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Keir Starmer perfectly summing up Keir Starmer

@CamillaTominey he’s still embarrassing himself! 🤯🤣

@BethRigby I honestly cannot believe you are accepting this as the truth! Are you saying the Foreign Office deliberately kept that information from both the Foreign Secretary (Lammy) and the PM?? Starmer throws everyone under the bus - is this another thing that ‘didn’t pass his desk’?!

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.

@ripx4nutmeg @Fox_Claire How can KS and the Labour Party stand on a mantra that their number one focus is VAWG yet appear to be anti women when it comes to these challenges. They can’t have it both ways…..

Labour, Green Party and Lib Dem councillors in Darlington have joined forces to defeat a Conservative and Reform motion that women's public spaces must be for women only. The three parties said this interpretation of the law was "anti trans" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@BethRigby Jeez, this was more pathetic than the interview you did with Angela Rayner when she got caught out! He’s only beating himself up because he got rumbled! Would you have given the softly softly approach if it was a Tory you were interviewing? I think not!

WATCH: Starmer on ‘beating himself up’ over Mandelson is worth watching because I really think it’s a very rare & believable moment where Starmer reveals how he’s really feeling; showing some vulnerability and anger with himself over the decision he took

@NatalieFleetMP @DavidLammy You are just spouting emotive language and piggybacking on VAWG! You are well aware that a huge number of cases in our criminal courts which have nothing to do with VAWG. I predict a huge number of miscarriage of justice cases creating a massive backlog in the coming years

A huge day for victims today. Was proud to sign this letter to the Deputy Prime Minister along with some of the incredible women on our benches. A much needed step if we are to deliver on our promise to halve violence against women & girls. 💪💖💪

@NatalieFleetMP @DavidLammy Whilst complainants need to be at the forefront of any criminal proceedings let’s not forget the defendants in all of this. You seem to forget that people who have been accused of an offence are actually found not guilty of whatever they’re alleged to have committed!

@alexjarmitage @GreenPartyHan @ZackPolanski @AaronBastani @owenjonesjourno The whole point of some things being ‘illegal’ actually deters people from participating in ‘illegal’ activities. If you take that away what do you think will happen with curious teenagers and young people? I’ll tell you, more people will experiment and soon become addicted!

I’m coming to Gorton and Denton from Shetland this week to support @GreenPartyHan and @ZackPolanski. I’m a consultant paediatrician, I wrote the Greens’ drugs policy and I’m happy to chat with anyone who wants to know more about it.

@suevictorian I’m no reform voter but you are making yourself look ridiculous! If you want to make a case for why people shouldn’t vote reform then this is the wrong way to go about it! You are coming across as desperate……

Reform knock on doors then get pissed off as everyone was saying no chance. Posh Indian woman in SVU filmed people who said no. Every door slammed in their faces. Now stay away from Levensulme

@markofbattersea @AndrewHighPeak1 She came across as a loud mouthed chav having an argument with a neighbour over the garden gate.

@AndrewHighPeak1 Little boys like you are always threatened by a forthright woman.

#PoliticsLive Well said, that lady! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 I'm loving what Labour MP Antonia Bance is saying about Robert Jenrick's racist rant about the Midlands. She's calling out Reform UK Ltd's racism, brilliantly.

@IaMcGuffog @antoniabance She’s incredibly rude, does she think it’s a good look pointing and shouting and then crossing her arms in a childish defensive manner 🤦🏻‍♀️

@antoniabance STOP shouting on Politics Live

@SholaMos1 You are a nobody and like to be controversial to somehow be relevant. If you deny rape occurred on 7.10.23 just because it wasn’t witnessed then you deny all rapes because 99% of them occur with only the perpetrator and the victim present. Shame on you

No children were raped on Oct 7. No women were ‘gang raped’ on Oct 7. These debunked lies like the 40 beheaded babies are to manufacture consent for genocide & ethnic cleansing of Palestinians You know who has done every vile thing in your post before & after Oct 7? Israelis.

@owenjonesjourno I’ll rephrase it for you Owen, they are on remand awaiting trial for serious offences - like thousands of other violent prisoners

They're in prison without trial - on hunger strike for Palestine. The media has been suppressing this story. Their lives are at risk. Listen here to their loved ones. Let them be released on bail, close Israeli arms makers, reverse the ban on Palestine Action.

@SJG99 @Trentvilla1 @johnmcdonnellMP You have heard of CTL (custody time limits) right? No prisoners remain on remand for a long time as the current CTL timeframe is six months

@Trentvilla1 @johnmcdonnellMP Bail depends on various factors, such as whether they are a flight risk. But no prisoners should be on remand for such a long time. The Tories closed a lot of courts and today courts remain closed when they could be functioning and dealing with these delayed trials.

One of the Palestine Action prisoners on hunger strike, Qesser Zuhrah, has been hospitalised. She's lost 13% of her body weight. I am urging David Lammy, the Justice minister, to get engaged now as this is a developing emergency.

@ElectionMapsUK This was in Nunthorpe which is a very affluent area of Middlesbrough. The reform candidate is the wife of an armed forces veteran and apparently ran a very decent campaign despite the constant smears from her opponents. This result is huge for Boro which has a Labour council

Nunthorpe (Middlesbrough) Council By-Election Result: ➡️ RFM: 35.8% (New) 🔶 LDM: 35.0% (-1.3) 🌳 CON: 20.9% (-14.2) 🌍 GRN: 5.0% (New) 🌹 LAB: 3.3% (-6.7) No Ind (-18.7) as previous. Reform GAIN from Liberal Democrat. Changes w/ 2023.

@ChrisO_wiki @ElectionMapsUK This was in Nunthorpe which is a very affluent area of Middlesbrough. The reform candidate is the wife of an armed forces veteran and apparently ran a very decent campaign despite the constant smears from her opponents. This result is huge for Boro which has a Labour council

@ElectionMapsUK Do we know what the turnout was?

@GBPolitcs This was in Nunthorpe which is a very affluent area of Middlesbrough. The reform candidate is the wife of an armed forces veteran and apparently ran a very decent campaign despite the constant smears from her opponents. This result is huge for Boro which has a Labour council

🚨NEW: (Middlesbrough) Council By-Election result: REF: 35.8% (NEW) LDM: 35.0% (-1.3) CON: 20.9% (-14.2) GRN: 5.0% (NEW) LAB: 3.3% (-6.7) Reform UK GAIN from LibDem. Changes w/ 2023.

@CarverEmily Tax rises!!

Tell me.. what exactly was there in the budget for working people?

The Green Party coming into contact with actual reality

@rachelmillward Oh that’s a great idea, yet another incentive to come across the channel. ‘Free accommodation, meals, healthcare and you get to work and earn money to send home’……..when are you erecting your poster to the white cliffs of Dover?

Asylum Seekers must be given the right to work - to contribute their skills, and their tax! And to be much more safely integrated into our society.