“Iran is not going to step out of this conflict altogether. Iran is just saying, from now on we won't attack you directly unless you do another reckless move.”

Iran will use its proxies to 'damage” Israel but avoid an all out war, says Jotam Confino.

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“We need to have a grown up debate about it.” 

Work and pensions minister Mel Stride says the government’s plans to change the sick note system are not “demonising people.”

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“If there’s a war between Israel and Iran and the Americans are dragged in, Trump will win.”

Netanyahu is taking “greater risks” to drag the US into war with Iran to save his career, in turn this could bring down Biden says ian bremmer.

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“They are the ultimate delusionists of politics.”

The “racist” Reform Party must be tackled “head on” for the Conservatives to stand any chance of electoral success, says Lord Heseltine, former deputy prime minister under John Major.

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Peter Murrell has been re-arrested in a police probe into SNP finances.

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“Politics is full of terrible things.”

@TheQuentinLetts reacts to the allegations revealed in a Times investigation about the misuse of campaign funds by MP Mark Menzies.

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Is it actually possible to get a dog drunk?

After a Times investigation revealed allegations that the MP Mark Menzies deliberately got a dog drunk, Matt Chorley asks Dogs Today’s @BeverleyCuddy if it’s even possible.

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Matthew Parris reveals he was beaten up and had bones broken while secretly ‘cruising for sex’ when he was an MP.

Parris says politics attracts 'certain types of risk-takers' following a Times report on Mark Menzies allegedly misusing campaign funds.

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“He doesn't want to get into all of these details...Keir Starmer has many things to focus on.'

Ed Miliband tells #TimesRadio it could send a bad signal if Keir Starmer were to personally review Angela Rayner's tax and legal advice.

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“It sounds to me that there is potentially somebody who's quite troubled in the mix here.”

@GrantShapps tells #TimesRadio he welcomes a “proper investigation” into Mark Menzies after a Times investigation alleged the MP misused campaign funds.

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What if Jeremy Corbyn was still Labour leader?

“We would be in shreds going into the next election”, says Peter Mandelson.

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“It’s part of the self-defeating ordnance of cancel culture.”

Bruno Waterfield tells #TimesRadio how the National Conservatism conference in Brussels inadvertently became an “international cause célèbre.”

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'It's Weetabix with crack cocaine on top'

Tim Shipman and Matt Chorley react to Rishi Sunak's explosive clash with Keir Starmer over Liz Truss and Angela Rayner.

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‘’The physical punishment of children harms their health, development, and it contributes to increased violence… There is no longer a debate.''

Laws around the protection of children from abuse like smacking 'need to change' says Professor Andrew Rowland CF 💙

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“I think Kemi's brilliant, I disagree with her on that and that's okay, this is a conscience issue.”

Treasury minister Laura Trott tells #TimesRadio why she backed Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban.

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“Trust individuals, trust parents rather than constant state intervention.'

Reform UK leader Richard Tice 🇬🇧 pans Rishi Sunak's 'ridiculous' smoking ban policy, which he tells #TimesRadio the prime minister is trying to 'push through as his only legacy'.

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“I think the conference will be back on tomorrow.”

The prime minister of Belgium has intervened after local officials shut down the National Conservatism conference, where Nigel Farage, Suella Braverman and Miriam Cates are in attendance, Bruno Waterfield reports.

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