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Lifting the curtain on the biggest stories in the UK, U.S. & beyond. With Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel & Lewis Goodall. Listen on Global Player. .

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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 6m
"Britain is not a wealthy country. We need investment if Britain is to grow and regenerate our cities." But what happens when that investment corrupts the Premier League? How the hell does the government navigate this one? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
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Why the Man City funding scandal is so much bigger than people realise | The News Agents
The scandal of how Manchester City is funded is not just a football story, it has the potential to rip millions of overseas investment out of this struggling country. How the hell does the government…
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 35m
“This is about geopolitics, it's about economics, it's about the power of a nation, and not just about a football club", says Jon Sopel. Is the Man City funding controversy Andy Burnham's 'dirty little secret'?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 3h
“There is a sense among sexual abuse victims, that rich and powerful people are treated differently.” There is outrage over an alleged gang rape of a woman at Cornell University. The men were made to write essays. Is this endemic in America, from President Trump down?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 9h
The difference between Burnham and Starmer's conference speeches? "Let's be honest, it was a Jaguar vs Robin Reliant." "Today is vindication for Labour's decision to get some guts and replace Starmer."
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 29/09/2026
"Andy Burnham showed willingness to go beyond what his focus groups told him, and do what he thinks is fundamental to reshape British society." The Prime Minister gave his first party conference speech as leader – and you know what? It went pretty well www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/did-...
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Did Andy Burnham just deliver the best Labour speech in decades? | The News Agents
Andy Burnham gave his first Labour Party conference speech as leader, one full of pledges and private pain, and it seems like he landed every single punch.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 29/09/2026
“It was magnificent - one of the best speeches I’ve ever heard.” @jonsopel1.bsky.social is at Labour conference speaking to audience members who were “moved to tears” following Andy Burnham’s speech. Were you as impressed?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 29/09/2026
"Diana was a star, and that was the problem, she eclipsed the other members of the Royal Family. They didn't like that." Why Princess Diana still has so much power, and why 2027 is set to be a dreadful year for the Royals www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/annu...
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Annus horribilis: Why 2027 is set to be a dreadful year for the Royals | The News Agents
The Royal Family is battling new allegations about its dealing with the death of Princess Diana, but have its troubles only just begun?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 28/09/2026
"We've got the same box of goodies – debt too high, government borrowing too high, the impossibility of reforming welfare. "Andy Burnham has put it in nice wrapping paper with a ribbon and bow. What's inside hasn't changed at all" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-h...
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Is ‘hope’ enough to run a country? | The News Agents
John Healey gave a speech at the 2026 Labour conference that was big on hope, small on ideas. Has the government changed under Andy Burnham, or are we being sold the same old thing?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 28/09/2026
"John Healey's speech was a bit like Keir Starmer - without the hair." Healey told the Labour Party what it needed to do - but he didn't say how he's going to do it. So why did Burnham choose him to be his chancellor?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 28/09/2026
"You're gaslighting listeners!" Has Labour policy on Heathrow expansion changed? @lewisgoodall.com gets "irritated" as Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander struggles to answer…
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 28/09/2026
"You could feel the clouds gathering over the political and economic horizon. Is this Labour party really ready for what's to come?" In today's episode, @jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com bring you the latest from Labour Party conference. Coming soon.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 28/09/2026
"Diana was a star – that was the problem, she eclipsed the other members of the Royal Family. They didn't like that." Author and historian Andrew Lownie on why Princess Diana still has so much power, and why 2027 is set to be a dreadful year for the Royals www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/annu...
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Annus horribilis: Why 2027 is set to be a dreadful year for the Royals | The News Agents
The Royal Family is battling new allegations about its dealing with the death of Princess Diana, but have its troubles only just begun?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 25/09/2026
“The briefing from the Palace is, ‘poor old Andrew is in limbo’, which is not true. “WE’RE in limbo because we don’t know what’s happening in Andrew’s court case”. Has Pizza Express done more to investigate Andrew's links to Epstein than Buckingham Palace?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 25/09/2026
The Palace tried to silence an ex-lover of King Charles who corroborated Earl Spencer’s claims, says author and historian Andrew Lownie. “Charles had said very similar things to her in letters written after Diana’s death. “The tenure of it was, ‘thank goodness, this makes my life a lot easier’".
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 25/09/2026
"Is this what the government wants, or is Tony Blair a bloody irritant for the Labour Party?" The former PM says the UK should prioritise rejoining the EU. Is Andy Burnham listening, and do British people have the energy to have the Brexit debate reopened? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/does...
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Does Tony Blair still think he's Prime Minister? | The News Agents
Tony Blair has said that Labour’s priority should be to region the EU, if it wants the UK to grow. The News Agents think it might not be such a bad idea…
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 24/09/2026
“The idea that these journalists are a threat to national security… HOW? WHY?” Trump’s explanation for his media ban has gone from ‘they’re mean to me’ to 'they're a national security breach’… And Jon Sopel thinks it's “a crock of sh*t”.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 24/09/2026
"Is this what the government wants, or is Tony Blair a bloody irritant for the Labour Party?" Blair has said the UK should prioritise rejoining the EU. Is Andy Burnham listening, and do British people have the energy to have the Brexit debate reopened? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/does...
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Does Tony Blair still think he's Prime Minister? | The News Agents
Tony Blair has said that Labour’s priority should be to region the EU, if it wants the UK to grow. The News Agents think it might not be such a bad idea…
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 24/09/2026
“We need to actually admit to ourselves that leaving the EU massively hit our growth, our prosperity - and didn’t solve the immigration problem.” In reopening the Brexit debate, is Tony Blair helping or hindering Andy Burnham?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Kamala Harris is 'back on the scene' - teasing that she's 'undecided' whether she'll run for president in 2028. But with an energised cohort of newbies, do the Democrats actually want her back?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 23/09/2026
“If you do this Chagos deal you piss off Donald Trump, and, even more importantly, it’s got such little support in Britain.” “Andy Burnham has come in and thought; ‘There’s one simple solution here… Bin it’.” Is the Burnham right to rethink plans for the Chagos Islands?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 23/09/2026
"Whatever people want to say about other stuff I've done as an editor, it doesn't dilute the impact of what he's published here being a defamatory lie." Piers Morgan on why Princess Diana's brother's new book may have to be pulled off shelves and pulped www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/pier...
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Piers Morgan: ‘Diana book portrays me as a despicable invader of Royal privacy’ | The News Agents
Piers Morgan is suing Earl Spencer, brother of Princess Diana, for wrongly stating he was the editor of The Mirror newspaper when it published invasive photos of the former Royal. Morgan says his…
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 23/09/2026
"I've never been afraid to admit that I like being in the centre of a media storm!" Is Piers Morgan loving his fight with Earl Spencer - or as Jon puts it, is he "a dog with two d*cks"?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 23/09/2026
"I probably had a better relationship with his sister than he did." Piers Morgan on why "weird, mercurial" Earl Spencer should pulp his own book, after making mistakes about him in a new Princess Diana book.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 23/09/2026
“They’re killing and stabbing just so they can have more points on the scoreboard”. The social media ‘game’ behind a surge in gang-related murders in London. www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/how-...
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How London murders became a point-scoring game for violent gang members | The News Agents
Once driven by control of drugs and territory, rival gangs are now locked in a deadly battle to top an online scoreboard.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 23/09/2026
"Trump treats access to the White House like a Mar-a-Lago membership!" "The White House doesn't belong to Trump, it belongs to the American people - banning press is a disservice to them."
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 23/09/2026
“He has stopped making almost any political argument to the average American voter about anything other than to say he's brilliant. “The only people he's now interested in speaking to are the 7,000 saddos who, for a brief period, tuned into Trump TV" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
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Trump silenced himself – and you know he already really hates it | The News Agents
After banning ‘fake news’ from the White House, the collective US news media turned its back on Donald Trump, leaving him shouting into the wind. But does that matter when America has already stopped…
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 22/09/2026
“This is just a game to them - if they go out, they want to get a body because it scores them more points." Inside the dark social media ‘game’ prompting a new wave of murders in London gang warfare.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 22/09/2026
The press has abandoned Trump, his approval ratings have tanked and his propaganda channel, Trump TV, already flopped. "He has stopped making almost any political argument to the average American voter about anything other than to say he's brilliant" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
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Trump silenced himself – and you know he already really hates it | The News Agents
After banning ‘fake news’ from the White House, the collective US news media turned its back on Donald Trump, leaving him shouting into the wind. But does that matter when America has already stopped ...
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 22/09/2026
"The only people he's interested in speaking to is his closest acolytes, the lurid fantasies of his own brain and the 7,000 saddos that tuned into Trump TV." Has Trump stopped speaking to the American people, and slipped back into 'real estate developer' mode?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 22/09/2026
"Trump knows the power he wielded is slipping away from him, and he's trying to grasp what he can." Trump wants 'fake news' banned from the White House, but is this just another sign of how badly things are going for him right now? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
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The secret, sinister goal of Trump’s White House 'fake news' ban | The News Agents
Donald Trump has said he will ban three news outlets, critical of his presidency, from the White House. Will his plan work, or does he have a more insidious goal in mind?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 21/09/2026
“With talk of remigration, German people feel distinctly uncomfortable because its all happening just 70 years after WWII.” Germany's hard-right AfD is gaining ground, but is it their links to Russia that voters should be more concerned about?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 21/09/2026
"As long as he can make journalists look like traitors, he can tell the American people exactly what he wants." Trump intends to ban 'fake news' reporters from the White House – but is there a more insidious intention behind his latest political stunt? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
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The secret, sinister goal of Trump’s White House 'fake news' ban | The News Agents
Donald Trump has said he will ban three news outlets, critical of his presidency, from the White House. Will his plan work, or does he have a more insidious goal in mind?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 21/09/2026
“Shutting reporters out sounds like the measure of a dictator and totalitarian who doesn’t want a free press.” Is Trump banning 'fake news' reporters from the White House as a guise to settle scores with reporters who've exposed his corruption?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 20/09/2026
"American people are never going to get ahead because Trump has a feeding funnel for his corrupt cronies at the top. "He's used the presidency to make money for himself and his family shamelessly. What he's done is absolutely disgusting" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/how-...
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How Trump made life in America worse for everyone but him | The News Agents
Anthony Scaramucci, communications director for Donald Trump during his first term in office, tells The News Agents how Trump did not (as promised) ‘drain the swamp’, and instead turned America into…
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 20/09/2026
"Someone close to the Royal Family told me Earl Spencer is 'a vile man'." Princess Diana's brother claims King Charles said "we will forget Diana soon enough" after her death. Is he full of "rage and fury", or did the King really say that? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/well...
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‘We’ll forget Diana soon enough’: Is the Palace in panic mode over new King Charles claims? | The News Agents
A new book by Earl Charles Spencer, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, claims King Charles said his ex-wife would be soon forgotten after her death. Is the Palace in panic mode?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 20/09/2026
"I've never seen a party with such a gap between those who own the party, the two crypto kings, and the red-wall voters in constituencies around the Midlands and the Northwest who vote for them" Is £72m enough to get Farage into Downing Street? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-r...
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Is £72 million enough to get Nigel Farage into Downing Street? | The News Agents
Reform has been given £72 million by two crypto billionaires. Is this enough for them to spend their way into power at the next general election?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 19/09/2026
"I don't like to use expletives on this podcast, but what the actual f**k?" says Jon Sopel. How will Trump and MAGA "wiggle out" of scrutiny over why Russia paid so much for Don Jr's wedding? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
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Why did Putin’s mega-rich mate spend so much on Don Jr’s wedding? | The News Agents
A senior Republican has told Miles Taylor he is “very concerned” about Umar Kremlev, a close friend of Vladimir Putin, giving a huge amount to Donald Trump Jr and his second wife, Bettina Anderson.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 19/09/2026
The village of Piddington has become the "meat in the sandwich of a culture war" due to local protests against a migrant centre. But will the likes of Reform's Sarah Pochin and the far-right arriving to protect "indigenous white women" help their cause? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
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Why Reform’s Sarah Pochin is fighting for ‘indigenous white women’ in this tiny Oxford village | The News Agents
Reform MP Sarah Pochin has suggested far-right protesters “wouldn’t be unwelcome” in the village of Piddington. Locals don’t want a migrant centre on their doorstep, but will masked vigilantes help…
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 18/09/2026
“It turns out it wasn’t a genuine polling company. It was a 21-year-old college grad who was f**cking with us”. A bogus poll infiltrated the ‘Wild West’ that is the US political system - but could that happen in the UK?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 18/09/2026
“We’ve got a real potential issue, which is already here, with AI”. Could AI bots soon be predicting - and influencing - our politics?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 18/09/2026
People were once phoned on landlines for polling. Now it needs a lure of a £50 voucher. "We don't just want Question Time-type people who love to talk about politics," says Luke Tryl. But has the recent Reform scandal shattered trust in the system? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/can-...
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Can we no longer trust political polling? | The News Agents
An investigation into Reform UK exposed alleged attempts to commission polls that showed them as the most popular party in the country. Can the polling industry still be trusted – and does it still…
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 18/09/2026
“Donald Trump’s charge has always been polls are fake news, and they’ve got a political agenda.” Has the Reform scandal tainted trust in pollsters in the same way MAGA Republicans have in the US?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 17/09/2026
“He must think: ‘I’ve been rinsed!’” 
 Watch the moment Sadiq Khan mercilessly mocks Zack Polanski by speaking to him in Urdu at the London Assembly.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 17/09/2026
"Someone close to the Royal Family told me Earl Spencer is 'a vile man'." Princess Diana's brother claims King Charles said "we will forget Diana soon enough" after her death. Is he full of "rage and fury", or did the King really say that? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/well...
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‘We’ll forget Diana soon enough’: Is the Palace in panic mode over new King Charles claims? | The News Agents
A new book by Earl Charles Spencer, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, claims King Charles said his ex-wife would be soon forgotten after her death. Is the Palace in panic mode?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 17/09/2026
"Is it conceivable that the King made those comments? We have seen that he's got a temper." Rage, fury and a rare royal intervention. Could the King really have said it?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 17/09/2026
"I don't like to use expletives on this podcast, but what the actual f**k?" says Jon Sopel, who uses expletives quite often on this podcast, says. How will Trump and MAGA "wiggle out" of scrutiny over why Putin's best mate paid for Don Jr's wedding? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
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Why did Putin’s mega-rich mate spend so much on Don Jr’s wedding? | The News Agents
A senior Republican has told Miles Taylor he is “very concerned” about Umar Kremlev, a close friend of Vladimir Putin, giving a huge amount to Donald Trump Jr and his second wife, Bettina Anderson.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 16/09/2026
"Trump has put his name and face on federal buildings, his signature on US currency, his face on a coin, he is building monuments to himself. "He has put his name on almost everything he can." Is he so petty he'll now shut the Kennedy centre if he can't slap his name on it?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 16/09/2026
“The bride said ‘what’s so wrong with accepting a gracious bribe, I mean gift, from Putin, I mean a friend of family’”. Donald Trump Jr is ‘frigging loaded’ so why was part of his wedding paid for by a Russian Oligarch?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 16/09/2026
‘Preposterous’ council chair compares Piddington’s referendum ‘stunt’ to the Battle of Britain… “This is not an example of democracy in operation, because there is no operation and nothing will happen.”
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 16/09/2026
A senior Republican tells The News Agents' guest Miles Taylor he is "very concerned" about the money given by a Russian oligarch to Donald Trump Jr for his wedding. Is this the moment Congress starts to take corruption in the president's family seriously? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
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Why did Putin’s mega-rich mate spend so much on Don Jr’s wedding? | The News Agents
A senior Republican has told Miles Taylor he is “very concerned” about Umar Kremlev, a close friend of Vladimir Putin, giving a huge amount to Donald Trump Jr and his second wife, Bettina Anderson.
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