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No, Prime Minister. You could have banned hate matches. You could have banned pro-Iranian regime groups. You could have deported disgustingly antisemitic imams. You could have cracked down on mosques spewing Jew hatred. Instead you introduced an “anti-Muslim hate” definition.

We're nearly there 96,353 and counting. Do your thing internet. As for that vacuous act of futility that is govt's response? The Sewage Campaign Network has asked for a right to reply, we want to be able to write to the very same people govt did shredding their nonsense response. Sign now, sign today.

2014 Rachel Reeves saying exactly what people are saying now! I wonder if she realises that she could have gotten arrested for saying this today as a far right thug? Amazing how they change to save their own jobs isn’t it! There’s always a video

This was before Ai. 🤣😂

@BremenBod What's a flip flop hub?

New bike day! Elops 500 single speed. Rear wheel has a flip-flop hub. It’s quite nippy and very lightweight 👍 🚲 #Fixies #SingleSpeed

@RishiSunak You did tell us "they will tax us"

The instinct after a crisis in No10 is always to add more process. But the Mandelson appointment wasn't a failure of process - it was a failure of political judgment. The right response to bad decisions is better decision-making, not process paralysis. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

@LiegeBastogneL Femmes Debbie getting a great pacing off moto's

@BasilTheGreat I hope it's performance related.

Shabana Mahmood has just announced we are giving the French £660 MILLION to stop the boats This is on top of the £700 million we have previously given them which achieved nothing They all know it's a con This is a gimmick so people think something's being done

A HUGE St. George’s cross has appeared in Nottingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The 60ft long flag, which has been unveiled for St, George’s day, sits proudly on Nottinghamshire council house in Old Market Square. Absolutely beautiful 😍

Happy St George’s Day. Be proud. Fly the flag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Happy St George's Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

More words to coming back to haunt the Keir Starmer. Why has he now prorogued Parliament ‘at this crucial time’? More and more it seems like ‘One rule for them, another for everyone else’.

The Man Nobody Is Talking About. His Name Is Sir Philip Barton. Buried inside Tuesday's committee testimony, beneath the headlines about constant pressure, bullying and secret job searches, is the detail that may prove the most consequential of this entire affair. It concerns not Olly Robbins, not Morgan McSweeney, not even Keir Starmer. It concerns the man who was there before all of them. The man who said no. The man who then left his post eight months early. Sir Philip Barton was the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office when Peter Mandelson's appointment was announced in December 2024. He was, in other words, the most senior civil servant in the building at the precise moment the machinery of state was being directed to place a man with documented links to Russia and China into the most sensitive diplomatic posting in the Western alliance. What Robbins told the committee on Tuesday is this. Barton pushed back. When the Cabinet Office argued that vetting Mandelson was unnecessary, that a peer and Privy Councillor did not require developed vetting, Barton refused to accept it. He insisted that vetting was a requirement. He had to be, in Robbins's own words, very firm in person. He also voiced reservations about the appointment to Jonathan Powell, the National Security Adviser, reservations that were noted and not acted upon. He was worried, Robbins suggested, about exactly the same reputational risks that had been detailed to the Prime Minister before the appointment was announced. Then Sir Philip Barton left his post. Eight months before his tenure would otherwise have concluded. The question Richard Foord put to Robbins on Tuesday was the right one. Why did Barton's tenure end early? Robbins said he did not know. He suggested ministers may have felt it was time for a change. That answer is not an answer. It is the absence of one. Consider what the timeline now shows. A senior civil servant pushes back against the appointment, insists on vetting when the Cabinet Office wants to bypass it, raises reservations with the National Security Adviser, and departs eight months ahead of schedule. His replacement arrives to find the appointment already treated as a fait accompli, the vetting process under constant pressure from Downing Street, and the question of outcome entirely subordinate to the question of speed. If Barton was removed because he stood in the way of this appointment, then Robbins was not the first civil servant sacrificed to protect it. He was the second. And the question of who else was moved aside, overruled or silenced in the months between December 2024 and the moment the security services finally said no, becomes the most important question this affair has yet produced. Starmer sacked Robbins for following the rules. The Foreign Affairs Committee will now call Barton to give evidence. What he says will either confirm what the timeline already suggests or provide an alternative explanation that the evidence does not currently support. There is a pattern here that goes beyond process failure. Process failures are random. They point in different directions. What this affair has produced is a series of events that point consistently in one direction. Officials who comply are retained. Officials who push back depart. The security services are bypassed. The vetting is treated as an administrative inconvenience. And the one question nobody at the top of this government will answer is why this appointment, this man, this post, mattered so much that every obstacle was removed to make it happen. Barton apparently asked that question. He left eight months early. The country deserves to know why.

@ProCyclingStats that's a great gateway you have there. 👍

Keir Starmer, 2020: "When they made mistakes, I carried the can. I never turn on my staff and you should never turn on your staff." Olly Robbins has now been sacked. Morgan McSweeney resigned. Tim Allan resigned. Sir Chris Wormald resigned. Starmer should be the one resigning.

David Lammy has been the Labour MP for Tottenham since 2000. He is currently the Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. David has had a rewarding and successful career thus far. He has travelled all over the world in his roles as Shadow and actual Foreign Secretary. He is officially titled ‘Envoy Extraordinaire’ in his role at the University of Guyana 🇬🇾 and indeed, David’s career as an MP has been extraordinary on many levels. David has said that Margaret Thatcher was a ‘“visionary leader for the UK”.’ Whether David’s predecessor in Tottenham, Bernie Grant, would have agreed with him is open to question. David has described himself as a ‘“liberal, progressive Zionist”’ and is a member of the lobby organisation Labour Friends of Israel. The @ElectoralCommUK and Register of Interests show that David has received £752,849.60 in donations and perks. These include: £70,000 from Gary Lubner. £67,674 in 2 payments from the Trevor Chinn, Martin Taylor, Gary Lubner funded/Morgan McSweeney/Josh Simons run consortium @LabourTogether £12,500 from Lord Waheed Alli. £30,000 from Transilluminate Ltd. £5,000 from Samantha Hackett. £10,000 from @SilkRdConsult £2,500 from Clare Parsons. £7,000 from Lady Susan Woodford Hollick. £20,000 from Lady Jeanne Marie Davies. £7,500 from Richard Geer. £15,000 from Richard Lewis. £25,000 from one George Brown. (There is effectively no information on who this George Brown is or what he does as is the case with quite a few of David’s donors.) £24,739 from Conservation International do Brasil. 🇧🇷 £15,000 from Jonathan Stone. £10,000 from Stephen Fitzgerald. £2,500 from Tony Langham. £5,000 from Karen Blackett. £3,000 from @BuchlerPhillips £805 from the University of Glasgow to cover David’s accommodation, refreshments and transport when he received his honorary degree. 📜 David has a successful parallel career as a public speaker. He travels all over the world to speak at prestigious events: political and cultural meetings, literary festivals, Bilderberg conventions, war veteran commemorations and more. David is remunerated for these speaking engagements and has received approximately £78,896 to date. Another rewarding parallel career for David has been his stints on various radio shows. The Register of Interests shows that David has received approximately £110,145 from @LBC, Global Radio, @ITG_Ltd and other media outlets. 🎙️ Approximately £7,000 in tickets and hospitality from @SpursOfficial for ⚽️ matches and other sporting events. 🥊 £800 in tickets and hospitality from @getir for a match at @SpursOfficial ⚽️ With his approximately £200,000+ salary, expenses, donations, rental income, perks, speaking engagements, radio and media appearances, visiting professorships, his continuing ties as an ‘Associate Tenant’ to Doughty Street Chambers and his shareholdings in the Pomeroon Trading Company, there can be no doubt that David has enjoyed a very successful 26 years as an MP. And as an MP, David initially voted to retain the two-child benefit cap, voted to scrap the winter fuel payment, voted for the welfare changes that will impact people who are disabled and unwell, voted against an inquiry into grooming gangs and voted to scrap trials by jury. ‘The Labour Party - Working For You’. @DavidLammy @UKLabour #LocalElections2026 @_LFI #LabourDoorstep @LabourTottenham @Channel4News @BBCNews @AJEnglish @GBNEWS

@ProCyclingStats 33k to go 👋👋

@daniellloyd1 You might miss the important parts like..........trains 🚋🚋🚋

How are you watching the men's Tour of Flanders today?

LMAOOO I literally just choked on my breakfast 🤣🤣🤣