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Streeting ‘to launch challenge tomorrow’ after delay to spare king’s embarrassment

13 May 2026 @ 2:52 pm

wes streetingAccording to Labour insiders, health secretary Wes Streeting will resign and launch his bid to topple Keir Starmer tomorrow, following a terse 16-minute meeting with Starmer at No 10 today. It would appear those who thought the monarch was visibly just going through the motions of his ‘king’s speech’ today were right. As Skwawkbox predicted […] By Skwawkbox

Umunna in No 10 for US bank demanding Labour stays right after Starmer

13 May 2026 @ 2:48 pm

Labour MP Chuka Umunna appearing on Good Morning BritainTV cameras posted on Downing Street yesterday happened to catch an interesting development and none of them even noticed. They were there in hopes of news of Keir Starmer’s imminent resignation. Instead, amid the ‘bubble’ soundbites, they caught defunct former Labour and Tinge party MP Chuka Umunna entering No 10. Number 10 claimed that Umunna […] By Skwawkbox

Reform ditch ‘shoot Starmer’ candidate on eve of by-election

13 May 2026 @ 2:36 pm

Nigel Farage and Paul HeywardOn Thursday 14 May, Reform UK is fighting a by-election in South Gloucestershire. Or it was, anyway. Reform has now withdrawn support for candidate Paul Heyward, with no time left for the party to field an alternative. Heyward was binned after it emerged he had suggested someone shoot Kier Starmer on his since-deleted X account. Given […] By Willem Moore

Illegal Israeli settler groups recruiting at London event

13 May 2026 @ 2:19 pm

An illegal Israeli settler group has been photographed at an event in London, despite calls for it to be sanctioned. The group, Shivat Zion, previously offered to help British people move to illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. An exclusive investigation by Declassified UK found that the organisation recently held a fair at an Aliyah […] By HG

Starmer hands Blair’s daughter-in-law £500m AI fund

13 May 2026 @ 2:12 pm

Tony Blair and Keir StarmerKeir Starmer recorded the lowest satisfaction level of any prime minister in British history. Amazingly, things have only gotten worse since then – particularly following the disastrous local elections which took place on 7 May. As a result of this chaos, Starmer has found himself fighting to remain as PM. As such, it’s surprising to […] By Willem Moore

Hegseth threatens US senator for revealing info he already shared himself

13 May 2026 @ 2:07 pm

Pete Hegseth points at someone or something with his index fingerCalamitous US ‘secretary of war’ Pete Hegseth has launched a Pentagon investigation into a US senator for supposedly disclosing classified information. However, the information had already been made public by Hegseth himself under oath. Hegseth said he ordered the investigation into Senator Mark Kelly after Kelly discussed massive US munitions expenditure against Iran during a TV […] By Skwawkbox

Cartel car bomb: the CIA is fighting Trump’s colonial shadow war in Mexico

13 May 2026 @ 1:52 pm

Cartel car bombThe CIA used a car bomb to kill a mid-level cartel leader in Mexico’s capital, insiders claim. The US foreign intelligence agency is pursuing clandestine operations as part of president Donald Trump’s war on so-called ‘narco-terrorists’. In reality, the operations are about extending US control over the Americas. Cartel boss Francisco Beltran was killed by […] By Joe Glenton

Tilly Corteen‑Coleman: England’s teen spinner making the World Cup impossible to ignore

13 May 2026 @ 1:38 pm

Tilly Corteen-Colemnan taking wickets and laughing during a game with a team mateTilly Corteen-Coleman has spent the past two years tearing up the script for what an 18-year-old cricket newcomer is supposed to look like. A £105,000 Hundres contract in March, a T20 World Cup call-up in April, and now a match winning ODI debut in May — her rise has been rapid, fearless and impossible to […] By Faz Ali

Blah, war, ‘antisemitism’, with jewels – but Chuck knows Starmer won’t last long

13 May 2026 @ 1:25 pm

King CharlesThe ‘king’s speech’ 2026 was war, more war, jewels and boredom. Much like the previous version. Ol’ Chuck couldn’t manage to look interested as he was forced to read out the plans of a man who clearly won’t be around to implement them. The content of the speech itself was what you’d expect from a […] By Skwawkbox

Thunberg and Lineker join over 245 signing open letter defending Misan Harriman

13 May 2026 @ 1:22 pm

misan harrimanGreta Thunberg and Gary Lineker have joined over 245 public figures in defending Misan Harriman in an open letter organised by the Good Law Project. This follows targeted attacks from pro-Israel bad actors, with the letter calling out this: dishonest smear campaign. Harriman sits as chair of the Southbank Centre and has earned a significant […] By Maddison Wheeldon