Starmer calls Kneecap 'intolerable', says prosecutors looking 'very carefully' at latest ruling – The Journal

Starmer calls Kneecap ‘intolerable’, says prosecutors looking ‘very carefully’ at latest ruling  The Journal Watch: ‘We’ll continue to be a headache’ – Ó hAnnaidh  RTE.ie Kneecap rapper will not face terrorism trial after high court rejects CPS appeal  The Guardian UK government loses appeal over quashed Kneecap terror charge  BBC ‘I’m a free mawn’: Kneecap celebrate in Belfast as … Read more

Keir Starmer speaks to Donald Trump after latest rebuke over Iran – The Journal

Keir Starmer speaks to Donald Trump after latest rebuke over Iran  The Journal Starmer and Trump speak for first time since president’s Iran criticism  BBC Opportunities, perils and pitfalls: how UK parties have responded to war in Iran  The Guardian Keir Starmer’s Love Actually moment: shrewd or suicidal?  The Times Bitter break-up for Trump and Starmer – but polling … Read more

Starmer tries to pivot from Trump’s ‘no Churchill’ jibe as he sends four more RAF jets to Gulf

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Israel issues evacuation warning in Lebanon as Iran denies drone attack on Azerbaijan – The Journal

Israel issues evacuation warning in Lebanon as Iran denies drone attack on Azerbaijan  The Journal Iran war latest: War with Iran moving into ‘next stage’, IDF says – with ‘surprise moves’ to come  Sky News Israel’s escalation in Lebanon raises new questions over Hizbullah’s survival  The Irish Times Middle East crisis live: Trump demands say in choosing Iran’s … Read more

Spain says ‘no to war’ in response to Trump threats – The Irish Times

Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has defended his government and warned against the use of illegal military action following threats by Washington over his position on the Middle East conflict. Addressing the attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran, Sánchez, leader of the Socialist Party, said his administration was “against this disaster” and … Read more

Trump says US-UK relationship ‘not like it used to be’

“NATIONAL INTEREST” Starmer defended his position to parliament on Monday. “President Trump has expressed his disagreement with our decision not to get involved in the initial strikes, but it is my duty to judge what is in Britain’s national interest,” he told lawmakers. “That is what I have done and I stand by it,” he … Read more

Plumber-turned-Greens MP Hannah Spencer wins UK by-election in blow to Keir Starmer

Labour’s defeat, trailing in third behind Zack Polanski’s Greens and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the previously rock-solid Greater Manchester constituency, will pile pressure on the prime minister. Hannah Spencer, a councillor and plumber, emerged victorious for the Greens, with 14,980 votes and a majority of 4,402 votes. Reform UK’s candidate Matt Goodwin got 10,578 … Read more

Manchester byelection defeat leaves Keir Starmer green around the gills – The Irish Times

Tory opposition barbs in UK politics tend to be soaked in hyperbole. Yet its taunt on Friday morning that a crucial byelection result suggests Keir Starmer has “killed” the Labour Party may not be as outlandish as it sounds for the embattled UK prime minister. The impressive victory overnight for the Greens in Gorton and … Read more

Embarrassing byelection defeat for Keir Starmer as Greens seize Labour stronghold – The Irish Times

UK prime minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has suffered an embarrassing election defeat in an area of Greater Manchester ​that it had dominated for almost a century, a loss that underscores the breakdown of Britain’s two-party politics. The loss of one of Labour’s safest seats, in the biggest electoral test in almost a year, puts … Read more