Really looking forward to this deeply unpleasant person losing her seat at the next election.

Yup

*aren’t mutually exclusive!

b, c and are mutually exclusive. Anyone would like an uncontested election obviously. I think he does want another tilt and is biding his time.

Robbins saying that he hopes the leaking of details of the vetting is investigated and prosecuted seems not a minor matter.

Good luck!

She knew how to run a pub, which I think is a big mark in her favour.

Began reading this and thought “yes the rot really did start with sacking Sue Grey”.

Fiji Police Open Murder Inquiry After Drug Suspect Dies in Military Custody Fiji police have opened a murder investigation into the death of a drug suspect in military custody after a leaked death certificate challenged the army’s claim that he died of natural causes.

Fiji police have opened a murder investigation into the death of a drug suspect in military custody after a leaked death certificate challenged the army’s claim that he died of natural causes.

www.occrp.org/en/news/fiji...

And of course that "relying on Wormald's gloss" is just another way of blaming someone else.

Doing a better job than Kinnock re Westland.

And of course Badenoch has picked up on that, because it's so bleeding obvious. What a useless numpty he is.

So Starmer just pretending Case didn't tell him not to announce appointment until vetting case complete.

It’s a reasonable position, but the reason for this particular mess is downstream of Starmer’s complete inadequacy. It’s not like there’s a period of calm on the horizon where we’ll be able to change leaders at leisure. Best time to get rid of him is today, second best is tomorrow.

So you’re saying Simon Case wasn’t completely useless?

Good statement on Kenton by the Board of Deputies. "Our community will not be intimidated by these cowardly acts of hate, which are an attack on Britain and its values, and on the security and cohesion of everyone in our country."

5. If this is, as I suspect, online recruitment by Iranian agents, then we should be alert to escalations. The classic escalation path is graffiti to arson to murder. They seem to be skipping the graffiti this time.

Can confirm the reports of an arson attempt at Kenton United Synagogue. Overnight, HAYI social channels began claiming an attack on a London synagogue without specifying location.

Reports of a third attempted arson attack on Jewish targets in North London this week. It's getting really scary and more people need to start taking it seriously.

Early reports coming in of another arson attack on a Synagogue in Britain last night - this time Kenton United Synagogue.

This the third attempted firebombing of a Jewish building in London this week.

(we are not on the brink of a total internet collapse)

A properly done œufs mayonnaise is one of my favourite things.

Why are people so nasty? Honestly that’s just horrible.

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

David obv

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Allies of Olly Robbins defend handling of Mandelson vetting Appointment as US ambassador likely to have involved scrutiny of Chinese and Russian business links

www.ft.com/content/58c0...

Mandelson was still listed as a non-executive director of Sistema in 2016 in the House of Lords register of interests. He continued to hold a shareholding in the Russian group until at least 2020, the Lords register shows. The due diligence also noted that Mandelson's lobbying firm Global Counsel included Chinese clients TikTok and Shein and said that he was "seen as an advocate for closer UK-China relations".

Lol

Would be hilarious if this was actually the big red flashing light

A Polish Warning for Post-Orbán Hungary: ‘We’ve Been Here Before.’ Wojciech Ciesla is a Polish investigative journalist who witnessed eight years of eroding democratic norms under a populist right-wing government. His country is still recovering. Here’s what he sees ...

Proud to publish this view on Hungary from a Polish colleague.

"As we learned, PiS left a staggering amount of traps and landmines for its successors — and many have proved impossible to defuse. Fidesz, which ruled for twice as long, has done the same in Hungary."

www.occrp.org/en/feature/a...