Liz Kendall tries to limit fallout from vetting scandal as PM prepares for Commons showdown
Keir Starmer did not gamble with national security by appointing Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to W…
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Labour’s ‘crabwise’ approach to closer EU ties must address damage of Brexit | Heather Stewart ⊖⊖
The damage to the economy dwarfs the upsides from the various non-EU trade deals the UK has struck since 2016
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The US and Europe are still stronger together ○
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Despite Trump and the war with Iran, Brussels’ interests remain deeply entwined with Washington’s
Iran warns Hormuz will stay shut unless US lifts siege on its ports ⊖
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Tehran is threatening to keep the Strait of Hormuz shut unless Washington lifts the ‘US siege’ on Iranian ports.
Iran war: What is happening on day 51 of the US-Iran conflict? ⊖
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Tehran will keep the strategic Strait of Hormuz closed until Washington ends the blockade of Iranian ports.
Now ministers claim Starmer would have U-turned on making Mandelson UK's top diplomat if told of peer's vetting failure - as PM is branded 'unfit to govern' ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Liz Kendall insisted that the PM was 'a man of integrity' who would have acted despite having already publicly announced he was making the peer the UK's man in Washington.
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