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After the latest Mandelson revelations, Starmer needs to get a good lawyer. Wasn’t he supposed to be one?

If only the PM had been the process-obsessed technocrat he was once painted as, this disaster wouldn’t have happened – and he wouldn’t be on the brink, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Starmer should face Commons inquiry over Mandelson vetting, says Ed Davey

Exclusive: Liberal Democrat leader calls for privileges committee to investigate whether PM misled parliament

The Guardian - UK

Voices: ‘Kemi is on the way up’: Readers react as Conservatives close gap on Reform in latest poll

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over signs of Reform UK’s decline, with some seeing a meaningful Conservative recovery under Kemi Badenoch while others view the shift as tentative, fragmented and far from decisive

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Almost a quarter of teenagers fear being cancelled over their political views amid voting age change

New research has suggested teenagers don’t yet feel politically confident as the voting age is set to be lowered to 16

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the looming energy shock: ministers need to show they have a plan

Editorial: Keir Starmer can’t be blamed for the crisis in the Middle East, but he has to reassure people that he is prepared for its long-term consequences

The Guardian - UK

The Brexit delusion is dead – so now Keir Starmer doesn’t need to pretend any more

To rebuild relations with Europe in a dangerous world, the prime minister needs to win big arguments, not hide behind outdated red lines, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Child among 13 killed as Putin’s forces attack Kyiv and other cities overnight

Major attack comes just hours after Putin's forces hit Ukraine with more than 380 drones and missiles

The Independent UK

Nige and Zia set out plan to send ‘Boriswave’ traitors to the gulag

Farage and sidekick are still sore about how the Tories handled Brexit, although new mates Braverman and Jenrick are forgiven

The Guardian - UK

Trump badly needs a way out of this war. Right now, that’s everyone’s problem

The looming shortage of medicines and fertiliser is only going to get worse with the latest US blockade. Europe and the UK need to step up diplomatically, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Boris Johnson visits Ukraine 'kill zone' as former PM hits out at Western 'timidity'

The former prime minister travelled beyond the capital Kyiv to the so-called kill zone near the city of Zaporizhzhia

Evening Standard

Voices: I look eight years younger after quitting politics

COMMENT: When I worked in No 10, I had a period where I dreamed every night that Chris Grayling was hunting me from the skies, Hunger Games style – so take it from me, Westminster does things to you, says Cleo Watson

The Independent UK

Ministers were stockpiling French wine days before Brexit deadline as ‘no deal’ exit loomed

Britain came close to leaving the European Union without a trade deal under Boris Johnson’s leadership

The Independent UK

Voices: How Farage and Cameo showed British politics is up for sale

COMMENT: From personalised videos to crypto ventures, the UK’s politicians are increasingly turning influence into income – and blurring the line between public service and private gain, says Cleo Watson

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Evgeny Lebedev and Ian Botham have lowest Lords attendance, records show

Figures seen by the Guardian show the two peers each attended just 1.12% of sessions in past four years

The Conversation

Saturday Night Live has thrived in the US for 50 years – but a British SNL faces an uphill battle

A tall, well-built man saunters past a band and onto the stage. He is handsome and slick, the parody of an American talk show host. Magnanimously he interviews the band, only to cut off one guitarist, patronise another and upstage the saxophonist with a mimed solo. And so, Swedish actor…

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Starmer warned cabinet against ‘overly deferential’ relations with devolved governments

Leaked memo dates from shortly after Labour Senedd members raised alarm devolution is being rolled back

The Conversation

How a grassroots UK campaign sparked a multi-billion-dollar exit from public fossil fuel finance

In 2021, dozens of governments quietly agreed to stop using public money to finance fossil fuel projects overseas.

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Oh please, Meghan – stop with your performative privacy, it makes the rest of us feel bad

COMMENT: It was meant to be a sweet photograph of a mum with her daughter for International Women’s Day, so why did a new photo of Princess Lilibet on Meghan’s Instagram end up making mums like me feel like we’re failing, asks Charlotte Cripps

Evening Standard

The real reason Sadiq Khan is getting rid of the 'Boris bus' Routemaster

What will be remembered of Boris Johnson’s political career, do you reckon? Covid? The Boriswave, the immigration influx that saw over a million people a year enter the UK? The Boris bike? The best thing he did in office, to my mind, was, as London mayor, to introduce the Boris…

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'Boris bus' axed from routes across London as Sadiq Khan 'cleans up previous mayor's messy legacy'

Diesel-hybrid double deckers being withdrawn from routes 8, 16, 313 and 267

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry reaches ‘bittersweet’ final day of witness testimony

Campaigners say ‘hard-hitting, clear-sighted and damning’ inquiry – the most expensive in history – ‘absolutely has been worth it’

The Guardian - US

When it comes to ending elite impunity, the US could learn from the UK

British institutions can keep politicians somewhat in check. But in the US, shamelessness has become contagious

Marie Claire

Why One Former Prime Minister Was Forced to "Break the Bad News" to Ex-Prince Andrew "For Fear of Embarrassing" Queen Elizabeth

"He was not thrilled. I tried to cheer him up."

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