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McSweeney goes. Will it save Starmer?
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 2:18 PM
McSweeney goes. Will it save Starmer?
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President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the U.S. & Russia may reach bilateral agreements on Ukraine without Kyiv’s participation; Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure; Ukraine struck an “important” Russian cruise missile fuel plant in Tver Oblast; and more.
Ukraine war latest: Zelensky warns of 'risk' US, Russia could strike bilateral deals on Ukraine without Kyiv
Key developments on Feb. 7-8:
* Zelensky warns of 'risk' US, Russia could strike bilateral deals on Ukraine without Kyiv
* Russia causes 'significant damage' to thermal plants, nuclear facilities i...
kyivindependent.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:46 PM
President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the U.S. & Russia may reach bilateral agreements on Ukraine without Kyiv’s participation; Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure; Ukraine struck an “important” Russian cruise missile fuel plant in Tver Oblast; and more.
Olympic Games curling is like pétanque really 😉
February 8, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Olympic Games curling is like pétanque really 😉
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Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, said Mandelson has “damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
U.K. Prime Minister’s Chief Of Staff Resigns Amid Backlash Over Promoting Epstein-Connected Peter Mandelson
Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, said Mandelson has “damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
www.forbes.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, said Mandelson has “damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
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Europeans are pushing to hold Jeffrey Epstein's creepy pals, including billionaires like Elon Musk, accountable. The U.S.? Not so much.
Europe is holding its Epstein creeps accountable. Why can’t we? | Will Bunch
www.inquirer.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Europeans are pushing to hold Jeffrey Epstein's creepy pals, including billionaires like Elon Musk, accountable. The U.S.? Not so much.
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NEWS! JD Vance booed by wife and kids newsthump.com/2026/02/08/j...
JD Vance booed by wife and kids
Following a frosty reception at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, things got even worse for US Vice President JD Vance when he was loudly booed by his own wife and kids.
newsthump.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
NEWS! JD Vance booed by wife and kids newsthump.com/2026/02/08/j...
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If Patriots win #SuperBowl, Robert Kraft will be only man to have his winner's ring stolen by both Donald Trump & Vladimir Putin.
February 8, 2026 at 3:28 PM
If Patriots win #SuperBowl, Robert Kraft will be only man to have his winner's ring stolen by both Donald Trump & Vladimir Putin.
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Take a look back at the best, worst and most WTF moments from the Grammys 2026 Thttps://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/grammys-2026-the-best-worst-and-most-wtf-moments-58090/
Grammys 2026: The best, worst and most WTF moments
Bad Bunny speaks out against ICE, Sabrina Carpenter, Tyler, the Creator, Cher, Justin Bieber, and more: The best and worst moments from the 2026 show.
www.rollingstone.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Take a look back at the best, worst and most WTF moments from the Grammys 2026 Thttps://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/grammys-2026-the-best-worst-and-most-wtf-moments-58090/
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'I saw these two lights of the fast train coming towards us and I said stop the train''
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk recalls how he saved a woman from an accident on the trains.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk recalls how he saved a woman from an accident on the trains.
February 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
'I saw these two lights of the fast train coming towards us and I said stop the train''
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk recalls how he saved a woman from an accident on the trains.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk recalls how he saved a woman from an accident on the trains.
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✨️ Spread Love ♥️ Be Love 💫
✊🏽🌎✊🏻 Never let racism win 👇🏽
✊🏽🌎✊🏻 Never let racism win 👇🏽
February 7, 2026 at 9:38 AM
✨️ Spread Love ♥️ Be Love 💫
✊🏽🌎✊🏻 Never let racism win 👇🏽
✊🏽🌎✊🏻 Never let racism win 👇🏽
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MILAN : PROTESTATIONS EN SÉRIE CONTRE LES JO D'HIVER ET L’IMPÉRIALISME
Les Jeux Olympiques d'hiver 2026 ont démarré dans le nord de l'Italie, à Milan et Cortina depuis hier, et font déjà beaucoup réagir.
Notre article à lire ici : contre-attaque.net/2026/02/08/m...
Les Jeux Olympiques d'hiver 2026 ont démarré dans le nord de l'Italie, à Milan et Cortina depuis hier, et font déjà beaucoup réagir.
Notre article à lire ici : contre-attaque.net/2026/02/08/m...
February 8, 2026 at 11:35 AM
MILAN : PROTESTATIONS EN SÉRIE CONTRE LES JO D'HIVER ET L’IMPÉRIALISME
Les Jeux Olympiques d'hiver 2026 ont démarré dans le nord de l'Italie, à Milan et Cortina depuis hier, et font déjà beaucoup réagir.
Notre article à lire ici : contre-attaque.net/2026/02/08/m...
Les Jeux Olympiques d'hiver 2026 ont démarré dans le nord de l'Italie, à Milan et Cortina depuis hier, et font déjà beaucoup réagir.
Notre article à lire ici : contre-attaque.net/2026/02/08/m...
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I agree with Reform UK!!
Starmer should resign for hiring Peter Mandelson...
Therefore... According to the Logic of Zia Yusuf, Nigel Farage should resign for hiring James McMurdock and Nathan Gill!
#BBCqt
Starmer should resign for hiring Peter Mandelson...
Therefore... According to the Logic of Zia Yusuf, Nigel Farage should resign for hiring James McMurdock and Nathan Gill!
#BBCqt
Zia Yusuf: Starmer must RESIGN over Epstein-Mandelson scandal - Reform UK on Question Time
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 8:08 AM
I agree with Reform UK!!
Starmer should resign for hiring Peter Mandelson...
Therefore... According to the Logic of Zia Yusuf, Nigel Farage should resign for hiring James McMurdock and Nathan Gill!
#BBCqt
Starmer should resign for hiring Peter Mandelson...
Therefore... According to the Logic of Zia Yusuf, Nigel Farage should resign for hiring James McMurdock and Nathan Gill!
#BBCqt
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🗳️ sondage sorti des urnes ANN au Japon : le PLD de la Première ministre Sanae Takaichi obtiendrait une très large victoire.
February 8, 2026 at 11:12 AM
🗳️ sondage sorti des urnes ANN au Japon : le PLD de la Première ministre Sanae Takaichi obtiendrait une très large victoire.
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Ils ploient sous le travail, manquent de moyens… et de temps pour leur famille. Mais les maires ne rêvent pas forcément de passer le flambeau, observe David Guéranger, qui publie “Maires, à quoi bon ? Enquête au cœur des engagements municipaux”.
Des maires harassés, mais engagés : être édile, une vie en première ligne à la loupe d’un sociologue
www.telerama.fr
February 8, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Ils ploient sous le travail, manquent de moyens… et de temps pour leur famille. Mais les maires ne rêvent pas forcément de passer le flambeau, observe David Guéranger, qui publie “Maires, à quoi bon ? Enquête au cœur des engagements municipaux”.
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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SPECIAL REPORT: Professor Gregor Gall reports from inside Your Party's first Scottish conference 👀
Inside Your Party's first conference in Scotland – everything we learned
www.thenational.scot
February 8, 2026 at 11:25 AM
SPECIAL REPORT: Professor Gregor Gall reports from inside Your Party's first Scottish conference 👀
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This week in the French Dispatch 🇫🇷
🇷🇺Operation Storm-1516 targets Emmanuel Macron
🚓Musk’s Paris offices raided before Paris Prosecutor summons
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/russian-di...
🇷🇺Operation Storm-1516 targets Emmanuel Macron
🚓Musk’s Paris offices raided before Paris Prosecutor summons
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/russian-di...
Russian Disinformation Targets Macron as French Prosecutors Move Against Elon Musk’s X
From the Storm-1516 propaganda operation to raids on Musk’s Paris offices, France confronts disinformation, platform abuse, and democratic destabilisation
www.frenchdispatch.eu
February 8, 2026 at 11:25 AM
This week in the French Dispatch 🇫🇷
🇷🇺Operation Storm-1516 targets Emmanuel Macron
🚓Musk’s Paris offices raided before Paris Prosecutor summons
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/russian-di...
🇷🇺Operation Storm-1516 targets Emmanuel Macron
🚓Musk’s Paris offices raided before Paris Prosecutor summons
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/russian-di...
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Detenido en Dubái el presunto atacante de un teniente general de la inteligencia militar rusa tiroteado en Moscú
Detenido en Dubái el presunto atacante de un teniente general de la inteligencia militar rusa tiroteado en Moscú
Los servicios de seguridad rusos sostienen que una supuesta cómplice ha huido a Ucrania. Otra persona ha sido detenida en la capital rusa
elpais.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Detenido en Dubái el presunto atacante de un teniente general de la inteligencia militar rusa tiroteado en Moscú
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Une ambiance exceptionnelle pour le Jour 1 du Grand Slam de Paris 2026
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/Mtvw
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/Mtvw
February 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Une ambiance exceptionnelle pour le Jour 1 du Grand Slam de Paris 2026
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/Mtvw
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/Mtvw
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Grâce à des vers marins, une société de Bretagne vient en aide aux victimes de l'incendie de Crans-Montana
➡️ https://l.ici.fr/GATr
➡️ https://l.ici.fr/GATr
February 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Grâce à des vers marins, une société de Bretagne vient en aide aux victimes de l'incendie de Crans-Montana
➡️ https://l.ici.fr/GATr
➡️ https://l.ici.fr/GATr
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"Simply making conditions harsher in the hope it will deter arrivals appears, based on the evidence, unlikely to achieve the desired effect."
✍️ Catherine Barnard Fiona Costello & Ali Ahmadi on UK asylum policy
🔗 https://ukandeu.ac.uk/what-are-the-pull-factors-for-those-seeking-asylum-in-the-uk/
✍️ Catherine Barnard Fiona Costello & Ali Ahmadi on UK asylum policy
🔗 https://ukandeu.ac.uk/what-are-the-pull-factors-for-those-seeking-asylum-in-the-uk/
What are the pull factors for those seeking asylum in the UK? - UK in a changing Europe
Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello look at the reasons why asylum seekers come to the UK and to what extent UK asylum policy is a factor in the decision.
ukandeu.ac.uk
February 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
"Simply making conditions harsher in the hope it will deter arrivals appears, based on the evidence, unlikely to achieve the desired effect."
✍️ Catherine Barnard Fiona Costello & Ali Ahmadi on UK asylum policy
🔗 https://ukandeu.ac.uk/what-are-the-pull-factors-for-those-seeking-asylum-in-the-uk/
✍️ Catherine Barnard Fiona Costello & Ali Ahmadi on UK asylum policy
🔗 https://ukandeu.ac.uk/what-are-the-pull-factors-for-those-seeking-asylum-in-the-uk/
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Hey, @politico.eu, shouldn't you include Tony Blair Institute's well-known links to petrostates & oil & gas companies in this report?
And shouldn't you call him "oil & IT lobbyist" first, since he's been that twice as long as he was PM?
www.politico.eu/article/tony...
And shouldn't you call him "oil & IT lobbyist" first, since he's been that twice as long as he was PM?
www.politico.eu/article/tony...
Tony Blair’s think tank: Labour should revise Windfall Tax
The tax on oil and gas profits has been in place since 2022.
www.politico.eu
February 7, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Hey, @politico.eu, shouldn't you include Tony Blair Institute's well-known links to petrostates & oil & gas companies in this report?
And shouldn't you call him "oil & IT lobbyist" first, since he's been that twice as long as he was PM?
www.politico.eu/article/tony...
And shouldn't you call him "oil & IT lobbyist" first, since he's been that twice as long as he was PM?
www.politico.eu/article/tony...
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The amount of piss-taking about Brexit Patel provided here equals a busy Saturday night at Wetherspoon. #UKPolitics
February 8, 2026 at 8:37 AM
The amount of piss-taking about Brexit Patel provided here equals a busy Saturday night at Wetherspoon. #UKPolitics
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That horrible feeling when you get caught trying to pull a fast one.
February 8, 2026 at 8:49 AM
That horrible feeling when you get caught trying to pull a fast one.
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Same old Reform, own nothing
Reform blames printer as Farage’s party faces investigation into by-election leaflet
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform blames printer as Farage’s party faces investigation into by-election leaflet
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform blames printer as it faces investigation into by-election leaflet
The Electoral Commission says the omission is a police matter
www.independent.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Same old Reform, own nothing
Reform blames printer as Farage’s party faces investigation into by-election leaflet
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform blames printer as Farage’s party faces investigation into by-election leaflet
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...