3 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: The minister was like my wife when she has a clear

Sometimes my wife announces a clear-out. She sweeps shelves free of clutter and promises that henceforth it will all be different.

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5 d. ago As Sir Keir told the Commons Labour are a 'united team', backbenchers stared, arms crossed, wondering: Can't we send him back and ask Ikea for a refund? writes QUENTIN LETTS

When thoroughly embogged, lie. Produce a whopper which will at least make people laugh. And so Sir Keir Starmer told a raucous PMQs that all was well in his Cabinet. 'This is a united team!'

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5 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Relating the fall of the BBC boss, Lisa Nandy could have been burying the family gerbil

After teatime, at an hour when most people at Broadcasting House were probably on their fifth jolt of neat gin, the Commons got round to discussing the BBC crisis.

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7 d. ago Deputy PM David Lammy told he should step aside if he fails to reveal key facts on prisoner release gaffes

The Deputy Prime Minister has been asked to provide a full picture of how many criminals have been wrongly freed, and how many are still on the run.

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8 d. ago David Lammy mocked for 'ordering civil servants' at the Ministry of Justice to call him 'Deputy Prime Minister'

Mr Lammy, whose other main job is Justice Secretary, allegedly orders Ministry of Justice (MoJ) staff to use his 'DPM' title first. Sources close to Mr Lammy denied the claim.

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1 week ago At last, a great institution filled with trusted public figures. Shame the Traitors don’t run Britainn | Marina Hyde

The Celebrity Traitors drew to a magnificent close this week – and proved that these lying double-crossers are of a far finer calibre than our MPsThis article contains spoilers about the final episode of The Celebrity TraitorsThe Celebrity Traitors final was so good that the TV moment of the year (Nick revealing he’d written Joe’s name on his slate) only held its crown for six minutes before the actual TV moment of the year (Alan revealing he’d been a traitor all along) completely stole it. Epic congratulations to Alan, a full-spectrum entertainment booking, who from the first minutes of this season catapulted himself to the status of high-value national treasure, while Joe Marler also leapfrogged 27 stardom categories in the public imagination and should now be made Duke of York. And look, it wasn’t all bad for historian and Guardian Scott Trust board member David Olusoga. Thanks to the deputy PM and justice secretary, he was only the second most spectacularly wrong David of the we...

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1 week ago At last, a great institution filled with trusted public figures. Shame the Traitors don’t run Britain | Marina Hyde

The Celebrity Traitors drew to a magnificent close this week – and proved that these lying double-crossers are of a far finer calibre than our MPsThis article contains spoilers about the final episode of The Celebrity TraitorsThe Celebrity Traitors final was so good that the TV moment of the year (Nick revealing he’d written Joe’s name on his slate) only held its crown for six minutes before the actual TV moment of the year (Alan revealing he’d been a traitor all along) completely stole it. Epic congratulations to Alan, a full-spectrum entertainment booking, who from the first minutes of this season catapulted himself to the status of high-value national treasure, while Joe Marler also leapfrogged 27 stardom categories in the public imagination and should now be made Duke of York. And look, it wasn’t all bad for historian and Guardian Scott Trust board member David Olusoga. Thanks to the deputy PM and justice secretary, he was only the second most spectacularly wrong David of the we...

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1 week ago David Lammy faces Cabinet backlash over prisoner release row as Deputy PM is branded 'incompetent' and 'cowardly' by his fellow ministers

The Justice Secretary has been blasted by fellow ministers over his refusal to answer questions in the House of Commons about the release of an Algerian national.

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1 week ago Sir Keir Starmer backs 'stonewalling' deputy David Lammy after prisoner release errors

David Lammy said a man was mistakenly released before new checks were implemented, although he told the Commons those checks were effective immediately, two days before the release.

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1 week ago David Lammy told to ‘get a grip’ as search continues for mistakenly freed prisoners

Robert Jenrick said he does not have confidence in David Lammy, and also suggested the deputy prime minister’s handling of questions on Wednesday about escaped prisoners was a ‘disgrace’

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1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: Lammy told MPs 'we will never forget' but he bleedin' forgot his poppy, didn't he?

A farce ensued for 15 minutes before a colleague managed to slap one on his right lapel when she thought no one was watching.

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1 week ago Where's your poppy, Deputy PM? David Lammy pays Remembrance tribute as he fills in for Starmer in Commons... but has to be handed badge halfway through after forgetting to wear one

Filling in for Keir Starmer in the Commons, the Justice Secretary started the session by making a sombre Remembrance tribute.

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1 week ago 'Urgent manhunt' for second foreign criminal as David Lammy slams prison error

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has said he is 'outraged and appalled' after it emerged a manhunt is underway following the accidental release of a second foreign criminal within weeks

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1 week ago 'Get a grip, man!' David Lammy in fiery PMQ's clash over accidental release of migrant sex offender

Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary, David Lammy, filled in for Sir Keir Starmer at fiery Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday

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1 week ago Where's your poppy, Deputy PM? David Lammy pays Remembrance tribute as he fills in for Starmer in Commons... but has to be handed badge half

Filling in for Keir Starmer in the Commons, the Justice Secretary started the session by making a sombre Remembrance tribute.

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1 week ago Watch live: Lammy faces PMQs grilling after Reeves hints at tax rises

Watch live as David Lammy, Britain’s deputy prime minister, faces Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (5 November).

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves was a wan prophet of perdition, honking like a faulty cyborg: QUENTIN LETTS

Few of us are at our best before breakfast but Rachel Reeves' early-morning speech was a horror show.

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1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: Reeves was a wan prophet of perdition honking like a malfunctioning cyborg

Few of us are at our best before breakfast but Rachel Reeves's early-morning speech was a horror show.

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1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: MPs used to treat Whitehall's panjandrums with awe. Now they snort at them with open ridicule

Sir Olly Robbins, the incumbent, described himself as 'Peter Mandelson's line manager'. If Peter ever uttered the term 'line manager' it would have been greased with irony.

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2 w. ago DAVID LAMMY: Hillsborough Law honours victims of too many tragedies

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, writing for The Mirror, says Monday is the 'first step' to making the British state accountable after failing families for too long

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