BBC Politics18 Jun 2026
MP Cameron Thomas suspended amid police investigation
It is understood the MP was arrested by Gloucestershire Police on Wednesday.
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Young Bob Assaulted By Muslim Gang
Prominent remigration activist Young Bob was assaulted and robbed in Whitechapel on Tuesday evening by a gang of muslims gathered for a debate outside a mosque.
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The Advance UK Merger Collapse: Ego, Entitlement, and the Fight for Britain's Future
Ben Habib's proposed merger with Restore Britain collapses after Rupert Lowe refuses to hand over the keys. The reaction from Advance UK's inner circle reveals more about their motivations than they intended.
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The Guardian Politics18 Jun 2026
Pete Hegseth accuses Nato countries of ‘free riding’ in combative address
US defence secretary addresses allies in latest attempt to get Europe to raise military budgets Pete Hegseth has announced a review of US military presence across Europe, in a combative address to Nato allies where he threatened to cut force numbers in countries spending the least on defence. The US defence secretary, speaking at a meeting of Nato defence ministers in Brussels, accused some countries of “free riding” and others of being shameful for not allowing their airbases to be used by US j
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The Guardian Politics18 Jun 2026
The Guardian view on OnlyFans: revelations of abusive middlemen merit MPs’ attention | Editorial
Reports of agents taking 50% of women’s earnings undermine the company’s rhetoric of empowerment Since its launch a decade ago, and throughout its journey to becoming one of the UK’s most successful internet startups, OnlyFans – which was valued at more than £3bn in April – has presented itself as a vehicle for content creators’ empowerment. Revelations of the role played by middlemen in transactions on the website, which is dominated by pornographic content, undermine such claims and require a
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The Guardian Politics18 Jun 2026
‘Cynical to get power’: Michel Barnier on Boris Johnson, Brexit and the EU’s future
Former negotiator believes in an unstable world, it is ‘perfectly possible’ the UK can rejoin the EU with old opt-outs UK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier says A couple of years ago, Michel Barnier spent a weekend with Boris Johnson’s father, Stanley. It was not some ghoulish Brexit spin-off of The Traitors, but the result of the former EU negotiator’s wife, Isabelle, being a close friend of Johnson’s French cousin, Anne du Boucheron, the owner of Château d
The Guardian Politics18 Jun 2026
UK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier says
Exclusive: Former chief Brexit negotiator says staying out of euro and Schengen area would be ‘perfectly possible’ Michel Barnier has said Britain could regain its special terms if it rejoined the EU and claimed it was becoming clearer every day to the British people that they would be stronger in Europe. In an interview before the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum next week, the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator said he could not see any obstacle to the UK keeping the pound and remai
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The Guardian Politics18 Jun 2026
UK attorney general tells staff to stop using X amid disinformation concerns
Exclusive: Richard Hermer’s department understood to be first in government to restrict use after recent riots The attorney general has told his office to no longer post on X, making it the first UK government department to stop using the Elon Musk-owned platform amid increasing worries about its use to incite violence and racism. Richard Hermer’s office last posted on X on Friday, and it is understood that officials have been told to no longer use the site, unless for the specific purpose of co
Express Politics18 Jun 2026
Labour's Channel migrant crisis continues as grim 10,000 milestone hit with fresh arrivals
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage warns of 'even more HMOs' as the asylum system continues to face intense pressure
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Sky News Politics18 Jun 2026
Lib Dem MP arrested and suspended from party
A Liberal Democrat MP has had the party whip withdrawn after he was arrested.
BBC Politics18 Jun 2026
Jarvis 'working round clock' to finalise defence plan
The UK's new defence secretary is under pressure to publish the blueprint after repeated delays.
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BBC Politics18 Jun 2026
Jarvis 'working round clock' to finalise defence plan
The UK's new defence secretary is under pressure to publish the blueprint after repeated delays.
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Guido Fawkes18 Jun 2026
First Council to Ban Meat at Events Reverses Woke Policy
Six years ago, Enfield Council’s woke Labour administration banned meat at council events. It was the first council to do so… Now the new Tory leader of the council, Alessandro Georgiou, has reversed the policy in a nod to local farmers and normal people everywhere. Meat’s back on the menu, boys – nature is healing…
The Guardian Politics18 Jun 2026
VAT on private school fees not caused exodus to state sector, says Bridget Phillipson
Education secretary cites admissions data for England, saying Labour is ‘rebalancing the system to focus on 94% of kids in state schools’ Adding VAT to private school fees has failed to trigger an exodus of pupils into the state sector despite widespread speculation that it would, the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has said. The Labour government applied 20% VAT to private school fees from the start of 2025. They had previously been exempt from the tax. Newly published admissions data
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