Author: James Carter

Lindsay Hoyle has confirmed he passed information to Scotland Yard that led to Lord Mandelson’s dramatic arrest at his £7.6 million Regent’s Park home on Monday afternoon, despite the Labour grandee dismissing the flight risk claim as “complete fiction.” The Commons Speaker told MPs this morning he received “relevant” information and alerted police “in good faith” that Lord Mandelson might flee to the British Virgin Islands, adding: “It would not be appropriate to make any further comment.” Lord Mandelson’s passport was confiscated by police according to BBC reports, with detectives imposing bail conditions including a ban on travelling out of…

Previous estimates from campaigners and academics for slavery compensation owed by Britain have ranged from £205 billion to nearly £19 trillion, with the Green Party maintaining its long-standing policy of supporting reparations despite accusations of “virtue-signalling nonsense” from rivals. The controversy over the party’s reparations stance has intensified ahead of Thursday’s parliamentary by-election in Gorton and Denton, where the Greens have emerged as bookies’ favourite to win ahead of Labour and Reform UK. Tory chairman Kevin Hollinrake told the Daily Mail: “While hard-working families are being hammered by rising bills and Rachel Reeves’s record tax burden, these lot want to…

France has blocked US Ambassador Charles Kushner from direct access to government members after he failed to attend a foreign ministry summons for the second time in six months, citing “personal commitments” and sending a senior embassy official in his place. The French foreign ministry stated: “In light of this apparent failure to grasp the basic requirements of the ambassadorial mission and the honor of representing one’s country, the minister (Barrot) has requested that he (Kushner) no longer be allowed direct access to members of the French government.” Kushner would, however, be permitted to continue his diplomatic duties and have…

A 72-year-old former government minister has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and taken to a London police station for interview, the Metropolitan Police confirmed on Monday 23 February. Peter Mandelson was detained at an address in Camden following search warrants executed at two properties in the Wiltshire and Camden areas. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson stated: “Officers have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He was arrested at an address in Camden on Monday, 23 February and has been taken to a London police station for interview. This follows search warrants at…

Reform UK has pledged to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights and impose visa freezes on six countries if they refuse to accept migrants with no legal right to stay in Britain, as part of sweeping immigration proposals unveiled by home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf. Pakistan, Somalia, Eritrea, Syria, Afghanistan and Sudan would face visa restrictions under the policy announced during Yusuf’s Dover speech today. The measures form part of what Reform describes as a programme to deport all illegal migrants currently in the UK, with an ambitious target of 288,000 deportations every year. Yusuf promised the creation…

At least 13,000 Child Abduction Warning Notices carrying no legal power or punishment if breached were issued to suspected child abusers between 2008 and 2025, with critics accusing Keir Starmer of overseeing a system that sent warning letters instead of pursuing prosecutions when he was Britain’s top prosecutor. Susan Boxall, whose daughter Georgie died aged 17 from a lethal overdose given by a 25-year-old man who had received two warning notices from police, stated: “Starmer has blood on his hands. I did everything I could do. They had two abduction orders and he breached them. I was pleading with the…

A former Liberal MP allegedly attempted to re-engage a teenager in sexual activity through multiple online accounts months after the complainant made a full police report about historical abuse allegations, Crown case documents reveal. Rory Amon, 35, is accused of initiating further contact with the complainant when the teenager re-downloaded Grindr in July 2022, messaging from different accounts in what prosecutors describe as an alleged “attempt to re-engage the complainant in sexual activity.” Those messages allegedly continued through to 30 December 2022. The NSW District Court released the draft Crown case statement to media on Wednesday after the former Pittwater…

Former Metropolitan Police detective Peter Bleksley has declared Sadiq Khan “not fit for high office of any description” following a BBC investigation revealing vulnerable girls as young as 13 are being sexually exploited by gangs across the capital, contradicting the Mayor’s previous statements that there was “no indication” of such problems in London. Bleksley told GB News that Khan’s position on the issue demonstrated he was “either lying when he said there were no rape gangs in London, or he was ignorant of the facts,” adding: “Either way it fundamentally proves without all doubt that Sadiq Khan is not fit…

President Donald Trump has warned the United States may require access to Diego Garcia’s military facilities to prevent potential Iranian attacks, hours after publicly condemning Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to enter a 100-year lease arrangement over the Chagos Islands base. The President posted on Truth Social that entities claiming rights to the strategically located Indian Ocean archipelago are “fictitious in nature,” whilst cautioning the Prime Minister is “losing control of this important Island by claims of entities never known of before.” Trump stated that should Iran refuse to make a deal, it may prove necessary for the US to use…

Robert Jenrick has stepped back from Reform UK’s previous commitment to slash taxes by £90 billion, instead promising a “fully costed” plan during his first major speech since being unveiled as the party’s Shadow Chancellor. The Newark MP delivered the keynote address in the City of London yesterday, outlining a departure from earlier Reform UK fiscal pledges. Jenrick acknowledged the party cannot pursue aggressive tax reduction whilst running a substantial deficit. “We also understand that we can’t make tax cuts while running a huge deficit in the vain hope that the Laffer curve alone will do the hard work for…