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Robert Hayward는 Reform당이 노동당과 보수당 양측으로부터 의석을 빼앗으며 큰 승리를 거둘 것이라고 예측합니다. 좋은 아침입니다. 이제 스코틀랜드 의회, 웨일스 Senedd 및 잉글랜드 지방 선거를 위한 캠페인이 마지막 주에 접어들었습니다. Keir Starmer는 오늘 중대 연설을 계획했으나, 그와 다른 정치 지도자들은 현재 Golders Green 흉기 난동 사건과 영국 유대인 공동체가 직면한 반유대주의 위협에 대한 대응에 집중하고 있습니다. 정부의 독립 테러 입법 검토관인 Jonathan Hall KC는 이를 “국가 안보 비상사태”라고 묘사했습니다. 여기 밤사이 소식이 있습니다. 그리고 Taz Ali의 라이브 블로그도 확인해보세요. Taz가 해당 사건에 대한 정치적 반응의 대부분을 다룰 예정이므로, 이곳에서 제가 따로 다루지는 않겠습니다. (현재 형사 절차가 진행 중이므로, 안타깝게도 해당 공격과 관련한 댓글 작성은 허용되지 않습니다.) 계속 읽기...

• 미국 대통령은 영국 국왕이 테헤란의 핵무기 보유를 허용해서는 안 된다는 점에 동의했다고 밝혔습니다. • 영국 국왕은 화요일, 도널드 트럼프를 넘어 미국 의회를 직접 겨냥한 매력 공세의 일환으로 유머와 잠재적인 정치적 계산이 가미된 엘리트 백인 남성들의 인용구를 동원했습니다. 연설 끝에 쏟아진 환호와 1분간의 박수로 보아, 이러한 소프트 파워의 과시는 매우 성공적이었으며 '특별한 관계'는 계속 유지될 것으로 보입니다. • (트럼프 대통령 발언): "우리는 현재 중동 관련 작업을 진행 중이며... 매우 잘 되고 있습니다. 우리는 그 특정 적을 군사적으로 패배시켰으며, 그 적이 핵무기를 갖게 하지 않을 것입니다. 찰스 국왕은 저보다 더 그렇게 생각하며 동의합니다."

• 총리는 2024-26 의회 회기의 마지막 PMQs(총리 질의응답)에서 Kemi Badenoch 및 다른 의원들과 마주할 예정입니다. • 좋은 아침입니다. 원래 Keir Starmer 총리는 오늘 PMQs가 필요하지 않기를 바랐으나, 결국 진행하게 되었으며 이는 이번 2024-26 의회 회기의 확실한 마지막 세션이 될 것입니다. 스타머 총리는 그동안 통과된 모든 법안을 되짚어보는 시간을 갖게 될 것입니다. • 스타머 총리를 특권위원회에 회부하라는 Kemi Badenoch의 요구에 대해 정부가 손쉽게 투표에서 승리하면서 일부 안도하는 분위기입니다. Pippa Crerar, Ben Quinn, Jessica Elgot의 밤사이 소식을 확인해 보세요. 계속 읽기...

Neither political party is immune to conspiracies in a time of intense distrust in government and media, experts say After an armed man attempted to breach the ballroom where Donald Trump was set to speak to White House journalists on Saturday, conspiracies immediately spread about whether the event was staged.The rhetoric has become a common refrain from both sides of the aisle in an era of deeply fractured politics and intense distrust in political institutions and media, and in the president himself. Continue reading...

State visit of UK royals continues as monarch to tell US lawmakers that ‘our countries have always found ways to come together’Sign up for the Breaking News US email Hello and welcome to our coverage of US news as the Trumps continue hosting King Charles and Queen Camilla during their state visit.As expected, the British royals have a packed itinerary of events this morning including been greeted by Donald and Melania Trump at the White House, signing the guest book and exchanging gifts. Continue reading...

Morgan McSweeney among those giving evidence to foreign affairs committee ahead of Commons vote Good morning. The former US president Lyndon Johnson is credited with saying the most important skill in politics is knowing how to count, meaning that ultimately what matters is being able to win a vote. But sometimes in politics what matters just as much, or even more, is the ability to win the argument. Today Keir Starmer will be tested on both these measures.Winning the vote should be easy. Here is our overnight preview story by Pippa Crerar on the events setting up today’s vote on a motion tabled by Kemi Badenoch, as well as MPs from five other opposition parties (the Lib Dems, the SNP, the DUP, Restore Britain, TUV) and a string of independents, referring Starmer to the privileges committee. Continue reading...

Alan Johnson and David Blunkett say Tory proposal for a privileges committee inquiry is a ‘nakedly political stunt’Good morning. Kemi Badenoch is trying to get Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker, to give MPs a vote on a proposal to get the Commons privileges committee to investigate allegations that Keir Starmer lied to MPs in statements he made to them about the vetting of Peter Mandelson. Other opposition parties may be backing her, but we don’t know for sure because the process is relatively secret; MPs have to write a private letter to the speaker, who then decides whether this is a serious request that should be decided by the Commons as a whole, or a frivolous complaint that should be ignored. (We do know that Karl Turner has written to the speaker about this too, but only because he was daft enough to post his letter on social media last week.) Today we are likely to find out whether or not Hoyle is agreeing to a Commons vote.Boris Johnson was referred to the privileges committee over allegations that he lied to MPs about Partygate (allegations the committee concluded were justified). Badenoch wants to make the case that Starmer is just as dishonest as Johnson. He isn’t, by any stretch, and the claims that Starmer lied to MPs about Mandelson are spurious; they relate to contest intepretations of political language of the kind that are commonplace in parliamentary debate. But the fact that this has even become a live consideration for the speaker is a big win for the Tories.The fact that Kemi Badenoch has changed the accusations she is levelling against the PM on an almost daily basis as her claims have failed to stand up to scrutiny shows what this is really about. This is a nakedly political stunt with no substance ahead of the May elections.Any comparison with Boris Johnson is absurd. When parliament referred that matter to the privileges committee, a police investigation had directly disproved his categoric statements that he knew nothing about the breach of lockdown rules.I suppose our constituents might ask [if a privileges committee goes ahead], have we got the balance right between holding the government to account and seemingly squabbling amongst ourselves when there is so much else going on that perhaps parliament ought to be focusing on as well.I have to say, a really truthful position is, why the rush at the moment? Has it got anything to do with local elections? Continue reading...