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Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

United Arab Emirates Leaves OPEC Oil Cartel

The UAE’s state-run news agency WAM says the country will leave OPEC and OPEC+. The twelve (now eleven) country-cartel produced around 40% of global oil supply… The UAE usually accounts for 4% of global oil production. The country says it will ramp up production and the move to leave OPEC is in response to changing…

Express Politics28 Apr 2026

Furious Labour MP skewers Keir Starmer as civil war erupts over Mandelson saga

Labour MP Emma Lewell has hit out at the government's three-line whip over privileges vote later on Tuesday.

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BBC Politics28 Apr 2026

I made 'serious mistake' advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, PM's ex-top adviser says

Morgan McSweeney says the peer did not give the "full truth" about his relationship with Epstein.

Express Politics28 Apr 2026

Keir Starmer's former aide ridiculed after blaming Brexit for Peter Mandelson fiasco

Keir Starmer's former chief of staff made the startling claim as he was grilled by MPs over the scandal

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BBC Politics28 Apr 2026

No way to raise Mandelson concerns, former senior official says

Sir Philip Barton says he was worried Lord Mandelson's links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein "could be a problem".

Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

Starmer’s Mandelson Scandal Backbench Loyalist Handed Trade Envoy Job

Starmer-loyalist backbencher John Slinger has been handed a plum trade envoy job. After he appeared constantly on the media to back up No10’s line on the Mandelson scandal… A statement by Chris Bryant just now: “The Secretary of State is pleased to appoint: The Hon Member for Rugby (John Slinger MP) as the United Kingdom’s…

Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

LIVE: Commons Debates Motion to Refer Starmer to Privileges Committee

Will end with a vote which Downing Street has taken the unprecedented step of three-line whipping. Not the done thing with Commons business… The Tories are pleased it has got this far. A candidate in the local elections said: “The best outcome for us is that every single Labour MP votes to cover this up.…

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The Guardian Politics28 Apr 2026

Sectarianism? Family voting? No, what British Muslims are doing with their votes is called democracy | Taj Ali

I’ve been speaking to Muslims across the country, many of whom are deserting Labour. They are as angry about potholes, traffic and litter as anyone else Taj Ali’s Guardian documentary, The Muslim Vote: Democratic threat or Islamophobic myth? | On the Ground, is out on Thursday 30 April ‘An establishment whitewash … a blooming disgrace. And I promise you that our democracy is not in a healthy state.” Nigel Farage was furious. Not just because the Reform UK candidate, Matthew Goodwin, had lost t

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Conservative Home28 Apr 2026

Oliver Dean: Decline is an option – not an inevitability

If we are to take just one thing from this year's Margaret Thatcher Conference it is this: that decline, much like growth, is a choice, and Britain’s leaders must be daring if they are to return Britain to a place of prosperity. The post Oliver Dean: Decline is an option – not an inevitability appeared first on Conservative Home.

BBC Politics28 Apr 2026

Birmingham bins announcement is 'cynical' says Green Party leader

Zack Polanski speaks to BBC Radio WM ahead of the local elections on 7 May.

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Express Politics28 Apr 2026

Election map shows voters' favourite politicians across UK – and nowhere picks Starmer

A new map and poll makes grim reading for the beleaguered Prime Minister.

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Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

Number 10 Insists Starmer Has “Full Confidence” in Rachel Reeves

The Number 10 spokesman this afternoon: “Our position on the Chancellor remains. The Prime Minister has full confidence in the Chancellor…” Rumours are swirling that Starmer is considering dumping her after the locals. Now the “full confidence” kiss of death has been delivered. Might be time for Reeves to refresh that LinkedIn CV again…