Andy Burnham finally responds to ‘national emergency’ weather

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‘The Prime Minister has finally acknowledged the ongoing weather crisis and announced he will chair a COBRA meeting on the matter. Labour MP Clive Lewis has said that the first point on the meeting agenda should be “North Sea Oil“. He says this because Andy Burnham has suggested he’d be open to more drilling despite the UK being on fire as a result of human-driven climate change. BREAKING: The prime minister will chair a meeting of COBRA – the government's emergency committee – on the response to the "extreme heat, wildfires and drought" this afternoon Follow the latesthttps://t.co/59kYH51mUj — Sky News…

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Nigel Farage promises to bollock Zia Yusuf over ‘traitor’ X post

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In the wake of Ann Widdecombe‘s alleged murder, Reform UK members complained that they were being unfairly criticised by politicians and journalists. According to them, the level of intense criticism they receive is beyond the pale and puts them at risk of violence. While it’s certainly the case that UK political discourse has become increasingly heated, there is a problem for Reform in all this; namely that their politicians are the ones who have most obviously turned up the heat. The latest example of a Reform politician throwing around extreme rhetoric was Zia Yusuf, who called Tory Ben Wallace a “traitor”.…

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