BIZARRE: 32 - What They Never Told You

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor ‘banned from horseriding’ by royal aides after arrest

The former prince is under investigation for misconduct in public office

The Independent UK · Feb 26

Kemi Badenoch refuses to apologise after claiming Labour was being called a ‘paedo defenders party’

The Tory leader made the comments at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday

The Independent UK · Feb 25

Met Police apologises to speaker Lindsay Hoyle for sharing flight risk tip-off with Mandelson’s lawyers

The Commons speaker said he passed on information regarding Peter Mandelson ‘in good faith, as is my duty and responsibility’

The Independent UK · Feb 25

Great Kemi revival stalls as student loans debate turns into deranged tirade

PMQs was going reasonably well for Tory leader until she began to find her own argument too worthy and started hurling insults instead

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25

Sir Keir dodges calls to release flight logs related to Epstein

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has called for the Government to release all flight logs and documents regarding the paedophile financier.

Evening Standard · Feb 25

How Peter Mandelson went from US ambassador to arrested over misconduct claims

Peter Mandelson was released on bail this week after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Coming just days after the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the images of the former US ambassador being led away by police will likely stick with viewers for some time.

The Conversation · Feb 25

Foreign Office denies minister’s claim the Chagos Islands deal has been paused – as it happened

Minister told MPs the deal had been been paused, but that was immediately denied by the Foreign Office

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25

Mandelson v the Met: what the statement issued after his arrest tells us

Former Labour MP’s lawyers Mishcon de Reya issued short statement on his behalf that ended up saying an awful lot

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25

Politics latest: Starmer set for first PMQs since Mandelson arrest

Double electoral threat in Gorton and Denton by-election piles pressure on Starmer ahead of crucial PMQs

The Independent UK · Feb 25

Wednesday briefing: Is the tide turning against Trump on tariffs?

In today’s newsletter: With the latest supreme court ruling exposing the president’s tariff plans as unlawful, US politicians and the American people have found them to be unworkable. Where does Trump go from here?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25