We agree. It will be richly ironic if the first world leader brought down as a consequence of the Epstein scandal is a British human rights lawyer who never met him.

Hannah Spencer: ‘MPs tell me I’ll get used to Westminster... On a stroll with her greyhounds, the Green party’s newest MP talks about how Labour lost its way, getting her hands dirty, and why parliament is ‘bonkers’

Westminster is "broken" and "bonkers". A lively and revealing stroll with Hannah Spencer and her greyhounds.
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Starmer pleading ignorance over Mandelson won’t wash. Tho... The prime minister’s excuse for misleading parliament is that he was kept in the dark – an abject alibi, but it’s the best he’s got

Pleading ignorance is a wretched alibi, but the best one that Keir Starmer has got.
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Thank you, Phil

Thank you, Ian

Thanks to Trump, we’ve edged closer to Europe, but the en... Hard lessons and harsher realities are steering us back towards our neighbours. Sadly, mistrust remains the biggest barrier

Bregrets, we've got more than a few
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Thank you, Claire. Much appreciated.

Thank you, Phil. You make some excellent points.

Thank you, Ian. Glad it hit the spot.

Starmer may have won praise for standing up to Trump, but... Easter was supposed to be when the UK turned an economic corner and anger at Labour abated. That rosy scenario is dead

The war is not Labour's fault, but the consequences will be Labour's problem
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Gorton and Denton will force Labour to rethink – it is no... The byelection humiliation is the harbinger of a cataclysmic night for Sir Keir Starmer in the May elections

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Thank you, Mike

Don’t underestimate the Windsors’ ruthless drive to survive Keir Starmer wouldn’t be the first prime minister to help the royals weather storms that might have finished the monarchy

Gruesome days for the Windsors, but never underestimate their ruthless drive to survive
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Many thanks, David

Glad it hit the spot, Steve

Thank you, Ian

Keir Starmer’s leadership hangs between survival and coll... The prime minister is safe for now. But with rivals circling and dire opinion polls, his tenure is still far from assured

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The Peter Mandelson scandal has turned ‘No drama Starmer... Fierce questions about the prime minister’s judgment are daggers to the heart of what is supposed to be his core brand

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Mandelson’s leap from the Lords won’t end this crisis The disgraced ex-peer has fallen on his sword and handed in his ermine, but a police investigation means this story has further to run… to Keir Starmer’s dismay

He jumped before he was pushed

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Glad it hit the spot, Ivor.

Thank you, Ian

Thank you, Dean

Reform is turning into a recycling centre for toxic Tories The growing list of defectors suggests Nigel Farage’s party is less an insurgency than a refuge for the least appealing Conservatives

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Thank you, Rupert

Thank you, Capt’n

Many thanks, David

Thank you, David