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Tory minister Michael Tomlinson admitted he hasn’t watched ITV’s Post Office drama during a car crash interview on Sky News.The legal immigration minister made the admission during a live interview with Kay Burley on Wednesday morning (17 January).Mr Tomlinson said: “I have been focusing on my job which is as legal migration minister and stopping the boats.”Ms Burley responds: “Take four hours out of your time and you’ll be glad you did.”The presenter then tells him: “It’s not good is it? You’ve not even taken time out to watch it.” More

A GB News contributor told Gary Lineker to “shut up and enjoy his taxpayer-funded salary” in a bizarre rant.Speaking on the channel, political commentator Alex Armstrong accused the BBC presenter of “crossing the line” with a social media post calling for the expulsion of Israel from international sports competitions.“Gary, if you want to talk about politics, stand as an MP and get it over with. See if the people want you,” Mr Armstrong said.“Otherwise, shut up and enjoy your lovely taxpayer-funded salary.” More

Strikes in Yemen were a “last resort” designed to “restore stability” in the region, Rishi Sunak said on Monday (15 January).The prime minister’s comments came after the RAF joined US allies in targeting Houthi locations last week as part of allied efforts to ensure international cargo vessels can freely navigate the vital shipping route in the Red Sea.The Iran-backed militants who support Gaza ruler Hamas in the Palestinian group’s war against Israel, claims it targeted ships with links to Tel Aviv.“It was a last resort. It came after the end of exhaustive diplomatic activity including a UN Security Council,” Mr Sunak said. More

Grant Shapps has insisted that the government’s “plan is starting to work” despite suggestions the party is on course for a huge 1997-style election defeat.A YouGov survey, reported by The Telegraph, of 14,000 people indicates that Rishi Sunak’s Tories could hold on to as few as 169 seats as Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour enters Downing Street with 385.“This government is working to a plan that is starting to work, I think we’ll see it work a lot more in the months to come, compared with no plan under Keir Starmer,” Shapps told LBC on Monday (15 January). More

The Independent’s editor-in-chief Geordie Greig described David Cameron as a ‘Rolls-Royce’ returning to politics during a new interview on Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg this morning (14 January).“He’s smooth, he’s persuasive, he powers along”, Mr Greig noted, adding that there were ‘definitely bumps in the road’ – referring to the foreign secretary’s refusal to say how much he was paid by Greensill Capital.“Such a flatterer!”, Isabel Oakeshott responded to the analogy, however, Mr Greig insisted we’d “seen it all before”.David Cameron also appeared on the show, as well as Labour leader, Keir Starmer. More

Foreign secretary David Cameron has refused to disclose how much he was paid by Greensill Capital for work undertaken when he stepped away from politics.Documents seen by the BBC suggest the former prime minister allegedly received a sum of around £10 million, however, Cameron says he was a ‘private citizen’ during the work, and has the right to keep it under wraps.”That isn’t true”, he claimed of the figure during an appearance on Laura Kuenssberg’s show, and admits he’s given up his ‘other roles’ since rejoining government.”I’ve given all the information to the person responsible for registering a minister’s interests.” More

Sir Ed Davey declined ten times to explicitly apologise over inaction in the Post Office scandal.Speaking to ITV News, the Liberal Democrats leader said he “deeply regrets not getting to the bottom of the lies that were told” when he was postal minister in the coalition government.Sir Ed was told of concerns about the faulty software before hundreds of postmasters were prosecuted.”I deeply regret that I was lied to on an industrial scale,” he added.He said his “heart goes out to the people that were hit” by accusations of theft, fraud, and false accounting due to faulty computers. More

David Cameron appeared to not rule out further action against Houthi rebels in Yemen after UK and US forces bombed military facilities on Thursday night (10 January).Speaking on Friday, the foreign secretary told NBC News: “We will do what is necessary to protect our ships… What we were doing – warnings – was not working.”Strikes on Thursday night were the first to be launched against the militants since they began attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.The Ministry of Defence said four Royal Air Force jets struck two Houthi facilities involved in their targeting of HMS Diamond and US Navy vessels on Tuesday. More