2 hours ago Martin Brundle's worrying Lando Norris question that will decide Max Verstappen F1 fight

Lando Norris has won two of the last four races to put pressure on Max Verstappen in the F1 title race, but Martin Brundle has one key question over the Brit's ability to win a championship

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4 hours ago 'Were they having a Cabinet meeting at the concert?' Tories mock Labour over Taylor Swift freebies and demand  ministers 'come clean' over star's police escort

Chris Philp mocked ministers as he demanded the government 'come clean' over the arrangement of a police escort to take the pop megastar to her London concerts in August.

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4 hours ago Minister: Tory MPs should Shake It Off when it comes to Taylor Swift questions

Conservative MP Chris Philp asked the Government to ‘come clean and tell the truth’ over the police escort arrangements for Swift.

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6 hours ago F1 US Grand Prix organisers confirm changes to track after Max Verstappen complaints

A 'pretty poor review' of the Circuit of the Americas track by Max Verstappen in 2023 was cited as one of the reasons for resurfacing works for the United States Grand Prix

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7 hours ago Red Bull ‘cannot afford’ F1 driver disparity as pressure grows on Sergio Perez

Max Verstappen leads his Red Bull teammate Perez by 187 points after 18 races this season

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7 hours ago Max Verstappen vs Lando Norris: predicting who will win the last six F1 races – and the 2024 title

Norris trails Verstappen by 52 points with six rounds remaining ahead of this weekend’s United States Grand Prix

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16 hours ago QUENTIN LETTS: Keir opened the sewer gates and whoosh... Out flooded his rehearsed anti

We can imagine the pre-match conversations. Government whip to new member: 'Look, the stupid goose is in trouble over this Taylor Swift stuff...'

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23 hours ago Ikea shelves, books by politicians, even a whole celeriac: in defence of middle

If it comes from a good home, it’s not rubbish – it’s more of an impromptu car boot sale. Social hypocrisy rules!One experiences politics through direct encounters with the state, and since the first wave of austerity that experience has diverged enormously across income brackets. Benefits claimants can expect constantly hostile interactions, their disabilities relentlessly interrogated, their work hours pored over, their child-rearing examined, their benefits rescinded on specious or cruel grounds – all on an act-first-ask-questions-later principle.As incomes increase, there is a sweet spot, particularly for those who are in fine health and have no children in state education. This demographic occupies a world where nobody can touch you but a traffic warden, or a guy from the council w...

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25 hours ago What happened to 'Mr Rules'? Keir Starmer WON'T refer himself to his own standards adviser to check whether he broke ministerial rules as row over Taylor Swift's VIP police escort deepens

Downing Street said the Prime Minister would not be asking Sir Laurie Magnus, his independent adviser on ministers' interests, to look into the matter.

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