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Keir Starmer expected to accept place on Trump’s board to run Gaza

Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair was previously considered for the board, but was denied full membership following objections from Middle Eastern state leaders

Evening Standard

‘Complete shambles’: Exasperated Labour MPs lash out at Starmer over digital ID U-turn

Former Labour home secretary David Blunkett says scheme was doomed to ‘run into the sand’ because PM ‘failed to make the case’ for it

The Independent UK

The UK is watering down plans for mandatory digital ID cards after a backlash

The British government has scaled back plans for mandatory digital ID cards, initially proposed as a way of helping control immigration

The Independent UK

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Starmer’s digital ID U-turn shows a prime minister in survival mode

NEWS ANALYSIS: By watering down his plans to make digital ID compulsory in yet another policy U-turn, the prime minister is showing that he’s lost control of his government’s agenda, writes political editor David Maddox

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer offered place on Trump’s Gaza ‘peace board’

Prime minister is yet to receive a formal invitation, but the Guardian has been told that Starmer is expected to accept

The Guardian - UK

Is Keir Starmer’s silence on Venezuela a mistake? What history tells us

It is unlikely that within the first few days of a great global event – one moreover triggered by its closest ally launching a coup and kidnapping a head of state – a British government has said so little. It took 16 hours for it to say anything at all,…

The Conversation

UK considered military overthrow of ‘depressingly healthy’ Robert Mugabe

Declassified records show the Foreign Office advised Tony Blair’s government on options for dealing with the former Zimbabwean president

The Independent UK

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My big night out: I finished the 1990s with fireworks, a funfair, flirting – and furious hope for the future

It was the end of a fabulous decade, when spontaneous, unpredictable parties seemed not just possible but typical. A new millennium was dawning. What could possibly go wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Peter Mandelson’s 2005 general election warning to Tony Blair over Gordon Brown

Files released to the National Archives show that Peter Mandelson warned Tony Blair that tensions with his chancellor would need to be carefully managed during the election campaign

The Independent UK

Foreign Office cautioned against UK military action to overthrow Robert Mugabe

Archives reveal options considered by Tony Blair’s government for dealing with Zimbabwean dictator in 2004

The Guardian - UK

Blair pressured officials over case of UK soldiers accused of beating Iraqi man to death, files show

Then PM wrote on note from aide in 2005 that case ‘must not’ be dealt with in civil court, archives reveal

The Guardian - UK

Tony Blair disregarded advice before WI speech fiasco

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The Independent UK

Tony Blair refused to share intelligence with Ireland over Sellafield threat, archives show

Newly declassified files reveal details on the aftermath of the 2004 Madrid train bombing

The Independent UK

‘Too complacent’: how Blair’s advisers misjudged his disastrous WI speech

Former PM’s team suggested initial less-politicised drafts seemed patronising and appealed to ‘fuddy-duddy Britain’

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Tony Blair’s government discussed how to influence John Howard to commit Australian troops to Iraq

Newly released UK cabinet papers from 2005 provide an insight into how the Blair government worked to flatter the Australian PM to influence his decision

The Guardian - UK

Brown’s allies could wreck Labour’s 2005 election hopes, Mandelson warned

Tony Blair was told that tensions with his then chancellor would need to be carefully managed, files reveal

The Independent UK

Blair refused intelligence-sharing with Ireland over Sellafield threat

Newly-released files show MI5 warned against sharing secret intelligence on terrorist threat with Dublin.

The Independent UK

New files reveal Tony Blair ignored warnings over infamous WI speech

Tony Blair’s infamous WI address of 10,000 members descended into chaos

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The Independent UK

Blair ignored warnings over Women’s Institute speech fiasco

Newly-released files show PM was slow-handclapped after failing to heed a warning to avoid ‘capital P politics’ in his address.

The Independent UK

Cabinet Office accused of cover-up after release of official papers referring to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor blocked

‘Administrative error’ blamed after official papers referring to former prince were withheld from the National Archives

The Independent UK

Tony Blair considered building secret bunker under Downing Street in case of terror attack, new files reveal

The hugely ambitious programme, codenamed Project George, included plans for a two-storey ‘subterranean suite’ under the No 10 garden

The Independent UK

Emergency departments in ‘big trouble’ as corridor care ‘normalised’ – expert

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has questioned why there is not ‘howls of outrage’ about deaths linked to long waits.

The Independent UK

No 10 blocked release of Tony Blair’s call with French president after Princess Diana’s death

Officials ruled that publication of a memo outlining the discussion between Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac was ‘fundamentally not in the public interest’, newly-declassified documents reveal

The Independent UK

No 10 blocked FoI release of Blair call with Chirac after Diana’s death

Newly-released files show Downing St officials argued conversations with foreign leaders must remain confidential.

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide: ‘There’s nothing more irritating than being told you’re an idiot by a teenager’

Two film producers discuss second homes, the use of the word ‘woke’, and the importance of the BBC. Could they find any common ground?

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