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[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

Breaking: Keir Starmer accuses JD Vance of interfering in British democracy and attempting to stir up unrest on British streets

This is the strongest condemnation yet by Starmer of the Trump administration

Number 10 says:

“In recent days we have seen people trying to interfere in our democracy and seeking to stir up division on our streets.

“The Nowak family are grieving after Henry’s horrific murder. They have said they do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension. We should be respecting their wishes.

“Our politics should bring people together even in the most terrible of circumstances. That is who we are as a country.”

[Nick Cohen @NickCohen4]

This is more like it. At last Starmer is facing up to the truth that the US is a hostile foreign power

[Sophie Pedder @PedderSophie]

Starmer, Macron and Merz will meet Zelensky in London on Sunday evening. It always seems to come as a surprise in 🇬🇧 but Starmer is considered by 🇫🇷 to be a solid and efficient partner, on Ukraine and European security, and a crucial part of Europe’s E3 leadership format

[Just Dave now @justdavenow89]

two tier justice

[Duncan Field @FieldDuncan]

@KarlTurnerMP @lewis_goodall @wesstreeting @Keir_Starmer The conduct on display in the interview is what's bad; irresponsible and self-indulgent too. Do you really think it's a good look hanging the dirty washing out in public and seeing a former Labour Minister in a cosy chat with a gossip columnist denigrating a Labour PM? Get a grip

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

Currently got Reform supporters telling me I live in a bubble because I don’t understand how much ordinary working people in Britain love and respect JD Vance…

[Duncan Field @FieldDuncan]

@StateDept

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

The real two-tier scandal in the UK is the relentless double standard approach of a media which lets one party leader get away with financial dodgery that would drive them into a frenzy if it involved someone their billionaire owners didn’t want in power because they believed in things like fairness and equality

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Just spoke to a business event in the Midlands. Show of hands on whether Starmer should stay or go — 80-20 stay. Has been similar at several recent events. Really interesting to see such a chasm between political/media bubble view, and out and about. Main reasons given “stability …. May not like some of the decisions but we are used to them now … fear of similar chaos as under the Tories … feeling that any PM with a decent majority has “the right and the duty” to serve a full term … May not be the most charismatic but “can the others really do much better in the circs?” … sense that media make everything seem worse than it is … worry that “country first, party second” exposed as hollow.

[jack @Jbcfc45]

Credit: @SouthamptonFC

[David Yelland @davidyelland]

"We've made ourselves irrelevent..." the now late Alex Younger on the effect of Brexit. We are living through a time when the smart people are away from public space. He was an exception.

[Alan Lester @aljhlester]

This is Nigel Farage at his worst and Keir Starmer at his best. The difference between darkness and light, night and day. Farage is a hate-mongering, mob-rousing monster who should be allowed nowhere near government.

[Don McGowan @donmcgowan]

Also known as - Robert Kenyon’s miraculous Question Time escape.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

The BBC made you. And their only mistake was failing to realise that is what they were doing.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

Nigel Farage demanded people react with “rage”. He’s going to have to own those comments now. And if people respond literally he’s going to have to take his share of the responsibility.

[Simon Hoare MP @Simon4NDorset]

Jenrick: HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME. Your slide into the gutter seems now to be complete.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

It's been 23 days since Ben Habib said a foreign based crypto billionaire gave Boris Johnson £1m

Why haven't any of our journalists asked him about getting money from a foreign based billionaire while complaining about foreign interference in our democracy?

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

@ofcom - off duty more like.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

"Will the BBC be taken off air?". As I said. The guy has completely flipped now.

[Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Hi @Nigel_Farage, now you’ve decided to do media again, tell us about the £5m.