Category: Emily Thornberry

Morgan McSweeney does no lasting damage to Starmer in grilling by Emily Thornberry | John Crace

PM’s former chief of staff looked far from happy when forced into the open to face Commons committeeHe walks! He talks! He breathes! For most people, Morgan McSweeney is a quasi-mythical creature. A being that exists...

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Starmer seems to think he can do no wrong – two weeks of Mandy-mania hearings point to the opposite conclusion | Marina Hyde

Bereft of any big ideas, or indeed policies, the PM is in his happy place: a never-ending parliamentary procedural processHave his enemies done it? Have the rebels managed to find a thermal exhaust port in the Death Starmer that...

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UK politics: Labour MP calls for Starmer’s resignation to end ‘psychodrama’ – as it happened

Jonathan Brash says ‘own goals’ are distracting from Labour’s achievementsUK inflation accelerated to 3.3% in March after the Iran war triggered the biggest jump in fuel prices for more than three years,...

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Labour MP calls for Starmer’s resignation to end ‘psychodrama’ – UK politics live

Jonathan Brash says ‘own goals’ are distracting from Labour’s achievementsUK inflation accelerated to 3.3% in March after the Iran war triggered the biggest jump in fuel prices for more than three years,...

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Starmer refuses to deny No 10 considered giving aide Matthew Doyle a diplomatic post – UK politics live

Olly Robbins told MPs he had been asked to find Doyle a diplomatic position – and not mention it to then Foreign Secretary David LammyUK inflation accelerated to 3.3% in March after the Iran war triggered the biggest jump...

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Starmer and Badenoch clash over Olly Robbins’ Mandelson evidence – UK politics live

PM also refuses to deny No 10 considered offering Matthew Doyle diplomatic post, as Robbins told MPs in his evidenceUK inflation accelerated to 3.3% in March after the Iran war triggered the biggest jump in fuel prices for more...

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Starmer says it ‘beggars belief’ he wasn’t told about Mandelson vetting failure as he faces down the Commons – UK politics as it happened

MPs jeered as PM said it is ‘incredible’ he was not told full story and he was wrong to appoint Mandelson as US ambassadorAt his press conference Nigel Farage was asked about reports saying that Keir Starmer knew...

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Few will mourn Ali Khamenei and his evil legacy, says UK defence secretary

John Healey warns of ‘very real and rising threat’ from Iran as US and Israeli military action divides political opinionUS-Israel war on Iran – latest updatesThe UK defence secretary has said few will mourn...

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