Labour has bottled it – what happens next?: If Mahmood makes clear that Starmer should go, he is finished. Both Streeting and Rayner would like her support ...
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Key FactsBangladesh’s Pivotal 2026 Election and Reform Vote
3 days ago · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: reuters.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: reuters.com
- Bangladesh will conduct its 13th parliamentary election and a nationwide referendum on the July National Charter on February 12, 2026.
- The Charter proposes key reforms including a 10-year prime minister term limit and the creation of a bicameral legislature with a 100-member Upper House.
- Voters will answer a single referendum question covering all constitutional reforms, with no option to approve changes selectively.
- If approved, the newly elected parliament will serve as a constituent assembly for 180 days to embed the Charter into law, otherwise the old constitution could be reinstated.
Netflix’s documentary poses some hard questions for Lucy Letby’s supporters: The lies. The disturbing comments. The gaslighting. The falsification of medical ...
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Keir's worst week – but Kemi's best?: The sun is setting on Keir Starmer’s worst week in No. 10 – but potentially Kemi’s best ...
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Piers Morgan, Melanie McDonagh, Matt Ridley & Rachel Johnson: On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Piers Morgan reveals what Donald Trump told him from his ...
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Michael and Maddie unpack the controversy over whether Rishi Sunak is English or British – and why a debate about national identity has become so politically ... Show more
The words that could – and should – doom Starmer: As the PM tries to blame the security services for Mandelson’s appointment, it’s worth remembering the way he ...
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Can Nigel Farage save the great British pub?: Reform's emphasis on enterprise and on removing government bureaucracy is something we saw work for the pub ...
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Peter Schiff on the dollar: America's bust is the world's boom: Michael Simmons speaks to American economist Peter Schiff about the surge in gold ...
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Starlink has dealt a huge blow to the Russian army: It is remarkable how heavily the Russian army has relied on western technology during a war it claims to be ...
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Key FactsSpaceX Restricts Starlink Access for Russian Forces
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: businessinsider.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: businessinsider.com
- SpaceX has cut off Starlink connectivity for Russian troops in Ukraine while maintaining a whitelist of approved Ukrainian terminals.
- These restrictions have caused major challenges in tactical coordination and disrupted Russian ground assaults at the front lines.
- Ukrainian forces are rapidly registering their Starlink terminals to maintain secure and uninterrupted access.
- Russian military bloggers report operational delays and emphasize the urgent need for alternative frontline communication systems.
Thanks to the first steps taken in recent days, no Ukrainians have been killed by Russian drones using Starlink — and that is priceless.— Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's defense minister, regarding SpaceX's measures to restrict Russian troops' access to Starlink.
What Spain’s social media ban gets wrong: Spain’s Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez is proposing a ban on under-16s using social media ...
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Mandy’s PR firm plunged into crisis: Oh Mandy. You came and you took and kept taking. For it is not just the Labour party wrestling with the fallout from the ...
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The Chagos deal has cemented Britain’s global decline: Starmer’s recent visit to East Asia epitomised Britain’s downward slide in the world ...
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Watch out for Kemi Badenoch: Badenoch did not have the greatest start as leader of the opposition. She appeared ill at ease at PMQs and her interviews were often ...
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James Heale is joined by Tim Shipman and Isabel Hardman to discuss the fallout from the ongoing Peter Mandelson scandal.
Tim says events this week are an ... Show more
Labour MPs demand McSweeney’s head: It’s all gone a little bit Pete Tong for Sir Keir and the gang in No. 10. No acts of seppuku have yet been committed – but it ...
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Don’t write off Wales just yet: My friend Tim Andrew has admirable priorities. When I told him I had tickets for this week’s Six Nations opener at the Stade de ...
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Key FactsStarmer Faces Crisis Over Epstein-Linked Appointment
2 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- Keir Starmer is under scrutiny for appointing Peter Mandelson ambassador despite his known connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
- The House of Commons unanimously approved releasing documents about the appointment, excluding sensitive national security details.
- Starmer expressed regret and accused Mandelson of repeatedly lying about his relationship with Epstein.
- Following revelations, Mandelson resigned from his ambassador role and left the Labour Party.
He has lied, lied and lied again.— Keir Starmer about Peter Mandelson during the weekly question time in the House of Commons.
How deep does Epstein's network go?: Freddy Gray is joined by historian Andrew Lownie, to react to the latest release of Epstein emails – and how they are ...
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The Spectator’s 2026 no-CV internship scheme is now open: The Spectator runs the UK’s only double-blind internship scheme. We don’t ask for a CV ...
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Who shot Russia’s intelligence chief in Moscow?: Since the start of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, he has been responsible for overseeing the activities of ...
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Is England's countryside 'racist'? That's the conclusion of a University of Leicester funded project that suggests racism is too often seen ... Show more
I always thought Allan Massie was immortal: Allan Massie, an erstwhile contributor to these venerable pages, died yesterday aged 87.
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Michael and Maddie reflect on the earliest political moments that shaped them – from Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands to Tony Blair, Princess Diana ... Show more
A day with Bristol’s van dwellers: Four weeks since a caravan was torched on Goodneston Road in north-east Bristol, and still no one has bothered to clear the ...
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Should I be cancelled for being in the Epstein files?: I was planning to begin this column by saying how relieved I was to be mentioned in the latest Epstein ...
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Key FactsEpstein's Network Among Elite Figures Exposed
1 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: reuters.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: reuters.com
- The U.S. Justice Department released extensive documents detailing Jeffrey Epstein’s connections with prominent individuals in politics, business, and academia.
- Epstein faced new federal charges in 2019 for sex trafficking minors and died by suicide while in jail.
- Notable figures such as Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Prince Andrew appear in the records, all denying involvement in Epstein’s crimes.
- Following the disclosures, some linked individuals resigned from leadership roles despite the absence of direct criminal evidence.
I am deeply ashamed of my actions and will step back from public commitments to repair relationships with the people closest to me.— Larry Summers expressed this in November after documents regarding his ties to Epstein were released.
The hard work of elephant conservation is paying off: At full capacity, Pangea is designed as a long-term sanctuary for up to around 30 elephants ...
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AI will bring down Keir Starmer – if Peter Mandelson doesn’t first: Is Britain ready for Artificial Intelligence? Well, bluntly, 'no'; that's the verdict if you ...
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Why so many autistic children no longer go to school: Parents feel even more let down because they have had to take on their child's school over their legal ...
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Dear Mary: How can I persuade a friend to stop allowing her dog to lick her plate?
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Parliament’s modernisers have been foiled: Parliament is pointless without debate. It is there in the definition of the word itself: the Old French parlement ...
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Bring back hats!: Hats used to denote status. Now, unless you’re in the services, people would be hard-pressed to determine your seniority or rank from a hat.
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Why Andrew had to be booted from Royal Lodge: The news that the disgraced former Duke of York has been turfed out of his home of Royal Lodge in the middle of the ...
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We don’t need to see radio DJs’ faces: Until recently, the options to radio broadcasters were very straightforward: you either stayed on the wireless or you ...
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The glaring flaw in Keir Starmer’s AI plan: Like Harold Wilson and his ill-defined ‘white heat of technology’, Keir Starmer has latched on to artificial ...
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Why is America determined to pick a fight with Poland?: What is most ironic is that Scandinavia and Poland represent the kind of Europe that Maga claims to ...
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Jeffrey Epstein scandal is a reflection of 'human weakness'
Michael and Maddie examine the fallout from the Epstein files and ask how a story of ... Show more
Do only bitches bitch?: ‘How many letters?’ asked my husband, as though it were a crossword we were doing together. ‘Five,’ I replied. ‘Begins in b, ends in h ...
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Cheese and onion pasties: how to make a Greggs classic at home: ‘That’s not a pasty!’ my husband declares loftily, eyeing up what most definitely is a veritable ...
spectator.com/article/cheese-and-onion-pasties-how-to-make-a-greggs-classic-at-home/
Why is Britain handing the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius?
On this week's Edition: Who really runs Britain: the government ... Show more
Could the herd move on Starmer?: James Heale, Tim Shipman and Oscar Edmondson discuss the continuing fallout over the Mandelson scandal ...
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Douglas Murray: Suella Braverman is not just a washed up Conservative politician
Lara Prendergast is joined by deputy editor Freddy Gray ... Show more
How Starmer will still keep us in the dark on the Epstein scandal: After the dust settled on yesterday’s theatrical display of accountability ...
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Do MPs really want to save the Houses of Parliament?: There is still a chance MPs in particular will not want to vote for anything that is seen to cost billions ...
spectator.com/article/are-the-houses-of-parliament-too-important-to-restore/
Reform unveil their Welsh leader: With 91 days to go until the Senedd elections, Reform are polling second – so it’s probably about time that they actually ...
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Paid articlePaywall I embarrassed myself at Jilly Cooper’s memorial: I am ‘sharing’ what follows as a public service. Also, as self-care in the hope that publicly shaming myself ...
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The Mandelson scandal could spell the end for Starmer: Another impressive PMQs from Kemi Badenoch – but she had plenty of ammunition to deploy after the Peter ...
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Has Ireland’s tourist board just killed my Airbnb?: The estate agent said that they would send someone round tomorrow and I had to calm them down ...
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Can Russia trust its old ‘little brother’ China?: Beijing is now supplanting Moscow in regions where Russia used to once hold sway
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Douglas Murray: Do we want to live in a society that has become so immune to violence?
Douglas Murray recalls a debate at The Spectator 10 years ago about ... Show more
The Romans would have known how to deal with Epstein: To look through Jeffrey Epstein’s curriculum vitae on Google is to be left goggling at how this revolting ...
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The British countryside isn’t racist: It’s no surprise to hear that the latest target of opprobrium is the British countryside itself
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Freddy Gray: There should be a stigma attached to watching video of a killing
Violent footage of killings appears to be everywhere online after protests in ... Show more
The Mandelson scandal is so typically British: Mandelson was appointed by Starmer to win friends for Britain in Washington, but he ended up being a diplomatic ...
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Mark Francois, the Tory spokesman, raised the subject of Starmer’s role in the prosecutions of British Army veterans and his work ‘with disgraced lawyer Phil ... Show more
Douglas Murray: Keir Starmer cannot solve the problem of 'who runs Britain'
Douglas Murray says that Keir Starmer is unable to solve the fundamental ... Show more
The remarkable courage of 13-year-old Austin Appelbee: Lately, Australia has been global news for all the wrong reasons. So it was a relief to hear a story of a ...
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Peter Mandelson and the phoney moral superiority of Labour: If it proves to be as bad as it smells, the Mandelson-Epstein Affair would be the biggest scandal ...
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Michael and Maddie examine the damning revelations from the latest Epstein files release, as Peter Mandelson faces claims that Epstein paid him $75 ... Show more
The Epstein files have exposed the extent of Fergie’s greed: Predictably, with the removal of Epstein’s patronage came the withdrawal of both influence and ...
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How did Starmer misjudge Mandelson so badly?: If there is anything less edifying than the newly released emails implicating Lord Mandelson in some very bad ...
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Starmer squirms over Phil Shiner links: It’s Wednesday so that means another ritual humiliation for Keir Starmer at PMQs. As his government limps towards the May ...
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Why Macron has declared war on X: Macron has little authority left domestically and internationally, so why not pitch himself as the good progressive standing up ...
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A radio licence won’t save the BBC: According to the Times, the BBC – strapped for cash as millions more stop paying the TV licence ...
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Key FactsBBC Licence Fee Set to Increase April 2026
1 days ago · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: independent.co.uk
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: independent.co.uk
- From April 1, 2026, the BBC TV licence fee will increase from £174.50 to £180, adding 46p per month.
- This adjustment is linked to the consumer price index and will remain until the BBC Charter ends in December 2027.
- The licence fee provides the BBC with £3.66 billion annually, forming its primary funding source.
- A government review is underway to explore future funding options ahead of the 2027 BBC Royal Charter renewal.
Gorton & Denton by-election: everything you need to know: Coffee House Shots is on the road today. James Heale and Megan McElroy have travelled up to the frozen ...
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AI-pocalypse now: Is Starmer ready for what’s coming, asks Tim Shipman
🔸 Douglas Murray: The British should have their holy places
🔸 Peter Thiel: ‘I want to ... Show more
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Housing minister Steve Reed has been boasting about Britain’s housing market since Labour came into office – but is he right to celebrate?
The country’s ... Show more
David Cameron is right: spiteful Labour is wrecking our schools: Cameron is absolutely right to say that, when it comes to education, Labour has been engaged in ...
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