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• Devil’s Advocate

  29-11-2017 17:51
  “What are you going to do if he dies?”I stared at the text message and was gripped with terror. It was a little past midnight. I was stood in a park in the middle of Edinburgh and my heart began to pound in my rib-cage. I had just spent ten months writing and honing a show that hinged on a routine about the petrol-headed-uber-rascal Jeremy Clarkson and that very morning he had been rushed to hospital with pneumonia, and for a man of his age who smokes as much as he reportedly did, th
  
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• Lib Dems push for full disclosure around hiring of former prince Andrew as trade envoy

  24-02-2026 09:58 via ft.com
  Party will use parliamentary device to push for release of files relating to his appointment in 2001
  
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• Mandelson released after arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office

  24-02-2026 08:20 via ft.com
  UK peer under investigation after relationship with Jeffrey Epstein revealed in US justice department documents
  
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• What has Reform learnt from its first taste of power?

  24-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  After grabbing hundreds of local council seats from Labour and the Conservatives, the populist party has faced a reality check
  
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• UK PR executive left role after US embassy raised concerns over online posts

  24-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Gavin Megaw’s exit from Hanover followed complaint by embassy to American Pharmaceutical Group
  
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• UK government accused of shelving fraud report

  24-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Recommendations in independent review include doubling the maximum sentence to 20 years
  
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• Lord Mandelson arrest - how did we get here?

  24-02-2026 04:02 via bbc.com
  It comes after the ex-Labour minister was accused of passing sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein.
  
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• Lord Mandelson released on bail after arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office

  24-02-2026 03:25 via bbc.com
  The Metropolitan Police says a 72-year-old man has been released on bail pending further investigation.
  
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• Reform vows to overhaul pension schemes for new local government workers

  23-02-2026 23:14 via bbc.com
  Reform plans to end more generous defined benefit pension schemes for new local government workers if it wins office
  
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• Schools budget to get £3.5bn top-up for special needs education in England

  23-02-2026 20:19 via ft.com
  Bridget Phillipson unveils plan to improve Send provision, promising more money alongside contentious reforms
  
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• ‘Labour are now irrelevant here’: Greens eye Manchester by-election victory

  23-02-2026 19:53 via ft.com
  Party led by Zack Polanski is bookmakers’ odds-on favourite to win Gorton and Denton on Thursday
  
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• UK says 'nothing is off the table' in response to US tariffs

  23-02-2026 19:34 via bbc.com
  Downing Street says discussions are ongoing following US President Donald Trump's announcement of a 15% global tariffs.
  
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• Mandelson arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

  23-02-2026 19:08 via ft.com
  Move comes after details of peer’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein revealed in US justice department documents
  
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• Watch: Peter Mandelson led away by police from Camden home

  23-02-2026 18:56 via bbc.com
  The Metropolitan Police said a 72-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
  
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• Starmer’s ethics adviser to investigate minister over probe into journalists

  23-02-2026 18:08 via ft.com
  Josh Simons accused of hiring public affairs company to discover sources of leaks when he ran Labour Together
  
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• PM orders ethics investigation into minister over Labour Together claims

  23-02-2026 18:03 via bbc.com
  Josh Simons ran the think tank when it commissioned a report which investigated the background of a journalist.
  
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• Australia backs removing Andrew from royal line of succession

  23-02-2026 18:02 via bbc.com
  Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor remains eighth in line to the throne despite being stripped of his titles.
  
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• Reform promises agency to ensure illegal migrant removals

  23-02-2026 17:58 via bbc.com
  The party's new home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf says it would be a "burning" priority for a Reform UK government.
  
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• EU delays ratifying US trade deal

  23-02-2026 17:27 via ft.com
  Move comes in response to Supreme Court ruling deeming Trump’s tariffs illegal
  
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• English football teams face ban on sponsorship from unlicensed gambling groups

  23-02-2026 15:26 via ft.com
  Government crackdown on black-market betting would affect Premier League clubs
  
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• UK warns tariff retaliation is an option if US reneges on trade deal

  23-02-2026 15:24 via ft.com
  Government says ‘nothing is off the table’ if talks with Trump administration are not resolved amicably
  
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• Australia backs proposal to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from line of succession

  23-02-2026 15:10 via ft.com
  Move would require approval of all 14 realms where UK sovereign is head of state
  
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• We must change our conception of palliative care

  23-02-2026 15:00 via ft.com
  The NHS is ill-equipped to deal with the needs of a growing and ageing population
  
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• Special needs education spending in England will not fall for nearly a decade

  23-02-2026 12:00 via ft.com
  Bridget Phillipson unveils plan to improve Send provision, promising more money alongside contentious reforms
  
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• Labour can no longer rely on the ‘ethnic minority vote’

  23-02-2026 10:35 via ft.com
  Foreign policy, home country politics and differing economic instincts fracture voter priorities
  
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• Ways to save liberal democracy — the pick of the latest political books

  23-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  A welcome shot of serious thought about populism, a bold argument for citizen rule, Gordon Brown revisited — and a work by Cass Sunstein that all politicians should digest
  
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• MPs and peers call for all UK children to be screened for lead

  23-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Letter from lawmakers and academics comes after FT investigation reveals impact of toxic metal on human health
  
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• Conservatives should not just focus on voters lost to Reform, analysis suggests

  23-02-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  Polling finds that Tory voters who have drifted left or become disengaged outnumber those turning to Nigel Farage’s party
  
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• Conservatives’ focus on voters lost to Reform overdone, analysis suggests

  23-02-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  Polling shows Tory voters who have drifted left or become disengaged outnumber those turning to Nigel Farage’s party
  
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• Ministers pledge £3.8bn of extra cash for special needs education in English schools

  22-02-2026 23:30 via ft.com
  Labour government aims to end need for parents to ‘battle’ for support as it bids to avoid backbench revolt over reforms
  
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