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After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/04/five-years-taliban-rule-afghan-women-and-girls-need-our-help?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/04/five-years-taliban-rule-afghan-women-and-girls-need-our-help?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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How Andy Burnham could raise huge amount with tax raid on banks and oil giants
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How Andy Burnham could raise huge amount with tax raid on banks and oil giants
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After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan | Gordon Brown
By Gordon BrownEven in the face of appalling repression, girls yearn to fulfil their educational potential. We must set up a global fund to help them
#Afghanistan #Taliban #Childmarriage #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Women #Worldnews #TheGuardian #GordonBrown
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After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan | Gordon Brown
By Gordon BrownEven in the face of appalling repression, girls yearn to fulfil their educational potential. We must set up a global fund to help them
#Afghanistan #Taliban #Childmarriage #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Women #Worldnews #TheGuardian #GordonBrown
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Regional mayors to take key roles in UK policy decisions as part of No 10 North plans https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/23/regional-mayors-to-take-key-roles-in-uk-policy-decisions-as-part-of-no-10-north-plans #Politics #AndyBurnham #Manchester #GordonBrown #Labour #Devolution #LouiseHaigh #AngelaRayner #LucyPowell #UkNews #NorthOfEngland #CivilService #EconomicPolicy #GreaterManchester
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Regional mayors to take key roles in UK policy decisions as part of No 10 North plans https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/23/regional-mayors-to-take-key-roles-in-uk-policy-decisions-as-part-of-no-10-north-plans #Politics #AndyBurnham #Manchester #GordonBrown #Labour #Devolution #LouiseHaigh #AngelaRayner #LucyPowell #UkNews #NorthOfEngland #CivilService #EconomicPolicy #GreaterManchester
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Regional mayors to take key roles in UK policy decisions as part of No 10 North plans
By Pippa Crerar Political editorBurnham says ‘no one in government loses when power is shared’ as he revives Brown-era national economic council
#Politics #AndyBurnham #Manchester #GordonBrown #Labour #Devolution #LouiseHaigh #AngelaRayner #LucyPowell #UKnews #NorthofEngland #Civilservice #Economicpolicy #GreaterManchester #TheGuardian #PippaCrerarPoliticaleditor
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Andy Burnham's new No10 North declared 'open for business' ahead of PM visit
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Not a Brit, but often interested in the contrast in activity and policy from #TonyBlair and #GordonBrown, two previous (and successive, I think) Labour leaders: Blair is off with his business, employing over 1000 and making millions. And, it seems to me, tilting Right. Brown on the other hand has worked hard to establish equity, fairness, and compassion in his community. And to occasionally raise his voice as our collective conscience.
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Not a Brit, but often interested in the contrast in activity and policy from #TonyBlair and #GordonBrown, two previous (and successive, I think) Labour leaders: Blair is off with his business, employing over 1000 and making millions. And, it seems to me, tilting Right. Brown on the other hand has worked hard to establish equity, fairness, and compassion in his community. And to occasionally raise his voice as our collective conscience.
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Opponents fallen away. Decades of manoeuvres make The Precious almost mine, mine
It's summer 2026, but almost summer 2007. Remember Broon?
His inevitable succession. Years to plan for office. A flurry of good announcements in tbe first hundred days. Then it all fell apart.
Broon had a plan, but no theme. By mid-autumn, #GordonBrown was flabby, drifting. By the spring, doomed.
Recall it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiership_of_Gordon_Brown
Then look at #AndyBurnham. Same trajectory. #Popcorn!
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Opponents fallen away. Decades of manoeuvres make The Precious almost mine, mine
It's summer 2026, but almost summer 2007. Remember Broon?
His inevitable succession. Years to plan for office. A flurry of good announcements in tbe first hundred days. Then it all fell apart.
Broon had a plan, but no theme. By mid-autumn, #GordonBrown was flabby, drifting. By the spring, doomed.
Recall it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiership_of_Gordon_Brown
Then look at #AndyBurnham. Same trajectory. #Popcorn!
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Andy #Burnham's team want to replace Keir #Starmer without contest, says #TheGuardian. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/20/burnham-allies-confident-no-10-coronation-after-surge-backers-labour-leadership
His only plausible competitor is the repugnant Wes #Streeting 🤮, which makes a contest unappealing.
But Labour has been here before. In 2007 #GordonBrown bullied so many MPs to back him that no other nomination was numerically possible. Brown got his coronation, but was a political disaster. He simply couldn't communicate.
Maybe the repulsive Streeting could be a useful foil?
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Andy #Burnham's team want to replace Keir #Starmer without contest, says #TheGuardian. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/20/burnham-allies-confident-no-10-coronation-after-surge-backers-labour-leadership
His only plausible competitor is the repugnant Wes #Streeting 🤮, which makes a contest unappealing.
But Labour has been here before. In 2007 #GordonBrown bullied so many MPs to back him that no other nomination was numerically possible. Brown got his coronation, but was a political disaster. He simply couldn't communicate.
Maybe the repulsive Streeting could be a useful foil?
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Labour's polling under #GordonBrown is all set out at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2010_United_Kingdom_general_election
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Labour's polling under #GordonBrown is all set out at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2010_United_Kingdom_general_election
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How long will Andy last?
Looks like #Burnham will win #Makerfield, and be Prime Minister by September. 🤮
But he has already committed to most #Starmer policies. So his popularity will soon crash. But when?
I think his trajectory will be a sort of accelerated #GordonBrown. GB took over as PM in June 2007. His poll boost peaked in late Sept. By end of 2007 his numbers were back to about the same as #Blair's.
Times are harsh. I reckon the Burnham bounce will be over before Christmas.
#u,kpol
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How long will Andy last?
Looks like #Burnham will win #Makerfield, and be Prime Minister by September. 🤮
But he has already committed to most #Starmer policies. So his popularity will soon crash. But when?
I think his trajectory will be a sort of accelerated #GordonBrown. GB took over as PM in June 2007. His poll boost peaked in late Sept. By end of 2007 his numbers were back to about the same as #Blair's.
Times are harsh. I reckon the Burnham bounce will be over before Christmas.
#u,kpol
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Novara Media | The Perks of Being Prince Andrew by Ash Sarkar
AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.
The article critiques Prince Andrew’s appointment as a UK trade envoy—a role secured largely through his mother’s influence—and examines the ensuing scandal tied to his association with Jeffrey Epstein. Although never charged, Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office after documents suggested he shared confidential diplomatic information with Epstein and may have facilitated the trafficking of a woman to the UK for a sexual encounter. The piece notes earlier police investigations, a £12 million settlement with Virginia Giuffre, and accusations that Andrew misused RAF facilities for Epstein’s private jet, all while receiving a cushy position that lacked proper vetting. It also highlights former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s call for scrutiny, the royal family’s continued protection of Andrew despite being stripped of titles, and the broader implications for political figures like Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson.
Read more: https://novaramedia.com/2026/05/22/the-perks-of-being-prince-andrew/
#PrinceAndrew #JeffreyEpstein #ThamesValleyPolice #VirginiaGiuffre #royalfamily #GordonBrown #KeirStarmer
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Novara Media | The Perks of Being Prince Andrew by Ash Sarkar
AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.
The article critiques Prince Andrew’s appointment as a UK trade envoy—a role secured largely through his mother’s influence—and examines the ensuing scandal tied to his association with Jeffrey Epstein. Although never charged, Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office after documents suggested he shared confidential diplomatic information with Epstein and may have facilitated the trafficking of a woman to the UK for a sexual encounter. The piece notes earlier police investigations, a £12 million settlement with Virginia Giuffre, and accusations that Andrew misused RAF facilities for Epstein’s private jet, all while receiving a cushy position that lacked proper vetting. It also highlights former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s call for scrutiny, the royal family’s continued protection of Andrew despite being stripped of titles, and the broader implications for political figures like Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson.
Read more: https://novaramedia.com/2026/05/22/the-perks-of-being-prince-andrew/
#PrinceAndrew #JeffreyEpstein #ThamesValleyPolice #VirginiaGiuffre #royalfamily #GordonBrown #KeirStarmer
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Will Starmer’s old Labour tribute strategy rescue him from the abyss? Probably not, but there’s a logic to it | Gaby Hinsliff https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/keir-starmer-labour-reset-gordon-brown-harriet-harman #KeirStarmer #Labour #GordonBrown #HarrietHarman #Politics #UkNews
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🔴 LIVE STREAM: UK Local Elections: The Political Fallout. Is Starmer in Trouble? 📅 2026-05-10 17:50 UTC (Starts in 8m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO6jKx1-SCI #Geopolitics #UKPolitics #Election2026 #ReformUK #LabourCrash #GordonBrown #livestream
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🔴 LIVE STREAM: UK Local Elections: The Political Fallout. Is Starmer in Trouble? 📅 2026-05-10 17:50 UTC (Starts in 8m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO6jKx1-SCI #Geopolitics #UKPolitics #Election2026 #ReformUK #LabourCrash #GordonBrown #livestream
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Nach den Kommunalwahlen in England: Geister aus der Vergangenheit https://taz.de/Nach-den-Kommunalwahlen-in-England/!6177668 in @tazgetroete #labour #sozialdemokratie #PolitikinEuropa #KeirStarmer #eu #freizügigkeit #europa #grossbritannien #GordonBrown #HarrietHarman
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Nach den Kommunalwahlen in England: Geister aus der Vergangenheit https://taz.de/Nach-den-Kommunalwahlen-in-England/!6177668 in @tazgetroete #labour #sozialdemokratie #PolitikinEuropa #KeirStarmer #eu #freizügigkeit #europa #grossbritannien #GordonBrown #HarrietHarman
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Starmer brings in Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman to ease pressure on him to resign https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/09/starmer-brings-gordon-brown-harriet-harman-ease-pressure-resign #LocalElections2026 #Labour #KeirStarmer #GordonBrown #HarrietHarman #Politics #UkNews #LucyPowell #ReformUk #GreenParty #May2026Elections #ScottishElections2026 #WelshElections2026
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Starmer brings in Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman to ease pressure on him to resign https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/09/starmer-brings-gordon-brown-harriet-harman-ease-pressure-resign #LocalElections2026 #Labour #KeirStarmer #GordonBrown #HarrietHarman #Politics #UkNews #LucyPowell #ReformUk #GreenParty #May2026Elections #ScottishElections2026 #WelshElections2026
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PM Stumbles Amidst Electoral Setbacks, Turns to Familiar Faces
Prime Minister Keir Starmer brings back Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman after Labour's big losses in local elections. Find out why.
#LabourLosses, #KeirStarmer, #GordonBrown, #LocalElections, #UKPolitics
https://newsletter.tf/pm-starmer-appoints-old-labour-figures-after-losses/
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Labour lost many council seats to Reform UK and the Greens. This is a big change from last year's results.
#LabourLosses, #KeirStarmer, #GordonBrown, #LocalElections, #UKPolitics
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#Starmer's plan:
1/ take a record hammering in election, 'cos you are untrustworthy and have no ideas
2/ announce you now have great new ideas, which you chose not to use until you were hammered
3/ reveal big new idea as reheating hated geriatrics from #NewLabour
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#Starmer's plan:
1/ take a record hammering in election, 'cos you are untrustworthy and have no ideas
2/ announce you now have great new ideas, which you chose not to use until you were hammered
3/ reveal big new idea as reheating hated geriatrics from #NewLabour
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Former UK Prime Minister #GordonBrown is in his favourite pose: post-facto sanctimonious.
Brown is concerned that when #AndrewMountbattenWindsor (then #PrinceAndrew) was Trade Envoy, he may have used #RAF planes to traffick girls into the UK. Brown wants police to investigate.
When Brown was PM, he challenged Andrew's extravagance and use of RAF planes. If Brown had stopped the RAF flights or fired Andrew, the risk would have ended.
Brown had power. He didn't use it.
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Former UK Prime Minister #GordonBrown is in his favourite pose: post-facto sanctimonious.
Brown is concerned that when #AndrewMountbattenWindsor (then #PrinceAndrew) was Trade Envoy, he may have used #RAF planes to traffick girls into the UK. Brown wants police to investigate.
When Brown was PM, he challenged Andrew's extravagance and use of RAF planes. If Brown had stopped the RAF flights or fired Andrew, the risk would have ended.
Brown had power. He didn't use it.
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Yet even that is not enough. Successive Labour leaders enabled and indulged #Mandelson, despite clear evidence of trouble. #Kinnock first promoted Mandelson. #JohnSmith wisely shunned Mandelson, but #Blair & #GordonBrown both brought #Mandelson into senior government posts, and even made him an #EUcommissioner.
This isn't about #OllyRobɓins, or Mandelson, or even Starmer & McSweeney. It's about 2 generations of thoroughly rotten politics in a major political party.
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Yet even that is not enough. Successive Labour leaders enabled and indulged #Mandelson, despite clear evidence of trouble. #Kinnock first promoted Mandelson. #JohnSmith wisely shunned Mandelson, but #Blair & #GordonBrown both brought #Mandelson into senior government posts, and even made him an #EUcommissioner.
This isn't about #OllyRobɓins, or Mandelson, or even Starmer & McSweeney. It's about 2 generations of thoroughly rotten politics in a major political party.
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Trump says the UK's 2 aircraft carriers are 'toys'. The #RoyalNavy is squawking. So are the navy's fans, e.g. #Torygraph.
But #Trump is mostly right. The QEII carriers have had 3 big problems: they don't work, have no planes, and no escorts.
Now they sometimes work, have a few planes, and rely on American #CarrierBattleGroups. But it's all half-arsed.
These carriers are not really a military project. They are #pork, built by #GordonBrown to create jobs in Scotland, and enthuse #flagshaggers.
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Trump says the UK's 2 aircraft carriers are 'toys'. The #RoyalNavy is squawking. So are the navy's fans, e.g. #Torygraph.
But #Trump is mostly right. The QEII carriers have had 3 big problems: they don't work, have no planes, and no escorts.
Now they sometimes work, have a few planes, and rely on American #CarrierBattleGroups. But it's all half-arsed.
These carriers are not really a military project. They are #pork, built by #GordonBrown to create jobs in Scotland, and enthuse #flagshaggers.
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Ed Miliband’s stock is rising because he’s a rare commodity in Labour these days: a thinker | Gaby Hinsliff https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/27/ed-miliband-rare-labour-thinker-intellectual-heavyweight #EdMiliband #MorganMcsweeney #KeirStarmer #Labour #UkNews #Politics #GordonBrown #TonyBlair
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Gordon Brown calls for international criminal court for crimes against children https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/12/gordon-brown-calls-for-international-criminal-court-for-crimes-against-children #UsisraelWarOnIran #Iran #GordonBrown #InternationalCriminalCourt #Children #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica
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Gordon Brown calls for international criminal court for crimes against children https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/12/gordon-brown-calls-for-international-criminal-court-for-crimes-against-children #UsisraelWarOnIran #Iran #GordonBrown #InternationalCriminalCourt #Children #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica
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Gordon Brown investiga el caso Andrew, buscando esclarecer detalles sobre su relación con Jeffrey Epstein. El ex primer ministro británico se suma a las indagaciones.
#GordonBrown #CasoAndrew #InvestigaciónMás info: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0n2m9m5?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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Who Is Peter Mandelson? The Disgraced UK Diplomat Raved About 'Kerala Massage' To Jeffrey Epstein
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It’s said that Tony Blair thought he was Jesus. At least Jesus never thought he was Tony Blair | Emma Brockes https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/18/tony-blair-jesus-pm-channel-4-documentary #TonyBlair #Television #Labour #GordonBrown #Politics #Culture #UkNews
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There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/10/peter-mandelson-new-labour-jeffrey-epstein-corporate-power #PeterMandelson #Politics #UkNews #JeffreyEpstein #Labour #GordonBrown
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CW: Biography of Gordon Brown, reviewed by Jonathan Freedland
A new biography of Gordon Brown, by James Macintyre, reviewed by Jonathan Freedland.
I always had a lot of sympathy for Gordon Brown. His politics was far from perfect and the New Labour project started trends that did not end well. But, hell, what Labour did in government after 1997 was an incredible achievement, and Brown as Chancellor made it happen. The man also has personal integtity. On all of these fronts, the current Labour crop fail abysmally.
A sympatheric review of a sympathetic biography. I probably won't buy the book, but I recommend reading the review.
And I raise my virtual class to a politician of integrity and stature.
#GordonBrown #JamesMacintyre #JonathanFreedland #UKpol #biographies
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U.K. police investigating the disgraced former ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, said they’re searching two addresses as part of their probe into misconduct in public office. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/08/uk-police-search-mandelson-addresses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #petermandelson #keirstarmer #jeffreyepstein #gordonbrown #uk
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I suppose there had to be a slot somewhere for some #Starmer loyalist to defend their boy. Here it is, in #TheObserver: Starmer's biographer #TomBaldwin explains how everything is the fault of everyone except Starmer. 🙄 Especially #GordonBrown.
https://archive.is/ZVvkP / https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/the-mandelson-scandal-is-not-starmers-to-answer-for
To be fair, the desperation is quite funny. Not belly laugh funny, but faint smile funny.