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Those who cannot remember the past

Brief letters: British colonial history | Starmer’s premiership | Chelsea sacking | Kakistocracies

The Guardian - UK

Officials requested Mandelson’s vetting details days after Independent revealed he failed

Cat Little, the most senior official in the Cabinet Office, said details of the disgraced peer’s vetting were requested by the Foreign Office seven months ago

The Independent UK

British military experts sent to US to plan reopening of Strait of Hormuz

Officers there to compile options for accessing route amid fears of mines and Iranian attacks

The Independent UK

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Why the hell did Starmer pick Mandelson? The latest mug on the media round had no idea

Nick Thomas-Symonds unravelled under barrage of questions – as PM instead bored some mothers and babies in Belfast

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Kemi Badenoch and the Iran war: confusion reveals a lack of serious thinking

Editorial: The Tories and Reform UK have abandoned British interests to become ideological satellites of radical US conservatism

The Guardian - UK

Voices: ‘Starmer has played this well’: Readers back PM as Trump and Blair pile pressure over Iran

YOUR VIEWS: Independent readers largely backed Sir Keir Starmer standing up to Donald Trump over Iran, with many warning Britain must not repeat the mistakes of Iraq

The Independent UK

Dining across the divide: ‘He thinks Labour voters should back Starmer. I think we deserve better’

Two Labour supporters disagree on Keir Starmer and whether Reform can really win. Can they find common ground on public transport?

The Guardian - UK

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Mauritius threatens to sue Britain over Chagos deal

Mauritian prime minister says he is ‘exploring legal avenues’ over delays to ratify the deal

The Independent UK

Iran has firepower to strike London claims Israel after long-range hit on Diego Garcia

Israel Defence Forces say attempted strike on Diego Garcia shows ‘danger to dozens of countries in Europe, Asia and Africa’

The Independent UK

Starmer finds himself in a great Green mess – and he is now in the last chance saloon

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: If the PM is to rebound from this disastrous result and fend off Zack Polanski from Labour's left flank, he must drop every distraction and ‘deliver, deliver, deliver’

The Independent UK

Huge number of Londoners to vote tactically to stop Nigel Farage becoming Prime Minister, polling reveals

The YouGov survey also cast doubts on whether Reform UK can win a Commons majority at the next general election

Evening Standard

Social media ban for under 16s could be announced within months, says Technology Secretary Liz Kendall

Ministers are scrambling to keep up with the fast-changing online world as they seek to protect youngters

Evening Standard

Barack Obama unleashes on Trump as he breaks silence over president's video depicting him and Michelle as apes

The video has drawn criticism from Trump’s own Republican party

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer says Jim Ratcliffe’s immigration comments ‘offensive and wrong’

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is founder and chairman of one of the world’s largest chemical companies, Ineos.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Labour peer sent memo to Starmer chief of staff McSweeney warning against Mandelson appointment

Lord Maurice Glasman sent the warning after attending a party hosted by Nigel Farage in Washington DC ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Mandelson-Epstein emails: unavoidable questions of misconduct in public office

Editorial: Leaking crisis policy to financiers demands investigation, not evasion. Gordon Brown understands this. Credibility can’t be pursued at the expense of trust

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting allies hit out at ‘stupid’ briefings after ministers ‘urge Starmer to sack him for disloyalty’

Senior government figures are reportedly pressing for Mr Streeting's removal, citing his ‘outspoken opinions’

Evening Standard

Technology Secretary threatens to block UK access to X over Grok deepfakes

Ofcom said it was undertaking an ‘expedited assessment’ after X and XAi responded to its urgent contact on Monday.

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Evening Standard

Government says changes to Grok ‘insulting’ and urges Ofcom to update ‘in days’

X has faced a backlash after reports that users of its AI chatbot had prompted it to create sexualised images of people, including children.

The Independent UK

Starmer’s priority is to protect UK relationship with Trump, Streeting suggests

Wes Streeting also issued a direct warning to the US president, saying now is ‘not the time to destabilise Nato’ after Trump threatened to annex Greenland

Evening Standard

Chinese mega embassy in London could bring security advantages, Downing Street claims

No 10 has sought to highlight the ‘benefits’ of consolidating the seven Chinese sites currently dotted around the capital in the mega embassy

The Independent UK

Streeting gives major pre-Budget speech on child poverty fuelling further leadership speculation

The health secretary’s intervention came on the eve of Rachel Reeves’ make-or-break budget

Evening Standard

BBC accused of misleading viewers two years before controversial Panorama Trump edit

BBC Newsnight reportedly played a similar edit of the US president’s speech in June 2022

The Guardian - UK

Pressure grows on Starmer to sack chief of staff over briefing row

Growing calls for Morgan McSweeney to go after extraordinary briefing operation against Wes Streeting

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s new deputy leader says party must pay more heed to its members

Exclusive: Powell, who was sacked as Commons leader by Starmer in September, says government should stop trying to ‘out-Reform Reform’

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