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Apparently, and most conveniently, Morgan McSweeney's mobile phone with texts to Peter Mandelson was stolen. According to officials, these messages may now be lost forever, meaning there will be gaps in the Mandelson files released by Downing Street. The claim that the phone was nicked and reported to police last year is one thing... But text messages don’t just vanish into the ether. They were not only on McSweeney’s phone. They would also have been on Mandelson’s phone, servers, backups, WhatsApp servers, email archives, telecom records, and government systems. In the modern world, messages don’t disappear. They leave footprints everywhere. Phones get stolen. Cloud backups don’t. Telecom records don’t. Server logs don’t. Recipients’ phones don’t. So when we are told the messages are gone forever, what we are really being asked to believe is not that a phone was stolen. We are being asked to believe that every copy of those messages, everywhere, somehow vanished at the same time. That would be quite a coincidence. In politics, when the evidence disappears, it rarely disappears by accident.

£2 million. On a roundabout. Not even a new road, just a redesigned junction in Hemel Hempstead. This Dutch style layout prioritises cyclists and pedestrians, forces drivers to give way multiple times, and is so confusing the council had to release a 3 minute explainer video just to show people how to use it. Meanwhile, roads crumble, services struggle, and bills rise. This isn’t investment. It’s mismanagement.

Top 40 Safest Countries in the World 2026 1. 🇦🇪 UAE 2. 🇶🇦 Qatar 3. 🇦🇩 Andorra 4. 🇹🇼 Taiwan 5. 🇲🇴 Macao 6. 🇴🇲 Oman 7. 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 8. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 9. 🇦🇲 Armenia 10. 🇧🇭 Bahrain 11. 🇸🇬 Singapore 12. 🇯🇵 Japan 13. 🇨🇳 China 14. 🇪🇪 Estonia 15. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 16. 🇭🇷 Croatia 17. 🇸🇮 Slovenia 18. 🇮🇸 Iceland 19. 🇳🇱 Netherlands 20. 🇲🇨 Monaco 21. 🇬🇪 Georgia 22. 🇩🇰 Denmark 23. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 24. 🇷🇼 Rwanda 25. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 26. 🇫🇮 Finland 27. 🇨🇭 Switzerland 28. 🇦🇹 Austria 29. 🇵🇱 Poland 30. 🇰🇷 South Korea 31. 🇧🇳 Brunei 32. 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 33. 🇸🇰 Slovakia 34. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 35. 🇮🇱 Israel 36. 🇰🇼 Kuwait 37. 🇷🇴 Romania 38. 🇵🇹 Portugal 39. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 40. 🇱🇹 Lithuania Note: Recent military escalations involving Iran affected parts of the Middle East, but the Numbeo Safety Index measures everyday crime and personal safety perception, not temporary conflict-related incidents. Numbeo Safety Index is based on user surveys about crime perception • Level of overall crime • Feeling safe walking alone (day) • Feeling safe walking alone (night) • Worry about being robbed • Worry about car theft • Worry about physical attacks • Worry about harassment or insults • Worry about drug-related problems • Property crimes (theft, burglary, vandalism) • Violent crimes (assault, robbery, etc.) • Discrimination concerns (race, religion, gender) Source: Numbeo Safety index 2026

Diputado ‘británico’ Iqbal Mohamed, de ascendencia paquistaní, llama a los islamistas a tomar el control del Reino Unido. «Debemos tomar el control de todo Birmingham, de todo el West Midlands, de todo el Reino Unido.»

A senior retired judge has savaged Lammy’s sinister plan to axe jury trials, warning it will put the judiciary “in the firing line” and won’t save money. Christopher Kinch KC, formerly the most senior judge at Woolwich Crown Court, has criticised the Justice Secretary’s proposal, arguing it would unnecessarily expose judges to greater risk. His remarks follow criticism from the Lady Chief Justice and more than 3,200 lawyers who have called for the plans to be dropped. Kinch warns that placing the burden of determining guilt solely on judges could endanger them — and increase the risk of wrongful convictions if juries are removed from the process. Read more below 👇

Speaks for itself: Feb. 25, 2026: “We are not developing long-range missiles… we have limited the range below 2,000 kilometers” — Iran’s FM Araghchi (IRNA). March 20, 2026: Iran fires missiles at Diego Garcia—ranging 4,000 kilometers (WSJ). ⬇️