Easy to forget that Peter Mandelson was literally in Downing St - SIX DAYS AGO - during the Cabinet reshuffle Less than a week later, taken out by scandal Politics is a brutally quick world

Legitimate questions about why any chief of staff is getting involved in this sort of decision Especially when, technically, it’s a Foreign Office verdict Has the omniscient chief of staff position become too powerful?

NEW: The Netherlands becomes the third country to boycott Eurovision 2026 if Israel is allowed to take part Comes after Slovenia last week and Ireland yesterday - but the Dutch are genuine heavyweights in the EBU BIG crisis brewing for organisers

My niche Eurovision knowledge finally proves useful… Cos that photo is not from any Eurovision Song Contest. That’s never been a stage

Most of Palestine Action’s activity “would not be classified as terrorism” under the UK’s existing legal definition - according to a leaked government report Great story from The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/09/12/wor…

No there wasn’t that many. The Met Police estimate 110,000

Claims that there were 3,000,000 protestors today are mathematically impossible. Each person takes up about a metre squared, meaning 3,000,000 people would take up the entirety of the City of London…if ALL the buildings were flattened. It’s the equivalent of 417 football pitches

This is genuinely sickening. Deranged mindset

Peter Mandelson’s “talent led us to believe at the time that the risk was worth it” Business Sec Peter Kyle says the government knew of Mandelson's "strong relationship" with Epstein, but certain emails were "not in reach" during his vetting trib.al/kdXA2Dr

Very important section of Trevor Phillips interview with Business Secretary Peter Kyle this morning: PETER KYLE: We (the government) knew that it was a strong relationship [between Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein]. We knew all of the public information. But Peter Mandelson...

‘I think Manchester really needs him - it would be a shame for them to lose him’ Business Sec Peter Kyle addresses rumours that Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is plotting a return to Westminster #TrevorPhillips trib.al/NSnnqp2 📺 Sky 501

"If what we’ve just outlined is correct, then the Prime Minister did lie” Shadow education secretary Laura Trott MP stops short of calling for Keir Starmer to resign over the Mandelson row #TrevorPhillips trib.al/kdXA2Dr 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

Not sure why Sadiq Khan is tweeting this like a journalist with speculation He’s literally in charge of TfL

Garbage journalism. Nonsense headline, no story To think someone is actually employed to write this… express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-rad…

In the immortal words of the Vengaboys: “Up and down / and up and down / and up and down / and up and down”

Full blown crisis for the EBU and Eurovision 2026 Spain’s broadcaster has confirmed they will NOT take part if Israel does too Fourth country to make the decision - but as one of the Big 5 this carries enormous weight rtve.es/rtve/20250916/…

Easily the slickest bit of political messaging I think I’ve ever seen in the UK

ah yes because what was really missing from the masterpiece Pride & Prejudice was a character called Pork Princess #masterchef