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@SkyNews @AnnaJonesSky These Labour ministers have been trained extensively to speak non stop, whilst talking a lot of rubbish. Sky presenters should really do better in challenging them, rather than just letting them give speeches.

Where is the greatest threat to the UK security coming from? Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard tells Sky's @AnnaJonesSky Russia is our primary threat trib.al/Rx0iR33 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

@kateferguson4 Gaslighting the nation 🙄

John Healey says UK ships not rushed to Middle East as they were seeing off the Russian threat in UK waters. "When a crisis erupts noisily as it has in the Middle East I understand why there are calls to send assets there. "But the greatest threats are often unseen and silent."

@afneil @UKPoliticsLive When Starmer promised change, he forgot to mention that it would be change for the worse .

Every measure you list involves spending wealth. You don’t list one measure that creates wealth. And if you don’t create wealth you will soon run out of it to spend, which is already happening (hence all your extra taxes and borrowing).

@iocmedia Finally!

The International Olympic Committee announces new Policy on the Protection of the Female (Women’s) Category in Olympic Sport. Read: olympics.com/ioc/news/inter…

@SkyNews Can you imagine a Starmer/Davey coalition for the next parliament. 🤔 What a thought 😆😆😆😆

"The prime minister is actually right, and the leader of the opposition is wrong." Sir Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat leader, attacks Badenoch over North Sea Oil. Politics latest ➡️ trib.al/VGLtS8A 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube

@nmdacosta @Mark_J_Harper @PaulBrandITV Brand is nothing more than a political activist who has managed to get himself embedded within ITV in order to promote his political views.

Unbelievably poor of @PaulBrandITV and ITV. The article can now only be described as deliberately misleading. The poll was conducted a full year after the high court was removed. There is no justification at all for Paul and ITV then to spin that as support for this Bill.

@GBNEWS Reeds statement seems somewhat idiotic. He seems to suggest that the UK doesn’t want Iran to know that we know they have targeted our territory with a ballistic missile. Seems like a sketch from “Yes, Prime Minister “ 🤔😆

'It would be odd for a Government to provide a running commentary on what a hostile state is doing... That lets them know what we know.' Housing Secretary Steve Reed MP reacts to accusations the Government covered up an attempted Iranian strike on a British military base.

@bbclaurak So, if the Falklands or other Britain territory was attacked, I guess we have to assume that Starmer would probably try and keep that quiet too .

Update - BBC understands Iran DID try and hit Diego Garcia, but in last few days, not yesterday - so before govt announced decision to let US use UK bases to protect Straits of Hormuz

@itvnews @PaulBrandITV It’s very easy to do a poll to get a positive result based on the principle of something, but polls are not detailed enough to ensure the public fully understands the consequences of what is being proposed. The Lords are looking at the consequences and identifying serious issues.

Dying man pleads with Lords as poll shows public back assisted deaths, @PaulBrandITV reports itv.com/news/2026-03-1…

So if Reeves’s claim that Brexit cost us 8% of GDP is correct it would mean we’d have grown four times more than Japan/Germany and almost twice France/Italy. Up there with Canada/US. If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you. In reality, even with Brexit, we were fastest growing European economy in G7. Just a tad more than France (with no Frexit).

@RachelReevesMP @hmtreasury 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 There is no plan. There is no growth. Every policy is anti-growth.

This government has the right economic plan for Britain. Stability in the public finances, investment in infrastructure, and reform to our economy. We’re changing Britain and our economy for the better. gov.uk/government/new…

@PolitlcsUK @UKPoliticsLive Can you imagine if Starmer had been PM when Russia invaded Ukraine, he would have had to consult with his team, by which time it would have been too late!. Boris had many faults but his immediate support for Ukraine made a difference.

🚨 WATCH: Donald Trump criticises Keir Starmer's leadership style "He told me 'I'm meeting with my team to make a determination'. I said, 'You don't need to meet with a team. You're the PM... Why do you need to meet with your team to find out whether or not to send some boats?"

@BBCNews “Deploy the carrier Don’t deploy the carrier, In out in out, turn it all about, Starmer does the hokey kokey As he turns around, That’s what he’s all about ….”

HMS Prince of Wales unlikely to head to the Middle East bbc.in/3NszUaH

@DailyMail I wonder if the Attorney General acting for the defendant🤔

Gerry Adams 'directly responsible' for IRA bombings in England and sent paramilitaries to blow up Old Bailey, court hears, as victims sue for £1 in historic case trib.al/Lru3qjf

@BethRigby I might suggest that his definition of British values is somewhat different to most Brits.

Q: Escalating war really frightening for people. How long will it go on for & what your message to people worried about how it will affect them, will you help on energy costs And unhappiness base in Cyprus unprotected. What went wrong. Will u apologise to those affected?

@10DowningStreet “Rule Brittania, Britannia rules the waves………” 🤔 oh wait….. maybe not with Starmer in charge 😆

We are continuing to take action to protect lives. We are strengthening our defensive operations in the Middle East by sending four additional Typhoon jets to join our squadron in Qatar, and Wildcat Helicopters with anti-drone capabilities are arriving in Cyprus tomorrow. Protecting lives and delivering in the national interest.

@ShippersUnbound @SamCoatesSky If Starmer is too weak to stand up even to Ed Milliband then we’re all doomed!

No 10 seems to be denying something I didn't write, that Starmer wanted Trump to have the bases for its initial raids. But the PM wanted to get to the position we are in now (where they could be used to hit the missile sites in self defence), and reached on Sunday evening, on Friday evening. I have multiple sources for this. Here's the timeline: 1) Feb 11 - US requests the use of Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford for offensive strikes on Iran 2) Hermer says this would be a breach of international law and Britain cannot facilitate let alone participate. No one in the system seems to have seriously challenged this 3) Trump and Starmer have a series of 'angry' conversations 4) At the NSC on Friday the likely implications were discussed which included Iranian retaliatory raids on allies, as happened last June. 5) Starmer suggested we should let the Americans use the bases for 'defensive' strikes at the missile sites. Healey backed him. 6) This was opposed by Reeves, Cooper, Mahmood and, most aggressively, Miliband. Cooper's argument was that nuclear talks in Oman were making progress. She, Reeves and Mahmood seem to have wanted to wait until retaliatory attacks were happening before the basing request was granted. 7) Attacks begin 0630 Saturday morning 8) Meanwhile the chief of the defence staff, Air Marshal Sir Richard Knighton was in touch with the US joint chiefs and Healey had a series of calls with Pete Hegseth. Knighton's message was (paraphrasing) 'if you frame your formal request this way it ought to be granted once things get going'. 9) Saturday: The US makes its formal ask for the bases to target the missile sites (effectiveky drafted by the MoD) 10) Sunday afternoon: The NSC approves the request and the US begins flying missions from Diego Garcia The interesting things here are: i) Hermer's legal advice WAS central to govt thinking, but Starmer still wanted to get ahead of the game and do more to support the US and he was not strong enough or determined enough to persuade his inner cabinet ii) Just as the PM now struggles to get anything the PLP dislikes through parliament, I can't think of another PM in matters of war or peace who couldn't get what they wanted through cabinet iii) Dislike of Trump seems to have motivated Miliband in particular and the PLP seems delighted, but the procrastination and failure even to match the rhetoric of Canada, Australia has badly damaged the UK with Gulf allies and Cyprus. This ought to matter to Labour MPs who always want a multilateral solution iv) The UK had 16 days from Feb 11th to prepare knowing that attacks on Iran were likely. Some kit, interceptors etc, was sent to the region but the first Type 45 destroyer will not even leave until next week READ THE WHOLE THING HERE spectator.com/article/whose-…

@GBPolitcs @FindoutnowUK Or in other words, 48% right, 47% left.

🚨NEW: Westminster Voting Intention: ➡️ RFM: 24% 🌍 GRN: 20% 🌳 CON: 17% 🌹 LAB: 16% 🔸 LDM: 10% ☑️ RSB (Rupert Lowe): 7% ♦️ YRP: 1% Via @FindoutnowUK, 3-4 March

@Keir_Starmer And now we hear our warship won’t sail until next week. Protection of British lives is obviously NOT your number one priority . Pathetic!

Protecting British lives is, and always will be, my number one priority.

@Keir_Starmer Relying upon the French and the Greeks to protect UK sovereign territory demonstrates that it is not your number one priority 🙄