Trump is no ally and there can be no special relationship, Zack Polanski has said
Speaking to @siennarodgers.bsky.social in the wake of US & Israeli attacks on Iran, Polanski said Russia was “looking to advance its imperialism”, before adding: “I believe the same behaviour is coming from the US"
Great piece by @siennarodgers.bsky.social and @zoecrowther.bsky.social on how Wes Streeting runs his department
One Streeting ally: “We do need politicians to be good at politics. If a perm sec were good at politics, that would be a problem – but for a secretary of state, that’s a good thing!”
Fascinating interview by @siennamarla with Reform UK's Danny Kruger - who (among other things) tells her political parties have a "limited but important" role in undoing the sexual revolution and UK is suffering from a "totally unregulated sexual economy".
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
As first reported by top colleague @siennarodgers.bsky.social for PolHome way back in September last year!
This week's episode of The Rundown is such a great conversation about the student loan debate
ft @theifs.bsky.social's Kate Ogden, the @smfthinktank.bsky.social's Dani Payne, Labour MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social and colleague @siennarodgers.bsky.social
Hosted by @alaintolhurst.bsky.social
Throwback to my exclusive from back in September – Labour peer Lord Glasman issued a warning to No 10 about Lord Mandelson's "unwise" appointment: www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Steve Wright, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, has declared that Starmer’s government “needs to start delivering for working people”
He told @siennarodgers.bsky.social that the PM was on his "last chance" and that all 11 affiliated unions could call on him to go after the May elections
“I also think it’s very dangerous to underestimate Keir Starmer...
“I think this guy deserves a bit more admiration and respect than perhaps he’s been given by some quarters"
Justice minister Jake Richards talks to The House Magazine's @siennarodgers.bsky.social
It’s the problem that Westminster dares not talk about. But is SW1 finally waking up to the birth rate crisis?
As Zack Polanski wonders who will wipe our bums, I reveal that Reform UK is putting this issue at the centre of its policymaking www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Full interview with Andrea Egan, the Unison gen sec challenger who’s confident of winning
— Rayner, Burnham, Streeting + disaffiliation
— Children’s homes + grooming gangs
— She would not be comfortable with the union representing a member like Sandie Peggie
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Full interview with Christina McAnea, the Unison gen sec fighting for a second term
— Frustrations with Labour govt
— Rows with Streeting
— Call for new legislation on trans rights
— Govt will remove turnout threshold for industrial action ballots
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
NEW: My report on the Unison general secretary race that could see the PM lose a major ally
Both sides fancy their chances of winning
This time, the insurgents have a key advantage: unity 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Rachel Reeves's "headroom" is based on:
-£16bn in 'efficiency savings'
-£6bn in savings in order to fund taking SEND off local government backs
-tax rises that largely come in at the end of the forecast
-immigration being at c340k net in 2029!
Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural 'Your Party' conference in Liverpool, with Zarah Sultana boycotting the first day of the event, Jeremy Corbyn facing "witch-hunt" allegations, and an entryism row
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
No 'Your Party' MP will be allowed to be its leader under rules voted for by members at its Liverpool conference on Sunday
The party membership has approved 'collective leadership', which rules out both Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana leading it, reports @siennarodgers.bsky.social
‘Your Party’ Could Be Led By Ordinary Members With MPs Barred From Running
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Labour moving rightwards on immigration is a “huge mistake”, Unison boss Christina McAnea tells @siennarodgers.bsky.social
"They'll just annoy and put off loads of voters. I don't know what they think they're offering by doing this," said McAnea, who is campaigning to be re-elected as gen sec
Andrea Egan, the Unison general secretary candidate who is hoping to oust incumbent Christina McAnea, has described Rachel Reeves’ performance in No 11 so far as “appalling”
"It's clear they're not connected to working people," she told @siennarodgers.bsky.social
NEW: Inside the Corbyn-Sultana power struggle
— upcoming Corbyn v Sultana leadership race (+ ‘plague on all your houses’ candidate?)
— Jamie Driscoll + Adnan Hussain bow out
— ambition for conference reduced
— plan for the party’s name
& more 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Labour MPs say Wes Streeting's stock has risen within the party after extraordinary No 10 briefings against him on Tuesday night
"They've managed to create a situation where Wes is the victim/the adult in the room"
report @siennarodgers.bsky.social and @adampayne26.bsky.social
🤯🤯 The definitive Your Party weekend read from @siennarodgers.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/news/article...
EXCL: £800k raised in Your Party launch has not yet been transferred to YP
Zarah Sultana is being accused by YP sources of delaying the transfer for political advantage
Sources close to her deny this & say her request for access to documents is reasonable 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Zarah Sultana is being accused of failing to transfer money to Your Party as agreed with Jeremy Corbyn and the other directors
Sources close to Sultana denied that she is delaying the transfer for any politically motivated reasons, reports @siennarodgers.bsky.social
“The Prime Minister needs to lead that national conversation”
Defence Committee chair @tandhesi.bsky.social tells @siennarodgers.bsky.social that the UK is ‘not in a state of readiness’ for war – and the government should've listened on a new homeland security minister
EXCL: Interview with Lord Glasman, who says
• AI = job losses but that’s good
• Zelensky’s Ukraine is corrupt
• Muslims should protect Jews outside synagogues
• Farage ‘not our enemy’ & is holding back racists to his right
+ defends talks w Peter Thiel www.politicshome.com/news/article...
My interview with rising star Katie Lam
“If you take something like asylum, the whole concept of asylum – it’s a 20th-and-before-century idea for a 21st-century world,” she says
+ her upbringing, ambitions & struggle to hand back the mic 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
My interview with Tory whip Rebecca Paul
“The NHS saved my life, without a doubt. If they hadn’t discovered it at the point they had, I doubt I would have made it to 20”
The health struggles she's never talked about publicly before & lots more 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
NEW: My interview with Nick Timothy
“The way our time in government ended, and in particular the way the promise of controlled and vastly reduced immigration was broken… was absolutely disgusting”
+ No 10 years, culture wars, free speech, burqa ban 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Can Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney survive much longer? Increasingly, Labour insiders from across the party think not, reports @siennarodgers.bsky.social, as Labour conference gets underway in Liverpool
“I don’t see much difference between the end of Morgan and the end of the administration"
