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🚨 Breaking: Donald Trump praises PM as ‘tough negotiator’ and for raising defence spending The US president insisted his relationship with Starmer had “gotten off to an outstanding start” after a “tremendously productive” meeting Full story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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You have to say, Starmer dealt with Vance's ambush well

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🚨 Breaking: Keir Starmer hits back at JD Vance over free speech criticism amid Trump meeting “We have a special relationship with the UK and our European friends, but there have been infringements on free speech”, the US vice president told the PM Full story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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Reform UK's Richard Tice, after recent no-shows, speaks in House of Commons debate marking the third anniversary of the Ukraine war @melanieward.bsky.social challenges him on Farage's 2014 comments, when he said he admired Putin as an “operator” Instructive exchange 👇

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“The issue is that Putin is a vile dictator. We all know that. And my leader has also confirmed that it is Putin that is the aggressor in this war.” ➡️ Reform UK's Richard Tice responds to criticism of his party's stance on the Ukraine war For more politics content: www.politics.co.uk/subscribe/ ✅

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How will Keir Starmer challenge Trump in Washington? Trump’s diplomacy is famous for its raw, brute physicality: the hand-holding; the unyielding, white-knuckle handshake; the full body yank; the knee slaps; the back pats Latest for @politics-co-uk.bsky.social 👇 www.politics.co.uk/politicslunc...

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YouGov deep dive on the Greens: - One in five Britons would consider voting for the Green Party - Includes a ~third of 2024 Lib Dem and Labour voters - Half of Lib Dem and Labour voters would be happy to see Greens enter govt as part of a coalition 1/…

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NEW: US ambassador Peter Mandelson says Trump will be ‘very consequential president’ “One thing we don’t need to fight over is trade, because we have this fantastically fair and balanced trade relationship when we reciprocate so much”, Mandelson said Story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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Ed Davey: PM must challenge Donald Trump’s ‘lies over Ukraine’ in Washington www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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“If Kemi Badenoch really is the last custodian of civilisation, the evidence of her PMQs performances would suggest we are doomed.” www.politics.co.uk/politicslunc...

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“The exchange is a reminder that Badenoch’s performances at radical right institutes and conservative ‘movements’ are not divorced from the wider political landscape. “The echoes can and will escape their original chamber.” www.politics.co.uk/politicslunc...

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Conservative MP urges Starmer to address Trump’s ‘childish nonsense’ over Canada www.politics.co.uk/parliament/p...

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“The Conservative leader cannot suddenly shrink from her ideological maximalism once she arrives in the commons chamber. She is on the record and therefore on the hook. “Badenoch’s ARC speech provided ample ammunition for Starmer to discharge at the despatch box.” www.politics.co.uk/politicslunc...

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“Keir Starmer’s plan to boost defence spending by slashing international aid is a reckless gamble with lives and global stability”, writes @elliechowns.bsky.social 🌍 Cutting aid to fund defence is a false economy www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...

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PMQs verdict: Keir Starmer brushes Badenoch aside with ease Starmer definitively dispatched the Conservative leader, whose search for political relevance is looking increasingly desperate Latest for @politics-co-uk.bsky.social 👇 www.politics.co.uk/politicslunc...

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Conservative MP Simon Hoare criticises Trump at #PMQs: “Will the PM undertake to raise with president Trump that Canada is a valued, respected and much-loved member of both NATO and our Commonwealth? ”This childish nonsense of a 51st state should be called out by the PM for what it is.”

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Keir Starmer at #PMQs: “She didn't feature in my thinking at all. I was so busy over the weekend I didn't even see her proposal. ”She's appointed herself saviour of Western civilisation. It's a desperate search for relevance.”

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🚨 NEW: Swinney argues Nigel Farage is an ‘accomplice to Russian agenda’ with ‘racist’ worldview “I think Farage is an accomplice to the Russian agenda and an apologist for the Russian agenda”, Swinney told a Bute House press conference Full story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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🚨 NEW: John Swinney vows to unite Scotland against ‘increasingly extreme and radical right’ It comes after SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn labelled Reform UK “Putin's poodles” after the party did not contribute following the PM's defence statement Story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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🚨 Extraordinary exchanges at the SIT committee today, as X official Wifredo Fernandez was questioned on the platform's content/moderation policies He was confronted with a series of malicious, racist, anti-semitic and misogynistic posts Watch his response 👇 www.politics.co.uk/parliament/m...

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‘Putin’s puppets’: Row as Reform UK accused of ‘abdication of responsibility’ over Ukraine statement www.politics.co.uk/parliament/p...

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“I believe we should move from freezing assets to seizing assets.” 🇷🇺 Europe should seize frozen Russian assets, foreign secretary David Lammy has said For more politics content: www.politics.co.uk/subscribe/ ✅

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By-election in Runcorn and Helsby would be major test for Labour — and for Nigel Farage Just how unpopular is Keir Starmer? How popular is Reform? Is there an anti-Farage/Reform vote? Are the Conservatives an irrelevance? Latest for @politics-co-uk.bsky.social 👇 www.politics.co.uk/politicslunc...

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Keir Starmer with implicit response to Badenoch's speech this morning on the need to 'review' the UK's international commitments: “[Clement Attlee and Ernest Bevin] won the peace by establishing the great post-war order here and abroad. Mr Speaker it's a proud legacy.”

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🚨Breaking: Keir Starmer sets out plan to increase defence spending to 2.5% by 2027 - “the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold War” The PM says: “We will maintain that for the rest of this parliament... That means spending £13.4 billion more on defence every year from 2027”

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🚨 Kemi Badenoch has now taken the stage to deliver her first foreign policy speech as Conservative leader What is a ‘conservative realist’? Will she mention Ukraine? Rolling thread on the key moments 👇 1/...

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🚨 NEW: Mike Amesbury’s constituents deserve ‘new Labour MP’, says Cooper as by-election looms “I think they did really deserve better than this. It’s completely unacceptable what has happened”, the home secretary told Sky News Story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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🚨 NEW: UK must be willing to ‘disengage’ from international bodies, Kemi Badenoch to say “We’ve let ourselves be fooled into believing that international law alone can keep the peace”, the Conservative leader will say in a speech today Full story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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🚨 NEW: UK must be willing to ‘disengage’ from international bodies, Kemi Badenoch to say “We cannot put virtue signalling ahead of a realistic assessment of our national interest”, the Conservative leader will say in a foreign policy speech on Tuesday Story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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“[Notice] whose voices are absent from the House at this point in time” “Where are they?” 🇺🇦 @stellacreasy.bsky.social appears to refer to the 'absence' of Reform MPs in this afternoon's commons statement on Ukraine For more politics content: www.politics.co.uk/subscribe/ ✅

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Lammy: peace in Ukraine will be achieved ‘through strength’ on both sides of the Atlantic www.politics.co.uk/parliament/p...

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No Reform MPs in the chamber for the foreign secretary's statement on the third anniversary of the Ukraine war Richard Tice and Lee Anderson both appeared at Home Office questions this morning

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How Donald Trump will test Keir Starmer in Washington The prime minister's moral clarity over the fate of Ukraine will find itself in conflict with Donald Trump's brazen self-interest Latest for @politics-co-uk.bsky.social 👇 www.politics.co.uk/politicslunc...

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🚨 NEW: Trump has ‘created an opportunity’ for peace in Ukraine, Keir Starmer says “If we want peace to endure, Ukraine must have a seat at the table. And any settlement must be based on a sovereign Ukraine. Backed up with strong security guarantees” Full story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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🚨 NEW: Donald Trump’s demand for Ukraine minerals is ‘reasonable’, says Boris Johnson “America has a history of demanding a price for its support, and from where I stand today, I think that price is reasonable”, the former PM told ITV Full story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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🚨 NEW: Fresh sanctions on Russian elites will ‘bolster UK national security’ Home Office minister Dan Jarvis also reiterated the government's stance that Ukraine’s “rightful place” is in Nato, despite Donald Trump’s apparent opposition Full story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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On the zombification of the Conservative Party 1/...

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“Like a zombie, the Conservative Party persists — but not because it is thriving. Just because it can. If nothing else, its historical lineage compels it. “A distant collective memory of what it once meant to be alive sends it staggering onward.” www.politics.co.uk/week-in-revi...

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The Conservatives resemble a zombie party Kemi Badenoch’s party is recognisable in form. It does recognisable things. But the more it attempts to animate itself, the less alive it appears Latest long-read for @politics-co-uk.bsky.social 👇 www.politics.co.uk/week-in-revi...

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🚨 NEW: Donald Trump is the ‘bravest man that I know’, says Nigel Farage Liz Truss, the former prime minister of 49 days, also addressed CPAC this year, using her speech to call for a Trump-style “MAGA” movement in the UK Full story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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“The saga is a test for Farage: is he willing to act as a serious UK political actor and track toward the mainstream of British public opinion? Or is he more concerned with courting MAGA sentiment, and the support of a disproportionately noisy online fringe?” www.politics.co.uk/politicslunc...

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“Nigel Farage’s stance on the Ukraine conflict is one of the reasons Reform UK is politically vulnerable… “Trump’s comments have exposed this soft underbelly.” www.politics.co.uk/politicslunc...

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From Starmer to Farage: what responses to Trump’s attack on Zelenskyy reveal An instructive episode that has put Starmer, Davey, Badenoch and Farage's Trump 'strategies' in the spotlight. Some come off better than others Latest for @politics-co-uk.bsky.social 👇 www.politics.co.uk/politicslunc...

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“The new Labour government has got off to a flying start when it comes to waste and resources policy”, writes Sandy Martin ♻️ Why a circular economy for organic waste is a key opportunity to promote growth and food security www.politics.co.uk/comment/2025...

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🚨Breaking: Keir Starmer reiterates his support for Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Ukraine’s “democratically elected leader” It follows Donald Trump’s baseless claim he is a “dictator” No 10 readout from a call between the two leaders this evening:

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Quote of the day from @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social via this afternoon’s Politics@Lunch newsletter Free sign-up: www.politics.co.uk/subscribe/

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A Liberal Democrat source responds: “Kemi Badenoch’s attempt at fixing a roof…”

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