Politics p.14

Senator Mark Kelly took down Donald Trump by reading out a facts-only comparison of their career highlights and it’s like an especially gruesome kill on a natural history doc

Karoline Leavitt claimed the second deadly Venezuela boat strike was in ‘self defence’ and the internet responded as one

Pete Hegseth just shared his thoughts on the second deadly boat strike and it looked like buck passing of the highest order – 17 on-target responses

Sarah Vine said Rachel Reeves should be sacked for ‘lying’ and global supplies of irony plunged to critical lows

In this week’s least shocking news, former Tory MP Jonathan Gullis has defected to Reform UK – 19 votes of no confidence

War on drugs update: Donald Trump just pardoned a next-level cocaine trafficker but appears never to have heard of him

Donald Trump was asked about Pete Hegseth and that ‘second boat strike’ report and his answer was straight from page one of the Trump playbook

Pete Hegseth tried to make a joke about alleged war crimes on Twitter and no one was laughing – 15 dead serious responses

Ant Middleton wants to be Mayor of London but seems confused about what a mayor is – 16 NSFW educational suggestions for him

Pimlico Plumbers ex-pat patriot Charlie Mullins tells British people to abandon the UK for Dubai – 16 responses he can stick in his pipe

Arch Maga Laura Loomer announced that she wants a king, and got a right royal roasting – 17 top takes

Nigel Farage shared his video letter to ‘Broken Britain’, and the enormous self-own was not lost on the nation – 21 frank replies

LBC’s Shelagh Fogarty wanted to double check Nigel Farage isn’t actually a Russian asset and Zia Yusuf’s finger-wagging fury made it all worthwhile

Rachel Reeves totally blanked GB News and their eye-bulging fury just makes the whole thing even better

Karoline Leavitt doubled down that the military must always obey orders and the grim historical comparisons should have everyone on edge