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Express Politics25 Feb 2026

Migrant fury as '450' cross Channel RIGHT NOW as rescue boats dock in UK

French warships are tracking a number of dinghies off the coast of Calais and Dunkirk as smugglers exploit the hottest day of the year so far.

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Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Speaker Lindsay Hoyle Tipped Off Met Police About Mandelson Flight Risk

The Times reports Commons Speaker Linsday Hoyle was the source of intelligence which led Metropolitan Police officers to arrest Peter Mandelson on Monday afternoon. Mandelson was previously scheduled to do a voluntary interview in March before the rozzer swept in after judging him a flight risk… Mandelson was briefing hacks that some conspiracy was going…

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Sky News Politics25 Feb 2026

Starmer 'concerned' after man with axe arrested at mosque

Sir Keir Starmer has expressed concern after a man with an axe in a bag was arrested at a mosque in Manchester.

Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

PMQs: Who’s Asking the Questions?

Edward Argar (Con) Rachel Hopkins (Lab) Luke Akehurst (Lab) Fleur Anderson (Lab) John Slinger (Lab) Paul Kohler (LibDem) Calum Miller (LibDem) Adam Dance (LibDem) Imran Hussain (Lab) Jonathan Davies (Lab) Irene Campbell (Lab) Lauren Edwards (Lab) Sarah Edwards (Lab) Paul Waugh (Lab) Calvin Bailey (Lab)

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Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Non-Reform MPs Demand Government Bans Crypto Donations to Reform

The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy is demanding that parties be blocked until further notice from accepting crypto donations. Only Reform currently accepts them… The parliamentary committee is made up of: 12 Labour parliamentarians 5 Tories 3 LibDems 2 crossbenchers In a letter to Steve Reed the committee demands a “moratorium” on crypto donations…

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Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

Antony Davies: Badenoch is finding her stride, and Reform’s theatre is a gift to the Conservatives

The public is not permanently captive to razzmatazz. When the costs of dysfunction bite, voters return to first principles. The post Antony Davies: Badenoch is finding her stride, and Reform’s theatre is a gift to the Conservatives appeared first on Conservative Home.

Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Denmark Considers Extending North Sea Oil Licences to 2050

Denmark is weighing up extending North Sea oil and gas licences to 2050, beyond the current expiry date of 2042, “to stand on its own two feet”. The Danish government issued a press release this week: “Europe must be able to stand on its own two feet when it comes to energy supply and security…The…

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Sky News Politics25 Feb 2026

Josh Simons resigns as minister after controversy over information gathered on journalists

Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons has left the government amid a row over a thinktank he used to run, which reportedly collected information on journalists.

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Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Starmer and Burnham Meet Behind Closed Doors to ‘Bury Hatchet’

A trickle of briefings have emerged following Keir Starmer’s potemkin peace summit with Andy Burnham this week. According to The I, the pair met privately in Burnham’s mayoral office, with no advisers present and no photos of the encounter. Nonetheless, ‘Labour sources’ say it was “a nice, friendly chat” and they’ve “known each other for…

The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

The hard right has high hopes in Gorton and Denton – but a grassroots fightback is under way

As ordinary people feel the effects of divisive rhetoric, a local group is taking action to empower the community “I don’t want to talk about him,” Selina Ullah said, when asked what she thought of Matt Goodwin, the GB News presenter running for Reform in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary byelection. She would rather talk about the hope she took from the national reaction to the murder of her brother, Ahmed Iqbal Ullah – and the memorial campaign afterwards – in the same Greater Manchester con

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Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Judicial Review of Chinese Mega-Embassy Lands in Court

Resident campaigners challenging the legality of Labour’s decision to grant China a new embassy at the Royal Mint Court site have filed their Judicial Review at court. They are aided by top planning expert Lord Banner KC… Labour pushed through approval of the embassy before Starmer’s China trip. China even refused to engage on planning…

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