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Clegg says past policy decisions have limited the role the UK can play in AI, and that "energy is too expensive." Reminder: In 2010 Clegg opposed building new nuclear power, saying it would not provide electricity until 2021 or 2022.

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@campbellclaret What's wrong with her conduct? x.com/i/status/20476…

The conduct of a tiny minority in the House of Lords who have used every tactic imaginable to make sure the Assisted Dying Bill fails has been awful. I have long believed the Lords is simply not fit for purpose as a second chamber. This has cemented my view hard, and I imagine will make others realise just how ludicrous our legislative systems are. Sad day.

Kit wants the state to kill people.

The Iranian regime is paying people to burn down synagogues in the UK More remarkable is how few people seem to be bothered by this

There is an expectation that the Government will allow its Northern Ireland Troubles Bill to die quietly, citing 'lack of time' before the end of this parliamentary session. Given the importance of the issue, I'll avoid scoring any easy political points. I would even congratulate the Government for having the courage to drop this flawed bill. telegraph.co.uk/gift/a81208406…

Starmers performance today summed up!

@PippaCrerar 😂😂😂

EXCL: Keir Starmer would have blocked Peter Mandelson from serving as the UK’s ambassador to Washington had he known he failed security vetting, David Lammy tells me. The deputy PM also says: - it was “inexplicable” that Oliver Robbins opted to leave Downing Street in dark over outcome. - he was “shocked and surprised” when he first learned on Thursday what had happened. - neither he nor his advisers at time he was foreign sec had known about – or asked for information on – vetting process or its conclusions

@PreetKGillMP 😂😂😂😂 Pathetic.

I do not accept the claim that Keir Starmer is a liar. He is not. I have known him to be serious, measured, and guided by a strong sense of public duty. We must challenge one another robustly on policy, but do it in a way that strengthens public confidence not erode it

This is going to really hurt Matthew when he realises Starmer is, in fact, a liar rather than a luncheon meat messiah. Let's all be understanding as he goes on this difficult journey.

🚨 This is utterly DAMNING for Keir Starmer. "It's been clear that the PM wanted to make this appointment *himself*" Olly Robbins explains *EXACTLY* how Peter Mandelson was appointed and it proves unequivocally that Keir Starmer lied. Watch until the end. He's finished!

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As usual, Ciaran Martin is busy spreading bullshit to hacks. The PM is *often* told by officials details from vetting, leak inquiries, investigations by intel agencies etc. This is because the PM in our constitution is often the only constitutional authority deemed able to make a political judgement about things including risk assessments of appointments. Martin's bullshit that details are never shared is factually untrue. Often officials run through a list - sorry PM, sex pest. Sorry, being investigated by NCA for fraud but we shd keep this quiet as he isn't charged yet. Sorry, he was asked about leaking X and he lied to the investigators, a breach of the ministerial code... I've watched discussions about each of these things with the PM and officials. Martin is asking you to believe that officials can just say 'sorry PM you can't appoint X he's failed vetting' and *the PM* isn't allowed to know any details. Absurd for many reasons. I know I say ministers have become NPCs but it isn't quite that bad yet - though the likes of Martin would *like* officials to control absolutely everything. When the penetration of Whitehall by PRC intel became a huge story, Martin spread disinfo to hacks trying to make the disaster look less disastrous. He is a Remainiac Heywood stooge who pipes up for elements of Whitehall & shd not be treated as any sort of 'impartial official'. Mandelson was a political appointment. All sides agree that the PM made this appointment and made clear he was pushing it through before various checks were done and regardless of various checks already done. If the vetting people came back with concerns, *the proper action was UNQUESTIONABLY for officials to take this to the PM* for him to make a judgement about the pros/cons and risks of his own political appointment, including the 'details' which Martin is pretending junior vetting officials are allowed to know but not *the PM*. This is the only proper way for such a problem to be resolved. Ollie Robbins and Ciaran are talking crap. And so is Starmer. All systems are working as intended. Also hacks shd be asking: Who officially authorised Mandelson for STRAP clearance? You don't get to read very sensitive material, like transcripts of intercepted calls between important people, just because you've got DV - you *also* need STRAP. Either a) an official cleared Mandy for STRAP or else b) the requirement / 3+ month delay was waived by the PM, or c) we're supposed to believe Mandy wasn't shown STRAP material? So which official authorised it or did the PM waive it? When? (It's already in the published paper trail that he was told it would take over 3 months)

@PippaCrerar Well, we know that's a lie. x.com/i/status/20450…

NEW: Yvette Cooper and her office only became aware that Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting when approached by the Guardian on Thursday, I’m told. The foreign secretary then spent evening in FCDO and Downing Street with the PM where she spoke to Sir Olly Robbins. They concluded he could no longer continue in post. It means that Cooper, Lammy, McSweeney, Mandelson and the PM himself all now saying they had no clue.

Just pointing out that I broke the story 7 months ago that Mandelson failed vetting from the security services and put it to Downing Street...so the idea that Downing Street only found out on Tuesday is complete nonsense. independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

@deGourlay @BethRigby They'll change them back again you watch!

@BethRigby 👆Interesting that they would try to hide behind 'knowingly', given the kangaroos specifically changed the rules to stitch up Boris.

NEW: Anger in No 10 tonight - am told by a source that neither the PM nor his advisors were told, over a series of months, that Mandelson had been granted security clearance against the recommendation of UK security vetting. That suggests this information was held in foreign office and not shared. Big Qs now about the PM misleading the House. I am told the PM had been asking Qs about vetting and not been told this information while giving statements to parliament. Told this week PM had been trying to get answers about what happened since Tues night - Guardian got ahead of story. The critical point is that the minister has to have ‘knowingly misled’ the House, and clearly No 10 saying tonight the PM was not aware. I understand the PM had been intending to update the HoC as soon as No 10 had established facts, which they have been doing since Tues. So expect to see the PM come to HoC on Monday to correct the record I asked PM on March 16 whether he has misled the House when he said due process was followed. This is what he told me BETH RIGBY: On the Mandelson files, your national security adviser said the process was quote, weirdly rushed, and Mandelson was appointed before developed vetting had been complete. You told MPs in the House of Commons that due process was followed. Is there a possibility that you have misled the House when you said that? KEIR STARMER: No, and the independent adviser looked at that very question. I think on Thursday or Friday of last week, and answered it very robustly, that the process had been followed. The process wasn't strong enough. And amongst the changes that I intend to put into place is the fact that you can't announce someone until the vetting is finished. It wasn't an individual decision in the Mandelson case, that was the process. Well, you only have to look at that. in the light of the appointment, to realise that that needs to change. But on due process, the process that was there was followed, the problem was the process wasn't strong enough, but ultimately, it was my mistake and I have apologised for that and quite right to.

This might stagger a few of my followers, but it turns out Starmer is the biggest lying cunt to have ever held the office of Prime Minister. He is the embodiment of our national decline. Luncheon meat faced turdpocket.

One other question. Keir Starmer told Beth Rigby a few weeks he had specifically changed the rules so ambassadors cannot be formally appointed until they’ve cleared DV. But why did he insist on that given he supposedly had no concerns about that part of the vetting till Tuesday.

Starmer needs to be up before the kangaroos pronto. Or Boris should be reinstated. We need consistency.