Why Starmer blocked Burnham

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has renounced the party that gave her power, and defected to Reform. She's telling us today that Britain is broken and “she” (Britain, not Suella) was “suffering”.

Are Reform better off with her? Are the Tories better off without her? And has it been enough of a distraction from the Andy Burnham saga to give Keir Starmer a lucky break?

Later, is Trump panicking about his ICE strategy after the latest murder of a US citizen on the streets of Minneapolis?

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