London local elections: What were the results in Merton?
Labour has dealt a big blow to the Lib Dems’ hopes of taking the borough Source link
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Lib Dem Liam McArthur first MSP returned – winning with record vote share
Ms Lloyd said: “The transformation John Swinney has taken the party on, steadying the ship, reviving the entire campaigning machinery of the SNP, to get to the point where even if they don’t get the majority, where they are winning a fifth term, where he is winning his first mandate as first minister, it’s a huge thing. Source link
Calls For Criminal Probe Into Mandelson Grow After Epstein Leaks
Calls for a police probe into Peter Mandelson have grown amid suggestions the peer leaked sensitive government information to dead paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) released a vast trove of documents related to Epstein’s network over the weekend, including his email exchanges with Mandelson. Their conversations suggested that Mandelson passed Epstein at least one confidential memo when he was the business secretary back in 2009, following the financial crash. He appeared to forward an economic briefing for then-prime minister Gordon Brown to Epstein, who pleaded guilt to procuring an underage child for prostitution the previous year. Mandelson added the caption: “Interesting note that’s gone to the PM.” Their conversations suggest Mandelson gave Epstein advance notice of a €500bn bailout from the EU to save the Euro, too. These emails have sparked fears about whether Mandelson therefore committed misconduct in a public office, which can lead to a maximum sentence of life behind bars. Both Reform and the SNP have sent separate referrals to the Metropolitan Police to investigate Mandelson. A Reform …
Starmer invites Japanese PM to Chequers at end of east Asia trip
The Prime Minister is in Japan after his four-day trip to China ended. Source link
Simon Hughes says he was target for Mail after being outed by Sun
Sir Simon Hughes outside the Rolls Building in London in 2021. Picture: PA Media Former Lib Dem MP Sir Simon Hughes has spoken out about how his private life became a target for tabloid reporting after he was “outed” as gay by The Sun. And he said was moved to sue Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) after being shown emails and payment records suggesting convicted phone hacker Greg Miskiw was employed by the Mail publisher to target him. The former deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats is one of seven people – including Prince Harry, Sir Elton John, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost – suing ANL over allegations of unlawful information gathering. In his witness statement, Hughes said he was contacted by Sun political editor Trevor Kavanagh on 26 January 2006. At the time Hughes was favourite in the race to be the new Lib Dem leader. He said: “Mr Kavanagh told me that The Sun had obtained evidence of private telephone calls by me which showed that I had called a gay …
Government says changes to Grok ‘insulting’ and urges Ofcom to update ‘in days’
X has faced a backlash after reports that users of its AI chatbot had prompted it to create sexualised images of people, including children. Source link