
James Starkie
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James Starkie
@Jamesara
Partner at 5654 & Co. Ex govt advisor. Campaigning for better access to mental health services with #NoTimeToWait. https://t.co/VfGfjOJXAW




'No democracy would ever use a nuclear weapon, they don't want to incinerate children.' The Guardian's Zoe Williams explains why she thinks the Greens are the only left-wing party with a plan to raise defence spending.

I’m fascinated by how disliked Matt Goodwin is *on the right*. I expected some tribal wagon-circling that just hasn’t appeared.


From @jamesara What lesson can be learnt from the Canadian right? conservativehome.com/2026/03/25/jam…


In Weird Weekends, Louis Theroux uncovered subcultures. Here, he is mostly interviewing an algorithm. ✍️ Felix Hardinge spectator.com/article/what-l…


EXCL: Morgan McSweeney's mobile phone with texts to Peter Mandelson was stolen. These messages may be lost forever - meaning there there will be gaps in The Mandelson files published by No10. Phone was nicked and reported to police last year. thesun.co.uk/news/38591267/…

On three occasions, Keir Starmer told the House of Commons that "full due process" was followed over the appointment of Peter Mandelson. That raises the serious question of whether he misled parliament. The Times View on why MPs should investigate: thetimes.com/comment/the-ti…

Following @ShippersUnbound’s remarkable scoop about Ed Miliband forcing Keir Starmer to backdown over Trump/Iran/Diego Garcia … … there is now a leak inquiry into who in that National Security Council meeting leaked and broke the law


🚨 WATCH: Jess Phillips reads the names of the 107 women allegedly killed by men over the past year

Lessons from post war Iraq: considerations when thinking about what next for Iran: open.substack.com/pub/jamesstark…

Whenever get a piece of fruit from the bowl I imagine I'm a test spinner and I have to flick it into the air with a theatrical snap of the wrist. I have no idea how to spin bowl. 50% of the time I launch the fruit halfway across the room. I am 53 and I'm not going to stop now.

It’s genuinely weird that an ex-cabinet minister can be bothered to troll me. I investigated you & found you oversaw the biggest electoral fraud in modern UK history & got away with it. You won. Move on. Get a hobby or something.

Labour MPs row on WhatsApp over Shabana Mahmood's migration reforms, announced today. "Inevitable Windrush style scandal coming" "This is anything but compassionate... Not labour values at all" "This isn't fair, credible or sustainable"

Links to substack, YouTube and podcast platforms here: linktr.ee/InsideWhitehal…



