Presumably painted by someone who went to university shortly after tuition fees were trebled...
Lib Dem Life (Simon McGrath)@libdemlife
a curiously poor picture of Clegg, unveiled at the National Liberal Club yesterday
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Jason Groves
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Jason Groves
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Political Editor of the Daily Mail. Views my own, I'm afraid.
Westminster Katılım Mayıs 2012
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Keir Starmer wobbling over immigration reforms after attack from Angela Rayner. No 10 unwilling to say that controversial changes to indefinite leave to remain will still go ahead - teeing up massive row with Shabana Mahmood who is determined to force them through
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Starmer now flatly refusing to even acknowledge questions about Peter Mandelson, instead making scattergun attacks on the Tories over Muslims, Greenland and anything else he can think of. Lindsay Hoyle feels moved to remind him it’s ’not opposition questions’ #PMQs
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Keir Starmer acknowledges that the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson despite being warned about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein is ‘a question of my judgment’ #PMQs
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Andy Burnham backs Angela Rayner over her attack on the govt’s ‘un-British’ immigration reforms. Urges ministers to allow ‘breathing space for a considered debate,’ adding: ‘Angela needs to be listened to’
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Kemi Badenoch says Donald Trump's 'childish' attacks on Keir Starmer have been 'quite shocking'. Says she is the PM's 'biggest critic' but adds: 'The last thing we need is a war of words - it's quite childish as well - between the White House and Downing Street.'
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The British Medical Association, which has been lecturing ministers about 'pay erosion' for years, is now facing a strike by its own staff over a pay offer which 'doesn't begin to address the real terms pay cut they've experienced'
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Emily Thornberry suggests the King’s planned state visit to the US next month should be postponed: ‘It would be against the backdrop of a war and that is quite difficult. The last thing we want is to have His Majesty embarrassed’
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Downing Street dodging scrutiny again
Keir Starmer is holding a press conference shortly - good, but No10 has used this as an excuse to cancel today's lobby briefing
So no opportunity for detailed questions with follow-ups on Iran/economy/meningitis or any number of topics
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Pat McFadden says there’s an ‘understandable debate’ on whether Labour should lift its ban on North Sea drilling
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Asked how much it would cost to adopt the Lib Dem plan to build nuclear weapons 'independent' of the US, Ed Davey says: 'We don't know'
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Regardless of 'process', it seems incredible that Starmer felt no need to talk to Mandelson given the numerous red flags he'd been advised of - and the fact he was appointing him to the most high-profile and sensitive post in British diplomacy
Jason Groves@JasonGroves1
No 10 says Starmer did not speak to Mandelson before appointing him as US ambassador because 'there was no requirement for a formal interview with the PM as part of the process'
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No 10 says Starmer did not speak to Mandelson before appointing him as US ambassador because 'there was no requirement for a formal interview with the PM as part of the process'
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Labour Together urges ministers to impose a 'temporary' 2p hike in income tax to fund another energy bill bailout
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Britain's only minesweeper in the Gulf was towed back to Portsmouth last month to save money, according to @larisamlbrown today - and there are no replacements available...
Javier Blas@JavierBlas
BREAKING: UK Defence Secretary says that there's "clearer and clearer" signals that "the Iranians may have started mining" the Strait of Hormuz.
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No 10 says ministers were right to give Peter Mandelson a £75k payoff after he was sacked in disgrace - but also that he should give it back
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Starmer ally Nick Thomas-Symonds suggests it’s time to move on from Mandelson. Says the PM has apologised and warns that Epstein’s victims are being ‘re-traumatised every time we discuss these issues’
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So it turns out Zack Polanski initially doubled down on his hypnosis/breast enlargement claims: 'Actually increasingly more and more as I work with people, there's starting to become anecdotal evidence, at least, of a growth in breast size'
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Looks very much like Mandelson was being briefed on secret material before his security vetting had been completed
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Despite being sacked in disgrace, the Foreign Office agreed to top up Mandelson’s contractual entitlement to three months’ notice with a ‘termination payment’, taking the total payoff to £75k. Perm sec Olly Robbins even suggested it was ‘good value for money’
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