced, not a young fresh face who is Presidential. Grab somebody from the Lords because this is all pathetic and it’s about time a grown up takes charge. Europe is on the brink of war.
February 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
We need somebody old and experienced, not a young fresh face who is Presidential. Grab somebody from the Lords because this is all pathetic and it’s about time a grown up takes charge. Europe is on the brink of war.
There’s going to be a General Election before 2029, isn’t there?
And we all know what will happen.
And we all know what will happen.
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
There’s going to be a General Election before 2029, isn’t there?
And we all know what will happen.
And we all know what will happen.
Imagine if Barbara Castle had been PM from 1979-1990.
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Imagine if Barbara Castle had been PM from 1979-1990.
Christ, we need a Barbara Castle right now.
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Christ, we need a Barbara Castle right now.
Who realistically could lead Labour? The only decent people are in the Lords or retired.
Burnham is the only one who the public seem to like.
Burnham is the only one who the public seem to like.
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Who realistically could lead Labour? The only decent people are in the Lords or retired.
Burnham is the only one who the public seem to like.
Burnham is the only one who the public seem to like.
I called it.
February 9, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I called it.
There we are, no surprise.
BREAKING | Welsh Labour leader Eluned Morgan is set to follow Scottish Labour's Anas Sarwar in calling for Keir Starmer to resign
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Starmer latest: Scottish Labour leader to demand PM resign over Mandelson scandal
A major intervention from Anas Sarwar could be the tipping point for Keir Starmer’s premiership
trib.al
February 9, 2026 at 1:57 PM
There we are, no surprise.
Eluned Morgan overlooking Cardiff Bay:
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Eluned Morgan overlooking Cardiff Bay:
They’re scrambling for the last lifeboat off a sinking ship and maybe Sarwar is hoping to avoid scrutiny if the PM takes the fall and ideally closes the scandal.
Anas Sarwar, long-term ally of Peter Mandelson, is going to call for his long-term ally Keir Starmer, long-term ally of Peter Mandelson, to resign over hiring Peter Pandelson.
I'm not convinced I understand the thinking going on here but I'm interested in where they think they're going with it.
I'm not convinced I understand the thinking going on here but I'm interested in where they think they're going with it.
Huge breaking news. Anas Sarwar is going to call for Sir Keir Starmer to quit. Emergency press conference at 2.30pm. Follow @heraldscotland.bsky.social live blog here www.heraldscotland.com/news/2583840...
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
They’re scrambling for the last lifeboat off a sinking ship and maybe Sarwar is hoping to avoid scrutiny if the PM takes the fall and ideally closes the scandal.
Imagine if I’d told you back in 2004 that there would be a full blown Labour civil war in the 2020s over… Peter Mandelson.
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Imagine if I’d told you back in 2004 that there would be a full blown Labour civil war in the 2020s over… Peter Mandelson.
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NEW: Anas Sarwar has been accused of 'going into hiding' and dodging media scrutiny amid the Peter Mandelson scandal
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
February 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
NEW: Anas Sarwar has been accused of 'going into hiding' and dodging media scrutiny amid the Peter Mandelson scandal
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Starmer has lost Sarwar and Scottish Labour. I wonder if Manchester is next?
three men in armor are standing next to each other with the words so it begins written on the bottom
ALT: three men in armor are standing next to each other with the words so it begins written on the bottom
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February 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Starmer has lost Sarwar and Scottish Labour. I wonder if Manchester is next?
Lettuce wait and see.
BREAKING: Keir Starmer is not resigning and will be 'concentrating on the job in hand', Downing Street has said
His mood this morning has been described as 'upbeat' and 'confident'
His mood this morning has been described as 'upbeat' and 'confident'
February 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Lettuce wait and see.