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Keep it clean! - UK PM says opposition 'had more positions than the Kama Sutra' and 'left country screwed' as Badenoch smashes him for latest U-turn

Keep it clean! - UK PM says opposition 'had more positions than the Kama Sutra' and 'left country screwed' as Badenoch smashes him for latest U-turn

"The House of Commons took a rather smutty turn on Wednesday - as PM Sir Keir Starmer accused the opposition of having had 'more positions than the Kama Sutra'. The heated session saw Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch initially blast the PM for the latest U-turn - on digital ID cards. "Yesterday, the Health Secretary said the Prime Minister's New Year's resolution should be, and I quote, to try to get it right first. I quote, to try to get it right first... My question is, does he agree?" she asked. "On consistency, do not get me started on five Prime Ministers, six Chancellors, eight Home Secretaries and 16 Housing Ministers. They had more positions in 14 years than the Kama Sutra. No wonder they are knackered and they left the country screwed," Starmer reacted, with noticeably coarser language than normally heard in the chamber. During the session, the PM also commented on Iran, accusing the authorities there of 'murder' amid ongoing protests - and saying he was working on 'further sanctions'. Tehran has hit back at Western - and particularly US - interference, claiming they were inflaming tensions. Starmer was asked about a Jewish lawmaker 'prevented from visiting a school in his constituency because he is Jewish' - and said "we will be holding those to account who prevented this visit to this school." The MP was not named, but it reported to be Labour MP Damien Egan. The Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign wrote on social media at the time: “The planned school visit by Damien Egan, MP for Bristol North East, has been cancelled after concerns were raised by the NEU [National Education Union] staff group, parents and local constituents. This is a clear message: politicians who openly support Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza are not welcome in our schools." Egan is a Jewish MP and vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel."

‘Unacceptable’ for Greenland not to be in US hands, says Trump

‘Unacceptable’ for Greenland not to be in US hands, says Trump

US president’s comments come hours before high-stakes talks between Denmark, Greenland and US Europe live – latest updates Donald Trump has said it would be “unacceptable” for Greenland to be anything less than “in the hands” of the US, reiterating his demand to take over the Arctic island, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, hours before high-stakes talks on its future. “The US needs Greenland for the purpose of national security. Nato should be leading the way for us to get it,” the US president said on social media . The alliance “becomes far more formidable and effective” with the territory under US control, he said. Continue reading...

DoJ deemed it ‘unnecessary’ to conclude whether seizing Maduro violated law, memo reveals

DoJ deemed it ‘unnecessary’ to conclude whether seizing Maduro violated law, memo reveals

Memo on US military raid to capture Venezuela’s president effectively argued that presidents can blow through UN charter US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration received approval from the justice department to use the military to seize Nicolás Maduro even as it declined to address whether the operation would violate international law, according to its legal memo released on Tuesday. The dark-of-night raid to capture Venezuela’s president has raised a host of legal issues concerning the president’s power to start an armed conflict without congressional approval and possible breaches of international law. Continue reading...