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Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

READ: King’s Order in Council Striking Mandelson Out of Privy Council

Privy Council minutes from Tuesday have now been published regarding Peter Mandelson. “An Order striking out The Lord Mandelson from the List of Members of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council.” The Order in Council stripping Mandelson of his peerage has also been published: Mandelson is no longer the Right Honourable… The government is briefing…

Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

Labour Minister: Epstein’s Victims ‘Re-Traumatised Every Time We Discuss Mandelson’

A brutal morning round for Nick Thomas-Symonds, who was forced to repeatedly parrot the government’s line that inadequate vetting is to blame for Starmer’s woeful judgement in appointing Mandelson. Even with reams of publicly available material revealing his continued friendship with a convicted paedophile… He even tried the ‘we should stop talking about this’ excuse…

Express Politics12 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves humiliated as Keir Starmer slaps her down over petrol prices

The Prime Minister said the proposed fuel duty increase would be "under review".

The Guardian Politics12 Mar 2026

There is no denying Labour is in crisis – but in a strange way, Keir Starmer is equipped to save it | Zoe Williams

The fact that the PM is a pragmatist, light on ideology, could allow him to forge now essential links with other parties Even before Labour took power, since the first whispers that Keir Starmer wasn’t the Corbyn-in-a-tie candidate his leadership bid had promised, the same argument has been going on among Labour members. Should Starmer be trying harder to include the left flank of the movement? Perhaps he should, at the very least, stop trying to expel them. The same question informs orientation

The Guardian Politics12 Mar 2026

The assault on freedom with Mehdi Hasan and Arwa Mahdawi

Join us for Zeteo’s first-ever London event as award-winning journalist and editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan leads a wide-ranging and timely conversation on the emerging global order. Date: Monday 8 June 2026 Times: 7.30pm-9.30pm (BST) Tickets for this event go on sale on 13 March at 6pm Are we witnessing a new rise in fascism and authoritarianism across the world, and how do we stop it? In the wake of the assault on Gaza and, now, the war against Iran, is international law dead? And who is really

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Express Politics12 Mar 2026

Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer under fire as Mandelson scandal explodes

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Conservative Home12 Mar 2026

Starmer’s Mandelson problem isn’t process, it’s judgement

A due diligence report to Starmer spelt out the reputational risks in plain English. The real question is not what the Prime Minister didn’t know. It is why, having been told what he did know, he went ahead anyway. The post Starmer’s Mandelson problem isn’t process, it’s judgement appeared first on Conservative Home.

Express Politics12 Mar 2026

Keir Starmer wrecks the UK's world standing – yet they think Ed Miliband is the answer

OPINION - VIRGINIA BLACKBURN: Lord knows why Starmer even wants the job at this point!

Conservative Home12 Mar 2026

John Oxley: A serious defence policy demands serious political honesty

If the voters are going to accept the costs of rearmament, the positive case needs to be made. This includes bluntly explaining the risks that those of us who obsessively monitor the news are already aware of. It also requires setting out why our military power matters. The post John Oxley: A serious defence policy demands serious political honesty appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home12 Mar 2026

Callum McGoldrick: Labour’s raid on motorists

The prime minister insisted this week at PMQs that fuel duty has not increased under Labour. This was gaslighting. The freeze is set to end in September in order to pay for the benefits bill, bloated public sector and various other squanderings of taxpayers money. The post Callum McGoldrick: Labour’s raid on motorists appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home12 Mar 2026

Chase Blount: My first election was a car crash – but I still gained from it

Even if in the worst case scenario, you come last, you will still gain an invaluable experience, and you will still ensure that the people of Britain have a choice in their elections.   The post Chase Blount: My first election was a car crash – but I still gained from it appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics12 Mar 2026

Families given a week to decide whether to leave UK voluntarily plead for more time

Home Office targets 150 families whose asylum claims were refused and offers them up to £40,000 to leave or face forcible removal Families who received notices asking them to agree to return to their home countries are begging the Home Office to give them more time to make a decision that will significantly affect their children’s futures. The Home Office has targeted 150 families whose asylum claims were refused and given them just seven days to make the decision, which would uproot their child

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