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BITTER & TWISTING
Elon Musk's call to arms to Tommy Robinson's supporters should come as no surprise to those who follow his X/Twitter activity or his AI tool.

FOR PETER'S SAKE!
Despite all evidence to the contrary, a few Labour backbenchers leapt to defend their hero Keir Starmer in the Commons over the Mandelson debacle.

MATEY MAGNUS
When Sir Laurie Magnus was made the PM's adviser on ministerial behaviour, Angela Rayner called him "toothless" – and she wasn't exactly wrong.

QUESTIONS FOR NIGEL 1
When asked about his tax affairs, Nigel Farage huffed: "There'd be fewer people employed if I didn't have a company." But does he employ anyone?

QUESTIONS FOR NIGEL 2
Nigel Farage is proving reluctant to talk about how his partner could afford to buy an £885,000 house – and there's little sign of where she found the money.

PASSING GAS
If the chancellor does take VAT off gas and electricity, it will kill off Ed Miliband's claim that renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels.

US-EYE
After the shooting of Charlie Kirk, his allies were agitating for revenge against their enemies on the left, but in the US political violence is a bipartisan pursuit.

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