Labour’s comms have been dire since coming to power. Somebody sit Keir down, walk him through this approach then implement the blueprint. It is maddeningly obvious and desperately needed.

As the political and media circus clutch their pearls, surely Starmer had been briefed that Mandelson knew Trump was massively involved with Epstein, that Trump knew he knew, the UK was desperate to keep selling high value goods eg JLR at acceptably low tariffs and this is what Mandy achieved.

When an arch Brexiteer who lied “Of course we won’t be leaving the common market or customs union” turns on Trump, the right wing is clearly in total disarray. Can’t wait for Hannan’s complete volte face when we rejoin the EU “ahem, I always had my doubts about Brexit”.

No 10 claims Starmer did not know Mandelson failed security vetting until this week – as it happened The prime minister was not aware that the former US ambassador had failed the vetting process, according to Downing Street

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This is not credible. Labour STILL needs to sort its communications personnel and processes in terms of its big picture, getting coverage for all the good things it is doing and factually rebutting the daily attacks made by the right wing press. Make it happen.

The Mail is a cesspit of misinformation and attack “scoops” on celebrities and ordinary folk. It has no moral values and the UK would be a better,more forgiving place if it ceased publication tomorrow. A major cheerleader for Brexit it is fighting a desperate rearguard action against public opinion.

‘He’s reversing the referendum!’: Another Starmer Brexit betrayal. Pity the Daily Bile (Telegraph). Massive cheerleaders for Brexit and then admitting it was an economic disaster, now Rees-Mogg tax avoider in chief and Tominey B cultist playing the old “taking back control” baloney. Hypocrisy max.

An energy revolution is in the wind | The Observer Labour’s plans for cheap renewable power will transform British lives as dramatically as the NHS once did

Please share widely. This is a really big development, which is critical for the future economic health of our country. Tories, Reform and right wing press are burying this under outdated irrational dogma. observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Surely a rhubarb fool?

Nigel Farage’s farming adviser calls for wheat prices to double Exclusive: critics warn Reform UK use of trade policy would increase food costs amid cost-of-living crisis

Reform, like Trump, their guiding star, talk sledgehammer “policies” which fail the first test of joined up thinking and unintended consequences. This is but one more example. Brexit of course was their crowning glory. They are just irrelevant to mainstream voters www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The more we get to know about Reform, its policies, its handling of local government, its campaigning on racial division, the more the British public dislike it. They do support no Iran war involvement, green energy, free NHS, the BBC, fair renter rights and sensible (with the odd misstep) Lab govt.

A refreshing voice of reason and recognition of the right of other faiths to publicly celebrate their religion. We need more of this in multicultural Britain.

UK infrastructure investment should adopt Australia’s ‘precinct model’, investors argue | New Civil Engineer The group, the Association of Infrastructure Investors in Public Private Partnerships (AIIP), has also urged ministers to make greater use of existing PPP

When business tells the right wing they are completely wrong about 15 minute cities. This principle is a win win for everyone, except for fossil fuel companies. See the connection?
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🤔 As around 50% of the Chinese politburo have a background in engineering, science and technology and are inventing tomorrow’s industries, and around 50% of US senators have a legal background and are mainly engaged in dispute resolution, who will be the long term winner? We know the answer.

Belgian PM condemned over call to repair relations with Russia to ease energy costs Even Belgium’s foreign minister says Bart De Wever’s suggestion would give Putin ‘exactly what he wants’

This is laughing stock territory. It’s counter to EU policy and plays straight into Trump’s view that the EU is weak and divided. Putin will be laughing at his naivity. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

“Trump’s mother of all miscalculations” Even The Telegraph is shocked by America’s failure to anticipate how Iran and the rest of the world would respond to war. Regime change? No, Destruction of nuclear assets ? Helps Putin? Y, Destabilises Mid East Y, Damage to the world economy? Y, Trust in US? ⬇️

Trump's Iran War Threatens a Refugee Crisis on a Scale That Dwarfs Syria A former senior US defence analyst warns that the assault on Iran risks causing a refugee crisis up to four times larger than what happened during the Syria conflict

A massive win for Trump’s oil donors, his Russian friends and Netanyahu and it creates more problems for the EU. We wait in vain for proof of Iran’s ‘imminent” nuclear capability. Trump's Iran War Threatens a Refugee Crisis on a Scale That Dwarfs Syria – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/03/13/t...

The right is a busted flush in the UK. 14 years of Tories messing up everything from Austerity, Brexit, to Covid and Reform rightly suffering from links with Russia and Farage’s obvious Trump wannabe posturing, they are both completely irrelevant- and the public know it. Reform’s polling is a myth.

I really hope Axel Springer grip the Daily Bile’s editorial staff and make it a sackable offence to make up stories (private school VAT disaster), publish flagrantly warped opinion pieces (Heath on Truss’s budget) and cease quoting serial liars, of which Hannan is a prime example.

Remind me: who wrote this of whom and when? “I have met some very bad people, none as bad as X, not one decent cell in his body, so yes-dangerous”.

Oh good- at least Harmsworth and Marshall were prevented by Nandy from wrapping The Daily Bile into their hateful extreme right wing media cos. Axel Springer agrees to buy Telegraph Media Group in £575m deal

There is only one good thing coming out of the airstrikes in Iran: the increase in the price of oil should drive our switch to renewables even faster.

Does anyone doubt now that Farage isn’t a Trump clone?

Reform is “worth a try”?! You want a rancid Trump clone putting ICE on British streets, breaking up the NHS, taking money from children in poverty to cut the price of a pint, ripping up net zero progress to take us back to coal, oil and gas and (unspoken) cutting taxes for the rich? He is Brexit!

“If Labour wants a fresh fight on Europe, let battle begin” says The Telegraph. In other news it has repeatedly said “Brexit was a mistake”. Pity the poor journalists working for a paper that doesn’t know it’s ars* from its elbow.

Radcliffe, as part owner of one of the wealthiest clubs in the world, certainly did bring football into disrepute. But his own reputation has been sullied by his casual racist statement too. Why should taxpayers contribute to his new stadium- let him finance it through his tax avoidance savings.

That’s a big, hard to prove assertion. Aiming to have 50% of teenagers in university education, rather than say 20%, with the other 30% in properly funded apprenticeships, always seemed badly targeted. AI will strip out a lot of knowledge economy roles in the next 10yrs -a blend of skills is needed.

Marco Rubio’s warm words to Viktor Orbán reinforce EU fears that US seeks disunity in Europe Secretary of state spoke of ‘golden age’ of US-Hungary relations at time of tense transatlantic relations with traditional allies

Hungary contributes just 1.2% of EU GDP v Germany 23.7% and France 15.8%. Trump Orbán Putin- it all stacks up.

Doh, I think I’ll vote Reform “out of curiosity” - yes and get Brit Trump. NHS workers voting Farage, farmers voting for Brexit. Whatever happened to common sense fgs?

Can’t wait to see front page coverage of our improving productivity in The Mail, Telegraph, Sun (if they know what that means) and on GB News. It will be a change from the constant Starmer bashing, Brooklyn’s latest faux problems and other “world shattering” events.

One of the few, even the only, real negotiating aces Europe has over Trump, at least in the short term. Use with care.