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#uk-politics

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I am amazed that while we are trying to talk about student loans, the prime minister has the cheek to talk about my party. Perhaps before he gets on his high horse, perhaps he should ask his backbenchers why they are being called the 'paedo defenders' party.

Sir Ed Davey has urged Sir Keir Starmer to sue Donald Trump for $100 billion, claiming the former US President has "damaged our country". Speaking at the Scottish Liberal Democrat conference in Edinburgh, the Kingston & Surbiton MP launched a blistering attack on Donald Trump - branding him "the most dangerous, damaging US President of modern times". My advice to Keir Starmer is to sue Donald Trump for $100billion for the damage he's caused to Scotland and our country. It's the only language he understands.

Sir Keir Starmer has been blasted for making "cheap political smears" against the Green Party, claiming that if they took power, the "lamps would go out across Europe once again." Green Party leader Zack Polanski hit back, accusing Starmer of "fear-mongering while ignoring the real problems" facing Brits. "Wages are stuck, rents are soaring, bills are through the roof - and Starmer is obsessed with scaring people about the lights going out," Polanski said. "People want solutions, not cheap political attacks."

Case in point: Downing Street is racking up empty desks after Prime Minister Keir Starmer's director of communications and chief of staff departed amid a firestorm over Peter Mandelson, who was dismissed as U.K. ambassador to the U.S. due to his Epstein links. Earlier this month, London's Metropolitan Police announced an investigation into a former government minister over alleged misconduct tied to the Epstein files.

The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong,

Lord Mandelson started working for Labour in the 1980s and has been a central figure in the party for decades. He played a key role in the New Labour movement, which saw Sir Tony Blair win a landslide election victory in 1997. The MP for Hartlepool held a number of ministerial roles but was twice forced to resign in scandal.