Starmer should immediately & unequivocally ban access to British airspace to US warplanes. The UK should not be accomplice to a US President who is threatening more war crimes. Period.

Photograph of a cream-coloured folded letter on official 10 Downing Street stationery with the Prime Minister’s crest at the top left and “10 Downing Street, Whitehall” printed at the top right. The message is handwritten in black ink, thanking the recipient for Christmas greetings and offering best wishes for the New Year. The letter is signed “Edward Heath”. The paper shows a horizontal fold across the centre and slight creasing.

This is a letter my Nan received from Ted Heath. My mum found it in my grandad’s stuff. Seems she sent him a complimentary Christmas card. I’m willing to forgive the class treachery as Heath was probably to the left of Starmer anyway.

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Wall display featuring framed portraits labelled Mahatma Gandhi, M. A. G. Osmani, Indira Gandhi, Genghis Khan, Siraj-ud-Daulah and Imran Khan, with part of a person wearing glasses visible in the foreground.

Especially for you

😁

A red poster mounted on a wall beneath a decorative light fitting, displaying twelve celebrity headshots arranged in three rows of four, each labelled with their names. The names shown include Angelina Jolie, Maria Sharapova, Sania Mirza, Shakira, Aishwarya Rai, David Beckham, Lionel Messi, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Shilpa Shetty, Richard Gere and Kiara Advani.

Amongst a host of dodgy qualities in the restaurant we were in last night, the logic of the many poster montages eluded me. The political one included Ghengis and Imran khan and Deng Xiaoping

There is always a tweet.

A world on edge as Trump bombs Iran and triggers war in the Middle East. There was no need for this | Simon Tisdall We cannot know where this foolish, reckless attack will end – but new hatreds will be seeded, terrorist vendettas sown and, ultimately, little will be achieved, says Guardian foreign affairs commentat...

In only condemning Iranian attacks we become complicit in the terror being inflicted on Iranian people . It’s war built on the hubris of two men but the workd durrly knows this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“I’m not going try to sugar coat it…” * gets out bag of sugar in studio*

BREAKING: “I don’t think we should over interpret this result” says the governments Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander

Heaven help us

Never again can Labour say that a Green vote is a wasted vote. You don't have to compromise and tacitly endorse Labour's concessions to the far-right anywhere. This is so so huge!

Statement from Matt Goodwin, UK candidate: Reform "Given the reports we are reading in UK media about family voting and sectarianism, I am deeply concerned about the extent to which the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election is a free, fair, and democratic election." 11:21 pm . 26 Feb 26. 286K Views

Not just a loser.

But a bad loser.

Nationally, Labour is losing twice as many voters to Greens and Lib Dems as they are to Reform. (John Curtice on BBC)

BREAKING: Green Party win Gorton and Denton by-election!

You got to feel for Matt Goodwin.

Sorry missed a word. You got to feel contempt for Matt Goodwin.

Green Party takes Gorton and Denton from Labour in first ever Westminster by-election win The Greens' Hannah Spencer wins the Manchester seat, ahead of Reform UK in second and Labour in third.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...

You what now? Lurching to the right ISN’T good for Labour?

Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection in blow to Keir Starmer Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England, with Labour coming in third behind reform UK

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Morning!

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People don’t believe me when I say that’s how I was taught to write them at primary school. Muscle memory still kicks in from time to time

This election is an appeal for trust, a battle against fear and a straight fight between Greens and Reform | Hannah Spencer Thursday’s stakes could not be higher. We know Labour has failed and Farage’s Reform is poisonous. I want to win Gorton and Denton as a fresh start, says Hannah Spencer, the Green party candidate in t...

Reform have nothing to offer but divisive hate. Blaming migrants and communities struggling to get by.

Hannah Spencer understands Manchester, she knows the value of work and will actually get things done.

Thursday - it's Greens Vs Reform. Hope Vs Hate.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Reform UK suspends by-election campaign activist over ‘antisemitic and misogynistic’ posts EXCLUSIVE: Adam Mitula, Reform UK’s interim campaign manager in Tameside, has been assisting Matt Goodwin's Gorton and Denton by-election campaign

Reform UK suspends Matt Goodwin by-election campaign manager over ‘antisemitic and misogynistic’ posts

www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-su...

Reform candidate attacks elites while flying around the world to speak with them In a speech after being announced as Reform UK’s candidate for Gorton and Denton, Mr Goodwin had bragged he was 'not part of the establishment', and has repeatedly criticised the 'elite class'

Reform candidate attacks elites while being paid to fly around the world to speak with them

Every vote for Labour helps Reform. It’s vote Green or get Reform in Gorton and Denton.
#VoteGreen

Poll showing voting intentions in the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. 32% Green 29% Reform 26% Labour

If you’re a traditional Labour voter repeating the Labour spin that a Green vote will split the vote and is effectively a vote for Reform, this independent poll tells a different story.

Don’t be loyal to a party that has abandoned its Labour values. Vote Green.

The only vote to defeat Reform.

a man with a beard wearing a black puma jacket Alt: Igor Tudor celebrates a goal by shaking his colleagues violently

Goddarnit, my hopes are up. Only way I’ve been coping this season is by feeling hopeless. #COYS

More info, from the instagram account that posted the video

Roses are red
Spurs make me blue
Unless we get a miracle
We’ll be relegated like you

Nigel Farage has called for an end to working from home culture because he believes it gets in the way of 'hard work'

Nigel Farage missed debate on Brexit reset because he is holidaying abroad Reform UK leader, who has made at least nine trips overseas since general election, says he will return to UK next week

Nigel Farage skips PMQs and local election prep to fundraise for Donald Trump at $450 MAGA dinner And he told party members this week he'd be away from London "canvassing, campaigning and doing our best" until the local elections in May - instead he's flown to the US again to speak at a MAGA fundraising dinner

The Michelin guide says of the restaurant visited by the Reform UK leader: 'A certain luxury is to be expected when Buckingham Palace is just a short walk away...' ( GoffPhotos.com) EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage skips Commons debate to enjoy lunch at £68 tandoori lobster restaurant

Nigel Farage thinks Britain isn't productive because nobody goes into the office anymore.

Which will come as a blow to one particular MP ... called Nigel Farage.

Sky is at least interesting