Green Party leader Zack Polanski shared an X post criticising the way police officers detained a suspect after the Golders Green stabbings.
The Metropolitan Police commissioner challenged Polanski over the repost. Polanski apologised the following day, while saying that police use of force could still be scrutinised.
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What happened last night was not funny.
Liz Truss posted that a lettuce-themed prank at a public event in Suffolk was not funny after a banner appeared behind her on stage.
The banner revived the Daily Star’s 2022 lettuce livestream, which had mocked the length of her premiership. Her reply put the joke back in the news almost two years after she left office.
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My milkshake brings all the people to the rally.
Hours after a milkshake was thrown at him in Clacton, Nigel Farage posted a video holding another milkshake and joking about the incident.
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Farage had just begun his campaign for the Clacton seat. His video used a pop-song reference to put his own response into circulation alongside footage of the incident.
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Today should have been about a ceasefire in Gaza.
Stephen Flynn posted that the SNP had brought a motion seeking a ceasefire in Gaza and blamed the Commons Speaker and Labour for the way the vote was handled.
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The Speaker’s decision to allow a Labour amendment led to a procedural dispute and calls for him to resign. Flynn’s post sets out the SNP’s position during that dispute.
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Scotland’s first minister shared a video from Elizabeth El-Nakla, his mother-in-law, who was in Gaza when residents were told to evacuate.
The post made the evacuation personal for a senior UK politician. It was widely reported as an account from a civilian caught up in the conflict, and Yousaf continued to give public updates about his relatives.
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I am determined to deliver for everyone as a First Minister for all.
Michelle O’Neill posted that it was a day of historic change and promised to deliver for everyone as Northern Ireland’s first minister.
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O’Neill was the first Irish nationalist to take the role. Her post marked the restoration of power-sharing at Stormont and echoed the commitment she made in her Assembly speech.
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Alliance leader Naomi Long criticised Kate Hoey on Twitter after Hoey compared MLAs who wanted to return to Stormont under the Windsor Framework to Nazi collaborators.
The exchange was part of a dispute about whether to restore Northern Ireland’s devolved institutions. Long used her response to challenge the language of treachery being used in that debate.
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Just had a lovely lunch
Arlene Foster tweeted that she had enjoyed lunch with a friend shortly after Edwin Poots pushed ahead with nominating her successor as Northern Ireland first minister.
The timing turned an everyday post into a political moment. The News Letter reported it as the DUP faced an internal revolt, and Alliance leader Naomi Long replied to Foster’s tweet.
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Caroline Lucas told Brighton Pavilion constituents on Twitter that she would not stand at the next general election and linked to an open letter explaining her decision.
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Brighton Pavilion had elected her as the UK’s first Green MP in 2010. The post marked the end of her time as the party’s sole Westminster representative, with her letter setting out the environmental work she wanted to pursue.
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A personal statement from me on the upcoming Green Party leadership by-election.
Siân Berry used Twitter to publish a statement explaining why she would not stand in the forthcoming Green Party leadership election.
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Jonathan Bartley had announced his departure as co-leader days earlier. Berry cited disagreements over the party’s position on trans rights and stayed on during the transition to new leadership.
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