Lifting the curtain on the biggest stories in the UK, U.S. & beyond. With Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel & Lewis Goodall. Listen on Global Player. .https://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mltcbutiur22“Farage said Brexit will make you richer - lo and behold, it did make one person much richer!” Nigel Farage says the £5m gift he received was given as a “reward” for campaigning for Brexit - but we thought it was for security...14 May 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltcbutiur22https://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlt5gtzoos22After days of speculation, Wes Streeting has resigned - but stopped short of declaring a leadership bid against Starmer. Has he made the best of a bad job, or has he “royally fucked it?”14 May 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt5gtzoos22https://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlt3cnthck22"In Starmer's view, unless a coup is filled out in triplicate, it didn’t happen!" Is Starmer's refusal to step down as PM 'admirable' or 'arrogant'? @maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com14 May 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt3cnthck22https://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlsxxlypnc22🚨 A chaotic week in UK politics 🚨 Got a question about what's just happened? Who's up, who's out, and what happens next. Ask us anything 👇 📧 Voicenotes + emails: newsagents@global.com @jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com14 May 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsxxlypnc22https://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mls5btykuy2v"Farage's line has always been that the £5m donation has all been used for security," says Lewis Goodall. "Well, let's see the receipts, so the public can be absolutely assured this is purely about security" https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/show-us-the-receipts-the-easy-way-out-for-farage-in-5m-donation-investigation-5HjdZ5p_2/14 May 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls5btykuy2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlqoevtilw2v"What has the world come to where you can't even take a humble little £5m gift without telling someone?" Nigel Farage is under investigation for crypto billionaire donation. Will he prove he's a serious player in politics, or copy Trump and play victim? https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/show-us-the-receipts-the-easy-way-out-for-farage-in-5m-donation-investigation-5HjdZ5p_2/13 May 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqoevtilw2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlqm5qqwrc2k"This is the scenario which is most likely to yield Ed Miliband as prime minister of this country." "He wouldn't risk a Wes Streeting victory - and would therefore potentially stand." Could Labour's leadership chaos end with Ed Miliband as PM?13 May 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqm5qqwrc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlqdz7klqs2b"The people who work closely with Starmer are terrified. "They think: a bit of instability now, yes - but it's worth the risk to avoid what they increasingly think is a certainty: Starmer leading them to defeat to Reform." What have Labour insiders been telling @lewisgoodall.com?13 May 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqdz7klqs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlqbm3amht2hNigel Farage said he was under "no obligation" to declare a £5m donation when he became an MP – but is now being investigated by the House of Commons over the gift from a crypto billionaire. So, who is funding Nigel Farage? https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/whos-funding-nigel-farage-5HjdYrF_2/13 May 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqbm3amht2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlo46opcpf2u"Starmer wasn't elected for what he stood for – he was a sticking plaster for the party. "He held it together, and as soon as the Starmer plaster is ripped off, you see the various directions Labour is now pulling in" https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/all-chaos-no-solutions-why-keir-starmer-thinks-hes-still-safe-as-pm-5HjdZ2J_2/12 May 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo46opcpf2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlo2m47ihz2x"Keir Starmer realises that this would be the seventh PM since Brexit - it is 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘥. "It makes us a national joke if we cannot, as a nation, hold on to a PM more than 18 months." Is Starmer's refusal to go a sign of arrogance, or an attempt to avoid another psychodrama?12 May 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo2m47ihz2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mln5zbybrk2h"Labour agrees with Keir Starmer that they don't need spreadsheets, they need a story. "But they see a man and a leader who himself is more spreadsheet than story." Has the PM just made a bad situation even worse? https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/did-keir-starmer-just-make-a-very-bad-situation-even-worse-5HjdYxq_2/12 May 2026 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mln5zbybrk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mllodipsz52h"Starmer fell back into what he often does which is the 'why'. "I think we're past 'why'. People want to know why their living standards are lower? No they don’t! They get why! "We want to hear what's going to change. Now now now. The urgency. The big idea. That was missing."11 May 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllodipsz52hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mllmkrtrs72v"Starmer has reminded his own MPs of precisely the reason why so many are minded to remove him. "He himself has set a challenge that he probably can't meet." Starmer's speech was meant to solidify his position as PM. Instead, it may be his undoing... https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/did-keir-starmer-just-make-a-very-bad-situation-even-worse-5HjdYxq_2/11 May 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllmkrtrs72vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlll3r3caj2e“One of the problems they’ve had is not pinning Brexit onto Farage and Reform strongly or often enough - it’s a schoolboy error” Emily and Lewis say the “strongest” part of Starmer’s speech was attacking Farage - but you “can’t fatten the pig on market day”.11 May 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlll3r3caj2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlifihjivi2uIn 2024, before becoming an MP, Nigel Farage was given a £5m gift by a crypto billionaire, which he says was to pay for private security. With Reform victories across the UK in local elections, will there now be more scrutiny on how the party is funded? https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/whos-funding-nigel-farage-5HjdYrF_2/10 May 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlifihjivi2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mli6rbd3z22j"I'm sure there are huge sections of American public opinion that still buy into everything that Donald Trump is saying. "But if you look at the approval ratings, an ever growing number are thinking, hang on, this is all bullshit" https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-donald-trump-trying-to-pretend-he-didnt-start-the-war-in-iran-5HjdYj4_2/10 May 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mli6rbd3z22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlfuzjbwlw22"Oh Jesus... That's where we are". Donald Trump has previously trolled the press about running for a third term, but are things finally getting more serious about ripping up the 22nd Amendment? https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-trump-actually-going-to-try-for-a-third-term-5HjdYmJ_2/09 May 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfuzjbwlw22https://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlfrnlt4ge2u"This wasn't an election in the traditional sense of the word – it was more of an arson attack." Have Farage and Polanski invited people up and down the country to "burn down the system" – and have voters have responded saying: "Yes, we will"? https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/have-voters-decided-to-burn-the-uk-political-system-to-the-ground-5HjdYsH_2/09 May 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfrnlt4ge2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlfodqmc2u2x"America hasn’t changed Iran's regime. It hasn’t got the nuclear material and, no, it hasn’t stopped its missile program." "Apart from that, it's all gone really well." Does Donald finally accept he messed up in the Middle East? https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trump-realises-america-is-up-shit-creek-in-iran-and-he-wants-out-5HjdYmZ_2/09 May 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfodqmc2u2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mleb5r4qfy2g“We’re moving into an era of politics where it’s more about who you want to stop rather than who you necessarily like.” Local election results reveal the end of two-party politics and a rise in tactical voting in the uk.08 May 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mleb5r4qfy2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mle3yx7i2522"Even in Jeremy Corbyn's worst years, he wasn't losing seats like this. He wasn't going backwards like this." "Fairly or unfairly, Keir Starmer is despised by the public of this country." Have UK voters finally turned their backs on 'the establishment'? https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/have-voters-decided-to-burn-the-uk-political-system-to-the-ground-5HjdYsH_2/08 May 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle3yx7i2522https://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mldzpkiypr22“Do Labour want to stop a Reform government or don’t they? Because Keir Starmer is not the man to do it!” People within Labour are saying that Starmer is an “electoral liability” as they suffer huge losses to Reform. But does the party “have the guts” to do something about it?08 May 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldzpkiypr22https://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mldlsroydo24❗Special episode in your feeds today❗ As local election results continue to trickle in - Reform gaining hundreds of seats across England, as Labour loses control of multiple local authorities – the News Agents discuss the fallout. Listen on Global Player.08 May 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldlsroydo24https://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mld45qmrdt2u"Can you ban him from the shop?" Things turn sour when Lewis Goodall meets Birmingham 'Gaza independent' campaigner Akhmed Yakoob, who compares himself to Nelson Mandela, and then walks out of the interview https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/banned-in-birmingham-what-happened-when-lewis-clashed-with-gaza-independent-5HjdYq2_2/08 May 2026 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mld45qmrdt2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlbnvh2hk22g"Mainstream politicians – from Starmer down – have little to say, and in that vacuum, we see Akhmed Yaqoob." Lewis Goodall clashes with a controversial Birmingham campaigner. Is the city a 'microcosm' for the state of UK politics? https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/banned-in-birmingham-what-happened-when-lewis-clashed-with-gaza-independent-5HjdYq2_2/07 May 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbnvh2hk22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlbjfxkbqr22“You think you’ll be able to catch me out? I’ve run rings around protestors and judges, mate. “You’d never be able to catch me out” Lewis gets barred from cafe after an interview with controversial Birmingham campaigner, Akhmed Yakoob, descends into chaos.07 May 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbjfxkbqr22https://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlbecjyvrm2x"Every great man has been to prison - Nelson Mandela went to prison." "You'd compare yourself to Nelson Mandela?" Lewis clashes with Independent campaigner Akhmed Yakoob, who is facing trial for money laundering, after Yakoob accuses him of having “puppet masters” in “the Zionist regime.”07 May 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbecjyvrm2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3mlak2jf2as2u"I struggle to work out how much the US administration believe his story, and how many realise that they are up the old shit creek." RIP Project Freedom, it lasted 24 hours and did nothing, but does Trump now realise how badly his war in Iran has gone? https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trump-realises-america-is-up-shit-creek-in-iran-and-he-wants-out-5HjdYmZ_2/07 May 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlak2jf2as2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thenewsagents.co.uk/post/3ml733hwf5p2g"Oh Jesus... That's where we are". Donald Trump has previously trolled the press about running for a third term, but are things finally getting more serious about ripping up the 22nd Amendment? https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-trump-actually-going-to-try-for-a-third-term-5HjdYmJ_2/06 May 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:toxftk4ao3vsr5yztkle5o62/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml733hwf5p2g