As a backbench MP in November 2015, Starmer took a stand against the moderate mainstream of the Labour Party.

As Hilary Benn implored Labour MPs to vote to defeat the fascists of ISIS, Keir Starmer was urging his colleagues to vote against those strikes.

Reference by the BBC to 'Lord David Cameron' - as if he was the younger son of a marquess or a
duke. Not the sort of blunder we would have had in Lord Reith's day. (Or 'Lord John Reith' as the BBC would now call him.) bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Can't wait to discuss this World Athletics move re the The Olympic Games, and other big stories, plus the papers with Nadine Batchelor-Hunt and Harry Phibbs. Alan Dershowitz will talk about the passing of #OJSimpson .
Afua Hagan (née Adom) will make sense of it all after midnight. Join me on Times Radio from now.

Also a valid question for David Cameron and Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP for the UK. Appeasement never ends well.

Last month MPs filibustered a Bill on puberty blockers and single-sex spaces by talking about the names of pet ferrets. They were full of glee at the time. Will any of them apologise? hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-0…

.Madeline Grant: 'Ah yes, culture wars. Those low-status squabbles which only the Right ever indulges in and which only ever go one way. For example, “don’t mutilate children!” = culture war. “Let’s mutilate children!” = not a culture war.' telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

Non-doms must be welcome in an open, outward looking economy, says Harry Phibbs

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To the many women, blanked, sidelined, dismissed by male leaders when speaking up and exposing this for years.Particularly Julie Bindel Hannah Barnes Keira Bell Maya Forstater Victoria Smith J.K. Rowling Sonya Douglas Kathleen Stock Women's Rights Network - WRN LesbianLabour Tonia Antoniazzi MP Miriam Cates 🧵/1

Would critics prefer Tesco made a loss? That it went bankrupt and had to close or be funded by state? I don’t think that would be a welcome scenario for Tesco customers or staff. Or the taxpayer.

I do hope that local authorities that have been bankrolling Stonewall will reflect today on what an appalling misjudgment that has been.

Beautiful new homes - not tower blocks. Vote for Susan Hall AM!

HMRC Spending £4.5 Million on Woke Jobs order-order.com/2024/04/10/hmr…

'Last year London was the slowest city out of 387 globally to drive a six-mile journey, according to the TomTom traffic index. This pushes up emissions from idling vehicles.' Congestion is worse than when ULEZ was launched. We need a new Mayor of London. thetimes.co.uk/article/ulez-z…

Labour taking a hit for their arrogant defence of Angela Rayner?

Popular development? The experience in Faversham suggests beauty is not enough. conservativehome.com/2022/07/28/pop… via @conhome

From Harry Phibbs: The Conservatives are fielding more candidates in the Council elections than Labour can manage conservativehome.com/2024/04/09/the…

Good show!

'Reform UK is only contesting 12.2 per cent of seats.. they are hardly contesting any Police and Crime commissioner elections. Looking at the information gathered on the Vote UK Forum, they seem to have even fewer PCC candidates than last time.' Harry Phibbs conservativehome.com/2024/04/09/the…