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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 6h

The Trump Show - sick.

Wonderful if the slaughter now ceases and hostages are released but thousands and thousands were allowed to die by an unhinged narcissist who could've ended this human tragedy long ago.

Trump isn't worth the Nobel Peace Prize.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Marco Rubio interrupts Trump with handwritten note on Gaza deal

Note from secretary of state says ‘you need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first’

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 19h

Kemi Badenoch’s sarnie of destiny.

The latest @newstatesman.bsky.social column.

www.newstatesman.com/politics/com...

Kemi Badenoch’s sarnie of destiny

Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster

www.newstatesman.com

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 20h

Badenoch doesn’t add up.

The latest ⁦‪Pierce vs Maguire‬⁩ podcast on the Tory conference.

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 21h

Kemi Badenoch has the authority of a stressed supply teacher and credibility of a shady used car dealer done for a dangerous cut and shut

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'If Kemi Badenoch is the answer the Tories are asking the wrong question'

Kemi Badenoch's first Conservative Party conference speech shows she "has the authority of a stressed supply teacher and credibility of a shady used car dealer", writes Kevin Maguire

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 1d

Unfair Britain

Lifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%

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Lifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%, report says

Research finds it would take average worker saving all their earnings for 52 years to match wealth of richest 10th of society

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 1d

Straight face masterclass in the White House from Canada's PM Mark Carney, an economist and former Bank of England governor, as he listens to Donald Trump's hooey economics and fake stats.

Can't wait for Carney's diaries when out of office.

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 2d

Good news alert

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 2d

Jenrick will be furious when he discovers he was a Minister in the Government that created the country he doesn't like.

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 2d

Jenrick's now delivering a wider-ranging speech as if he was Tory leader, which he's plotting to be.

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 2d

Jenrick's gone the full Trump, planning to appoint only judges who agree with him should be become Lord Chancellor/Justice Secretary.

Tory justice would be no justice.

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 2d

Bigotry, racism and almost certainly untrue.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 2d

Probably not what Jilly Cooper will be best remembered for but she was a long-standing @nujofficial.bsky.social member.

"Bonkbuster legend Dame Jilly Cooper dies suddenly with family in 'total shock'."

RIP sister.

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Bonkbuster legend Dame Jilly Cooper dies suddenly with family in 'total shock'

Author Jilly Cooper - best known for her books including Rivals, which inspired the TV show of the same name - has died suddenly at the age of 88 with her heartbroke family speaking out

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 3d

👏 ⁦‪Gary Neville‬⁩

Worth watching the full video on the abuse of our flag.

www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/gary...

Gary Neville hits out at ‘angry, middle-aged white men’ as he urges UK to reunite

Gary Neville has hit out at what he described as “angry, middle-aged white men” dividing the UK as he urged the country to reunite. The former Manchester United footballer revealed he had removed a un...

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi Badenoch's Nigel Farage tribute act will crash Tory party www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 4d

Only one, just one, protester(about VAT) outside the main entrance to the Conservative conference in Manchester when I walked in. Used to be loads of them.

Symbolises the party's decline and current predicament.

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 5d

How and why Angela Rayner will be back.

From our latest Pierce vs Maguire podcast.

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 6d

What a horrifying, heartbreaking murderous attack outside a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur.

We must not let extremists turn communities against each other in Britain.

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Synagogue attack confirmed as terrorist incident with more people arrested

Two people have been killed at a synagogue in north Manchester, sparking a major incident with several police officers and paramedics on scene - and the suspected attacker shot dead

www.mirror.co.uk

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 6d

Kind, gentle, thoughtful, wry and now gone too soon.

Everybody who met Sean O’Sullivan absolutely loved the bloke.

RIP.

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 7d

Starmer going Willy Wonka with ill-judged "golden ticket" talk only fuels myths about red carpet treatment for refugees when the reality is grim, frightening hostels and hotels.

The PM's blurred the Labour red line he momentarily drew with Reform racism.

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 7d

“Reform's hypocrisy over Labour rhetoric.” - Spectator.

Farage, Tice and Yusuf are killing political satire and they’ll probably complain about my use of the k-word.

BTW Lucy “set fire” Connolly is feted by Reform. www.spectator.co.uk/article/refo...

Reform's hypocrisy over Labour rhetoric

All is not well in Reform HQ. On Tuesday, Nigel Farage broadcast a statement where he claimed that Sir Keir Starmer’s rhetoric – dubbing Reform’s plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain ‘racist’ – r...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 7d

Playing good cop to Andy Burnham's bad cop.

The @newstatesman.bsky.social column this week is from Labour's conference.

www.newstatesman.com/politics/com...