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Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

No10 Defends Foreign Office Staff Attending Party Celebrating Islamic Revolution

Downing Street insists it was just “standard practice” for FCDO staff to attend a party celebrating the Islamic revolution at the Iranian embassy, as reported by the Telegraph: “It is their job to maintain diplomatic relations with countries across the globe, including ones we fundamentally disagree with.” On the same day as the party, it…

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Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

Downing Street: “No Requirement” for Starmer to Speak to Mandelson Before Appointing Him

Number 10 has claimed there was “no requirement” for Keir Starmer to formally interview Peter Mandelson before appointing him as ambassador to the US. The Times revealed last night that Starmer delegated the job entirely to Morgan McSweeney and Matthew Doyle. Don’t worry, the adults are back in the room… The Downing Street spokesman told…

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Express Politics13 Mar 2026

'Cowardly' Labour cancels elections for 6million people 'to avoid embarrassment'

Postponing mayoral elections will put public at risk, Conservatives claim

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The Guardian Politics13 Mar 2026

Reeves vows to ‘crack down’ on energy and fuel bosses exploiting Britons through ‘rip-off’ prices – UK politics live

The chancellor is set to meet with energy bosses over concerns that companies are profiteering from oil and gas prices Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has asked the competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), to “crack down” on “rip off” fuel prices as she prepares to meet energy bosses amid concerns companies are profiteering off the US and Israel’s war with Iran. The Conservative party continue to accuse the governme

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Express Politics13 Mar 2026

Reform UK wins crunch by-election in latest boost for Nigel Farage

Insurgent party scores crucial victory as it gears up for polls across the country in May

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The Guardian Politics13 Mar 2026

So long, hereditary peers – but the Lords is still full of absurd anachronisms | Polly Toynbee

Two-thirds of voters want an elected second chamber. The government needs a radical legacy: it should use its rare majority for this Goodbye (almost) to the hereditary peers, voted out on Tuesday night. But they didn’t go without a vicious tooth-and-nail fight. Labour should be making much more noise about how the Tories blackmailed and threatened to the very last to hold on to the hereditary peerage (almost all Tories), despite 66% of voters wanting a democratically elected second chamber. Tori

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Conservative Home13 Mar 2026

Politics doesn’t need saints, or sinners, it needs more ‘honest’ and ‘normal’

If we can all find a way to choose candidates and foster MPs who are skeleton and even closet free, and just a bit more 'normal' to a majority of the electorate, we wouldn’t be doing ourselves a favour. We’d be doing everyone a favour. The post Politics doesn’t need saints, or sinners, it needs more ‘honest’ and ‘normal’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Mar 2026

George Beglan: Britain’s political class has confused legal performance with strategic thinking – again

International law in military matters has always been more facade than framework: it lacks enforcement mechanisms, it derives its apparent authority from hegemonic sponsorship, and appealing to it not only fails to constrain great power behaviour but obscures the real debate The post George Beglan: Britain’s political class has confused legal performance with strategic thinking – again appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Mar 2026

Olivier Guitta and Hollie McKay: Iran’s attacks on gulf states are a reminder that we ignore geopolitics at our own risk

Many businesses assumed the UAE was going to remain immune to Iranian aggression. They confused diplomatic agility with strategic invulnerability. That assumption has been explosively disproven. The post Olivier Guitta and Hollie McKay: Iran’s attacks on gulf states are a reminder that we ignore geopolitics at our own risk  appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics13 Mar 2026

Post Office scandal 'taken 21 years of my life'

Seema Misra calls for accountability as a report by MPs raises concerns about ongoing delays.

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BBC Politics13 Mar 2026

Post Office scandal 'taken 21 years of my life'

Seema Misra calls for accountability as a report by MPs raises concerns about ongoing delays.

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BBC Politics13 Mar 2026

MPs 'deeply troubled' by BBC World Service funding uncertainty

The current funding agreement between the BBC and the government expires at the end of this month.

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