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How every MP voted on the assisted dying bill in commons return
MPs have voted by 286-270 – a majority of 16 – to reject the assisted dying bill at its House of Commons second reading.
The bill, which fell in the House of Lords at the end of the last parliamentary session, was brought back by Labour MP Lauren Edwards after she placed second in the ballot for private members’ bills.
The bill’s co-sponsors had planned to push it through the House of Commons quickly in order to return it to the upper chamber. Speaking to Politics.co.uk, Edwards confirmed that supporters of the bill would not accept amendments during its commons stages. This was in order to keep the Parliament Act, a constitutional mechanism to force bills through the Lords if they have been approved by MPs in two consecutive parliamentary sessions, on the table.
Edwards described the Parliament Act as a “backstop”.
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The commons backed last session’s assisted dying bill by margins of 330-275 (majority of 55) and 314-291 (23) at second and third reading respectively.
Below is a breakdown of how all MPs voted on this occasion.
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Tellers
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Ayes: Jeff Smith (Labour – Manchester Withington) and Bambos Charalambous (Labour – Southgate and Wood Green)
Noes: Katrina Murray (Labour – Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch) and Ruth Jones (Labour – Newport West and Islwyn)
Ayes
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Luke Akehurst (Labour – North Durham)
Sadik Al-Hassan (Labour – North Somerset)
Dan Aldridge (Labour – Weston-super-Mare)
Heidi Alexander (Labour – Swindon South)
Douglas Alexander (Labour – Lothian East)
Callum Anderson (Labour – Buckingham and Bletchley)
Steff Aquarone (Liberal Democrat – North Norfolk)
Jas Athwal (Labour – Ilford South)
Victoria Atkins (Conservative – Louth and Horncastle)
Lewis Atkinson (Labour – Sunderland Central)
Josh Babarinde (Liberal Democrat – Eastbourne)
Calvin Bailey (Labour – Leyton and Wanstead)
Alex Ballinger (Labour – Halesowen)
Paula Barker (Labour – Liverpool Wavertree)
Lee Barron (Labour – Corby and East Northamptonshire)
Alex Barros-Curtis (Labour – Cardiff West)
Danny Beales (Labour – Uxbridge and South Ruislip)
Lorraine Beavers (Labour – Blackpool North and Fleetwood)
Peter Bedford (Conservative – Mid Leicestershire)
Torsten Bell (Labour – Swansea West)
Hilary Benn (Labour – Leeds South)
Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat – Mid Sussex)
Siân Berry (Green Party – Brighton Pavilion)
Matt Bishop (Labour – Forest of Dean)
Olivia Blake (Labour – Sheffield Hallam)
Rachel Blake (Labour – Cities of London and Westminster)
Chris Bloore (Labour – Redditch)
Kevin Bonavia (Labour – Stevenage)
Jade Botterill (Labour – Ossett and Denby Dale)
Aphra Brandreth (Conservative – Chester South and Eddisbury)
Jonathan Brash (Labour – Hartlepool)
Alex Brewer (Liberal Democrat – North East Hampshire)
Julia Buckley (Labour – Shrewsbury)
Maureen Burke (Labour – Glasgow North East)
David Burton-Sampson (Labour – Southend West and Leigh)
Ruth Cadbury (Labour – Brentford and Isleworth)
Alan Campbell (Labour – Tynemouth)
Charlotte Cane (Liberal Democrat – Ely and East Cambridgeshire)
Sam Carling (Labour – North West Cambridgeshire)
Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat – Orkney and Shetland)
James Cartlidge (Conservative – South Suffolk)
David Chadwick (Liberal Democrat – Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe)
Danny Chambers (Liberal Democrat – Winchester)
Sarah Champion (Labour – Rotherham)
Ellie Chowns (Green Party – North Herefordshire)
Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat – Dorking and Horley)
Jacob Collier (Labour – Burton and Uttoxeter)
Lizzi Collinge (Labour – Morecambe and Lunesdale)
Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat – Harpenden and Berkhamsted)
Sarah Coombes (Labour – West Bromwich)
Andrew Cooper (Labour – Mid Cheshire)
Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat – St Albans)
Beccy Cooper (Labour – Worthing West)
Yvette Cooper (Labour – Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley)
Deirdre Costigan (Labour – Ealing Southall)
Pam Cox (Labour – Colchester)
Chris Curtis (Labour – Milton Keynes North)
Nicholas Dakin (Labour – Scunthorpe)
Adam Dance (Liberal Democrat – Yeovil)
Emily Darlington (Labour – Milton Keynes Central)
Paul Davies (Labour – Colne Valley)
Shaun Davies (Labour – Telford)
David Davis (Conservative – Goole and Pocklington)
Bobby Dean (Liberal Democrat – Carshalton and Wallington)
Josh Dean (Labour – Hertford and Stortford)
Carla Denyer (Green Party – Bristol Central) (Proxy vote cast by Siân Berry)
Jim Dickson (Labour – Dartford)
Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat – Newbury)
Samantha Dixon (Labour – Chester North and Neston)
Helena Dollimore (Labour – Hastings and Rye)
Oliver Dowden (Conservative – Hertsmere)
Graeme Downie (Labour – Dunfermline and Dollar)
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour – Poole)
Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat – Glastonbury and Somerton)
Maria Eagle (Labour – Liverpool Garston)
Cat Eccles (Labour – Stourbridge)
Lauren Edwards (Labour – Rochester and Strood)
Sarah Edwards (Labour – Tamworth)
Damien Egan (Labour – Bristol North East)
Kirith Entwistle (Labour – Bolton North East)
Luke Evans (Conservative – Hinckley and Bosworth)
Miatta Fahnbulleh (Labour – Peckham)
Hamish Falconer (Labour – Lincoln)
Linsey Farnsworth (Labour – Amber Valley)
Mark Ferguson (Labour – Gateshead Central and Whickham)
Natalie Fleet (Labour – Bolsover)
Emma Foody (Labour – Cramlington and Killingworth)
Catherine Fookes (Labour – Monmouthshire)
Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat – Honiton and Sidmouth)
Will Forster (Liberal Democrat – Woking)
Ashley Fox (Conservative – Bridgwater)
Zöe Franklin (Liberal Democrat – Guildford)
Mark Garnier (Conservative – Wyre Forest)
Anna Gelderd (Labour – South East Cornwall)
Alan Gemmell (Labour – Central Ayrshire)
Andrew George (Liberal Democrat – St Ives)
Gill German (Labour – Clwyd North)
Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat – Chippenham)
Becky Gittins (Labour – Clwyd East)
Olly Glover (Liberal Democrat – Didcot and Wantage)
Tom Gordon (Liberal Democrat – Harrogate and Knaresborough)
Jodie Gosling (Labour – Nuneaton)
Georgia Gould (Labour – Queen’s Park and Maida Vale)
Sarah Green (Liberal Democrat – Chesham and Amersham)
Sarah Hall (Labour – Warrington South)
Fabian Hamilton (Labour – Leeds North East)
Lloyd Hatton (Labour – South Dorset)
Tom Hayes (Labour – Bournemouth East)
Claire Hazelgrove (Labour – Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat – South Cambridgeshire)
Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat – Bath)
Rachel Hopkins (Labour – Luton South and South Bedfordshire)
Claire Hughes (Labour – Bangor Aberconwy)
Alison Hume (Labour – Scarborough and Whitby)
Jeremy Hunt (Conservative – Godalming and Ash)
Leigh Ingham (Labour – Stafford)
Natasha Irons (Labour – Croydon East)
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat – Edinburgh West)
Dan Jarvis (Labour – Barnsley North)
Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat – Eastleigh)
Diana Johnson (Labour – Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Clive Jones (Liberal Democrat – Wokingham)
Gerald Jones (Labour – Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare)
Warinder Juss (Labour – Wolverhampton West)
Chris Kane (Labour – Stirling and Strathallan)
Alicia Kearns (Conservative – Rutland and Stamford)
Liz Kendall (Labour – Leicester West)
Stephen Kinnock (Labour – Aberafan Maesteg)
Jayne Kirkham (Labour – Truro and Falmouth)
Sonia Kumar (Labour – Dudley)
Peter Kyle (Labour – Hove and Portslade)
Laura Kyrke-Smith (Labour – Aylesbury)
Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru – Ceredigion Preseli)
Noah Law (Labour – St Austell and Newquay)
Kim Leadbeater (Labour – Spen Valley)
Andrew Lewin (Labour – Welwyn Hatfield)
Simon Lightwood (Labour – Wakefield and Rothwell)
Josh MacAlister (Labour – Whitehaven and Workington)
James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat – Lewes)
Alice Macdonald (Labour – Norwich North)
Andy MacNae (Labour – Rossendale and Darwen)
Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat – North Cornwall)
Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat – Epsom and Ewell) (Proxy vote cast by Will Forster)
Kit Malthouse (Conservative – North West Hampshire)
Mike Martin (Liberal Democrat – Tunbridge Wells)
Keir Mather (Labour – Selby)
Alex Mayer (Labour – Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard)
Charlie Maynard (Liberal Democrat – Witney)
Kerry McCarthy (Labour – Bristol East)
John McDonnell (Labour – Hayes and Harlington)
Pat McFadden (Labour – Wolverhampton South East)
Alison McGovern (Labour – Birkenhead)
Kevin McKenna (Labour – Sittingbourne and Sheppey)
Anna McMorrin (Labour – Cardiff North)
Kirsty McNeill (Labour – Midlothian)
Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru – Ynys Môn)
Ed Miliband (Labour – Doncaster North)
John Milne (Liberal Democrat – Horsham)
Navendu Mishra (Labour – Stockport)
Andrew Mitchell (Conservative – Sutton Coldfield)
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat – Oxford West and Abingdon)
Jessica Morden (Labour – Newport East)
Edward Morello (Liberal Democrat – West Dorset)
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat – North Shropshire)
Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat – Wells and Mendip Hills)
Luke Murphy (Labour – Basingstoke)
Chris Murray (Labour – Edinburgh East and Musselburgh)
Ian Murray (Labour – Edinburgh South)
James Murray (Labour – Ealing North)
Susan Murray (Liberal Democrat – Mid Dunbartonshire)
Pamela Nash (Labour – Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke)
Samantha Niblett (Labour – South Derbyshire)
Alex Norris (Labour – Nottingham North and Kimberley)
Dan Norris (Independent – North East Somerset and Hanham) (Proxy vote cast by Damien Egan)
Simon Opher (Labour – Stroud)
Kate Osborne (Labour – Jarrow and Gateshead East)
Tristan Osborne (Labour – Chatham and Aylesford)
Sarah Owen (Labour – Luton North)
Michael Payne (Labour – Gedling)
Jon Pearce (Labour – High Peak)
Matthew Pennycook (Labour – Greenwich and Woolwich)
Toby Perkins (Labour – Chesterfield)
Manuela Perteghella (Liberal Democrat – Stratford-on-Avon)
Jess Phillips (Labour – Birmingham Yardley)
Chris Philp (Conservative – Croydon South)
Lee Pitcher (Labour – Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme)
Jo Platt (Labour – Leigh and Atherton)
Luke Pollard (Labour – Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
Joe Powell (Labour – Kensington and Bayswater)
Lucy Powell (Labour – Manchester Central)
Gregor Poynton (Labour – Livingston)
Peter Prinsley (Labour – Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket)
Adrian Ramsay (Green Party – Waveney Valley)
Connor Rand (Labour – Altrincham and Sale West)
Andrew Ranger (Labour – Wrexham)
Steve Reed (Labour – Streatham and Croydon North)
Ellie Reeves (Labour – Lewisham West and East Dulwich)
Rachel Reeves (Labour – Leeds West and Pudsey)
Emma Reynolds (Labour – Wycombe)
Joshua Reynolds (Liberal Democrat – Maidenhead)
Jake Richards (Labour – Rother Valley)
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Labour – Suffolk Coastal)
Lucy Rigby (Labour – Northampton North)
Dave Robertson (Labour – Lichfield)
Tim Roca (Labour – Macclesfield)
Ian Roome (Liberal Democrat – North Devon)
Sarah Russell (Labour – Congleton)
Tom Rutland (Labour – East Worthing and Shoreham)
Anna Sabine (Liberal Democrat – Frome and East Somerset)
Sarah Sackman (Labour – Finchley and Golders Green)
Louise Sandher-Jones (Labour – North East Derbyshire)
Jeevun Sandher (Labour – Loughborough)
Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru – Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Mark Sewards (Labour – Leeds South West and Morley)
Baggy Shanker (Labour – Derby South)
Neil Shastri-Hurst (Conservative – Solihull West and Shirley)
Tulip Siddiq (Labour – Hampstead and Highgate)
Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrat – Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Andy Slaughter (Labour – Hammersmith and Chiswick)
John Slinger (Labour – Rugby)
Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrat – Hazel Grove)
Cat Smith (Labour – Lancaster and Wyre)
Nick Smith (Labour – Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney)
Karin Smyth (Labour – Bristol South)
Gareth Snell (Labour – Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat – St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire)
Hannah Spencer (Green Party – Gorton and Denton)
Euan Stainbank (Labour – Falkirk)
Jo Stevens (Labour – Cardiff East)
Will Stone (Labour – Swindon North)
Alistair Strathern (Labour – Hitchin)
Mel Stride (Conservative – Central Devon)
Peter Swallow (Labour – Bracknell)
Mark Tami (Labour – Alyn and Deeside)
Mike Tapp (Labour – Dover and Deal)
David Taylor (Labour – Hemel Hempstead)
Luke Taylor (Liberal Democrat – Sutton and Cheam)
Rachel Taylor (Labour – North Warwickshire and Bedworth)
Cameron Thomas (Independent – Tewkesbury) (Proxy vote cast by Will Forster)
Fred Thomas (Labour – Plymouth Moor View)
Gareth Thomas (Labour – Harrow West)
Marie Tidball (Labour – Penistone and Stocksbridge)
Jessica Toale (Labour – Bournemouth West)
Henry Tufnell (Labour – Mid and South Pembrokeshire)
Anna Turley (Labour – Redcar)
Matt Turmaine (Labour – Watford)
Harpreet Uppal (Labour – Huddersfield)
Freddie van Mierlo (Liberal Democrat – Henley and Thame)
Tony Vaughan (Labour – Folkestone and Hythe)
Chris Vince (Labour – Harlow)
Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat – South Devon)
Christian Wakeford (Labour – Bury South)
Chris Ward (Labour – Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven)
Chris Webb (Labour – Blackpool South)
Michelle Welsh (Labour – Sherwood Forest)
Catherine West (Labour – Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Andrew Western (Labour – Stretford and Urmston)
Michael Wheeler (Labour – Worsley and Eccles)
John Whitby (Labour – Derbyshire Dales)
Katie White (Labour – Leeds North West)
Nadia Whittome (Labour – Nottingham East)
James Wild (Conservative – North West Norfolk)
Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat – Cheltenham)
Steve Witherden (Labour – Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr)
Rosie Wrighting (Labour – Kettering)
Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat – Newton Abbot)
Steve Yemm (Labour – Mansfield)
Claire Young (Liberal Democrat – Thornbury and Yate)
Daniel Zeichner (Labour – Cambridge)
Noes
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Diane Abbott (Labour – Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Shockat Adam (Independent – Leicester South)
Zubir Ahmed (Labour – Glasgow South West)
Bayo Alaba (Independent – Southend East and Rochford)
Rushanara Ali (Labour – Bethnal Green and Stepney)
Tahir Ali (Labour – Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley)
Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour – Tooting)
Jim Allister (Traditional Unionist Voice – North Antrim)
Gideon Amos (Liberal Democrat – Taunton and Wellington)
Fleur Anderson (Labour – Putney)
Lee Anderson (Reform UK – Ashfield)
Stuart Anderson (Conservative – South Shropshire)
Stuart Andrew (Conservative – Daventry)
Edward Argar (Conservative – Melton and Syston)
Scott Arthur (Labour – Edinburgh South West)
Jess Asato (Labour – Lowestoft)
James Asser (Labour – West Ham and Beckton)
Catherine Atkinson (Labour – Derby North)
Gareth Bacon (Conservative – Orpington)
Kemi Badenoch (Conservative – North West Essex)
Olivia Bailey (Labour – Reading West and Mid Berkshire)
David Baines (Labour – St Helens North)
Alex Baker (Labour – Aldershot)
Richard Baker (Labour – Glenrothes and Mid Fife)
Harriett Baldwin (Conservative – West Worcestershire)
Antonia Bance (Labour – Tipton and Wednesbury)
Steve Barclay (Conservative – North East Cambridgeshire)
Johanna Baxter (Labour – Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Apsana Begum (Labour – Poplar and Limehouse)
Saqib Bhatti (Conservative – Meriden and Solihull East)
Polly Billington (Labour – East Thanet)
Bob Blackman (Conservative – Harrow East)
Sarah Bool (Conservative – South Northamptonshire)
Andrew Bowie (Conservative – West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Sureena Brackenridge (Labour – Wolverhampton North East)
Karen Bradley (Conservative – Staffordshire Moorlands)
Suella Braverman (Reform UK – Fareham and Waterlooville)
Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat – Chichester)
Alex Burghart (Conservative – Brentwood and Ongar)
Richard Burgon (Labour – Leeds East)
Dawn Butler (Labour – Brent East)
Ian Byrne (Labour – Liverpool West Derby)
Liam Byrne (Labour – Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)
Nesil Caliskan (Labour – Barking)
Markus Campbell-Savours (Labour – Penrith and Solway)
Juliet Campbell (Labour – Broxtowe)
Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party – East Londonderry)
Christopher Chope (Conservative – Christchurch)
Feryal Clark (Labour – Enfield North)
James Cleverly (Conservative – Braintree)
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative – North Cotswolds)
Lewis Cocking (Conservative – Broxbourne)
Ben Coleman (Labour – Chelsea and Fulham)
Tom Collins (Labour – Worcester)
Liam Conlon (Labour – Beckenham and Penge)
John Cooper (Conservative – Dumfries and Galloway)
Jeremy Corbyn (Your Party – Islington North)
Alberto Costa (Conservative – South Leicestershire)
Claire Coutinho (Conservative – East Surrey) (Proxy vote cast by Gagan Mohindra)
Geoffrey Cox (Conservative – Torridge and Tavistock)
Neil Coyle (Labour – Bermondsey and Old Southwark)
Jen Craft (Labour – Thurrock)
Mary Creagh (Labour – Coventry East)
Torcuil Crichton (Labour – Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
Harriet Cross (Conservative – Gordon and Buchan)
Janet Daby (Labour – Lewisham East)
Ashley Dalton (Labour – West Lancashire)
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat – Torbay)
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat – Kingston and Surbiton)
Ann Davies (Plaid Cymru – Caerfyrddin)
Gareth Davies (Conservative – Grantham and Bourne)
Jonathan Davies (Labour – Mid Derbyshire)
Mims Davies (Conservative – East Grinstead and Uckfield)
Marsha De Cordova (Labour – Battersea)
Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative – Bridlington and The Wolds)
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour – Slough)
Anna Dixon (Labour – Shipley)
Anneliese Dodds (Labour – Oxford East)
Stephen Doughty (Labour – Cardiff South and Penarth)
Rosie Duffield (Independent – Canterbury)
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative – Chingford and Woodford Green)
Alex Easton (Independent – North Down)
Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance – Lagan Valley)
Maya Ellis (Labour – Ribble Valley)
Florence Eshalomi (Labour – Vauxhall and Camberwell Green)
Chris Evans (Labour – Caerphilly)
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat – Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour – Calder Valley)
Patricia Ferguson (Labour – Glasgow West)
Peter Fortune (Conservative – Bromley and Biggin Hill)
Paul Foster (Labour – South Ribble)
Vicky Foxcroft (Labour – Lewisham North)
Mary Kelly Foy (Labour – City of Durham)
Daniel Francis (Labour – Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Mark Francois (Conservative – Rayleigh and Wickford)
George Freeman (Conservative – Mid Norfolk) (Proxy vote cast by Gagan Mohindra)
Louie French (Conservative – Old Bexley and Sidcup)
James Frith (Labour – Bury North)
Richard Fuller (Conservative – North Bedfordshire)
Barry Gardiner (Labour – Brent West)
Allison Gardner (Labour – Stoke-on-Trent South)
Preet Kaur Gill (Labour – Birmingham Edgbaston)
John Glen (Conservative – Salisbury)
Mary Glindon (Labour – Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend)
Marie Goldman (Liberal Democrat – Chelmsford)
Ben Goldsborough (Labour – South Norfolk)
John Grady (Labour – Glasgow East)
Helen Grant (Conservative – Maidstone and Malling)
Andrew Griffith (Conservative – Arundel and South Downs)
Nia Griffith (Labour – Llanelli) (Proxy vote cast by Meg Hillier)
Alison Griffiths (Conservative – Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)
Amanda Hack (Labour – North West Leicestershire)
Monica Harding (Liberal Democrat – Esher and Walton)
Emma Hardy (Labour – Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice)
Rebecca Harris (Conservative – Castle Point)
Helen Hayes (Labour – Dulwich and West Norwood)
John Hayes (Conservative – South Holland and The Deepings)
Mark Hendrick (Labour – Preston)
Meg Hillier (Labour – Hackney South and Shoreditch)
Jonathan Hinder (Labour – Pendle and Clitheroe)
Damian Hinds (Conservative – East Hampshire)
Simon Hoare (Conservative – North Dorset)
Richard Holden (Conservative – Basildon and Billericay)
Paul Holmes (Conservative – Hamble Valley)
Nigel Huddleston (Conservative – Droitwich and Evesham)
Neil Hudson (Conservative – Epping Forest)
Rupa Huq (Labour – Ealing Central and Acton)
Patrick Hurley (Labour – Southport)
Imran Hussain (Labour – Bradford East)
Adnan Hussain (Independent – Blackburn)
Sally Jameson (Labour – Doncaster Central)
Bernard Jenkin (Conservative – Harwich and North Essex)
Robert Jenrick (Reform UK – Newark)
Caroline Johnson (Conservative – Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Darren Jones (Labour – Bristol North West)
Lillian Jones (Labour – Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Lincoln Jopp (Conservative – Spelthorne)
Gurinder Singh Josan (Labour – Smethwick)
Sojan Joseph (Labour – Ashford)
Mike Kane (Labour – Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Ayoub Khan (Independent – Birmingham Perry Barr)
Naushabah Khan (Labour – Gillingham and Rainham)
Paul Kohler (Liberal Democrat – Wimbledon)
Danny Kruger (Reform UK – East Wiltshire)
Uma Kumaran (Labour – Stratford and Bow)
Peter Lamb (Labour – Crawley)
David Lammy (Labour – Tottenham)
John Lamont (Conservative – Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
Ian Lavery (Labour – Blyth and Ashington)
Edward Leigh (Conservative – Gainsborough)
Emma Lewell (Labour – South Shields)
Julian Lewis (Conservative – New Forest East)
Carla Lockhart (Democratic Unionist Party – Upper Bann)
Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour – Salford)
Julia Lopez (Conservative – Hornchurch and Upminster)
Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain – Great Yarmouth)
Angus MacDonald (Liberal Democrat – Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire)
Justin Madders (Labour – Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Shabana Mahmood (Labour – Birmingham Ladywood)
Alan Mak (Conservative – Havant)
Seema Malhotra (Labour – Feltham and Heston)
Rachael Maskell (Labour – York Central)
Brian Mathew (Liberal Democrat – Melksham and Devizes)
Jerome Mayhew (Conservative – Broadland and Fakenham)
Douglas McAllister (Labour – West Dunbartonshire)
Martin McCluskey (Labour – Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West)
Siobhain McDonagh (Labour – Mitcham and Morden)
Andy McDonald (Labour – Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
Chris McDonald (Labour – Stockton North)
Blair McDougall (Labour – East Renfrewshire)
Lola McEvoy (Labour – Darlington)
Alex McIntyre (Labour – Gloucester)
Gordon McKee (Labour – Glasgow South)
Catherine McKinnell (Labour – Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Jim McMahon (Labour – Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)
James McMurdock (Independent – South Basildon and East Thurrock)
Frank McNally (Labour – Coatbridge and Bellshill)
Anneliese Midgley (Labour – Knowsley)
Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat – Bicester and Woodstock)
Julie Minns (Labour – Carlisle)
Abtisam Mohamed (Labour – Sheffield Central)
Iqbal Mohamed (Independent – Dewsbury and Batley)
Gagan Mohindra (Conservative – South West Hertfordshire)
Robbie Moore (Conservative – Keighley and Ilkley)
Grahame Morris (Labour – Easington)
Tom Morrison (Liberal Democrat – Cheadle)
Joy Morrissey (Conservative – Beaconsfield)
Wendy Morton (Conservative – Aldridge-Brownhills)
Kieran Mullan (Conservative – Bexhill and Battle)
Margaret Mullane (Labour – Dagenham and Rainham)
David Mundell (Conservative – Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale)
Andrew Murrison (Conservative – South West Wiltshire)
Luke Myer (Labour – Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)
Kanishka Narayan (Labour – Vale of Glamorgan)
Josh Newbury (Labour – Cannock Chase)
Jesse Norman (Conservative – Hereford and South Herefordshire)
Neil O’Brien (Conservative – Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative – Huntingdon)
Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat – Richmond Park)
Chi Onwurah (Labour – Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West)
Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour – Erith and Thamesmead)
Kate Osamor (Labour – Edmonton and Winchmore Hill)
Darren Paffey (Labour – Southampton Itchen)
Andrew Pakes (Labour – Peterborough)
Priti Patel (Conservative – Witham)
Matthew Patrick (Labour – Wirral West)
Rebecca Paul (Conservative – Reigate)
Stephanie Peacock (Labour – Barnsley South)
Bridget Phillipson (Labour – Houghton and Sunderland South)
Al Pinkerton (Liberal Democrat – Surrey Heath)
David Pinto-Duschinsky (Labour – Hendon)
Mark Pritchard (Conservative – The Wrekin)
Richard Quigley (Labour – Isle of Wight West)
Yasmin Qureshi (Labour – Bolton South and Walkden)
Shivani Raja (Conservative – Leicester East)
Jack Rankin (Conservative – Windsor)
Angela Rayner (Labour – Ashton-under-Lyne)
Mike Reader (Labour – Northampton South)
David Reed (Conservative – Exmouth and Exeter East)
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour – Stalybridge and Hyde)
Martin Rhodes (Labour – Glasgow North)
Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour – Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Marie Rimmer (Labour – St Helens South and Whiston) (Proxy vote cast by Rachael Maskell)
Joe Robertson (Conservative – Isle of Wight East)
Gavin Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party – Belfast East)
Matt Rodda (Labour – Reading Central)
Andrew Rosindell (Reform UK – Romford)
Sam Rushworth (Labour – Bishop Auckland)
Oliver Ryan (Labour – Burnley)
Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat – South Cotswolds)
Michelle Scrogham (Labour – Barrow and Furness)
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Satvir Kaur (Labour – Southampton Test)
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Steve Race (Labour – Exeter)
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Alex Sobel (Labour – Leeds Central and Headingley)
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Rishi Sunak (Conservative – Richmond and Northallerton)
Adam Thompson (Labour – Erewash)
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Laura Trott (Conservative – Sevenoaks)
Matt Western (Labour – Warwick and Leamington)
Jo White (Labour – Bassetlaw)
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Best Sex Toy Advent Calendars For Christmas 2026, From Ann Summers To Lovehoney
The weather outside might be frightful, but your bed is so delightful. The only thing that can make it any better is adding a sex toy into the mix.
They don’t call it the most wonderful time of the year for nothing. We’re cooped up inside, surrounded by mistletoe, what else are we supposed to do but make love, if not to a lover, then to ourselves?
Thankfully, there’s just the thing for that. While beauty Advent calendars top the market each year, I think there’s another kind of calendar that deserves to be given just as much attention: sex toy Advent calendars.
Behind each door you get a treat, not to put on your face, but to rest on your genitals or tickle or tie yourself with all over.
If that sounds like the kind of festive cheer you want to be having this Christmas 2026, keep reading for my round up of the best – tried and tested by me.
Best sex toy Advent calendars to shop at a glance:
How I tested the best sex toy Advent calendars

I’ve been testing sex toy Advent calendars for the last three years now: first, for my podcast Sextras, then for Cosmpolitan, Women’s Health, and Men’s Health, and now in my role as Shopping Writer at HuffPost.
So, yeah, I reckon that means I know what I’m talking about. Having tested every one on the market, from Ann Summers to Lovehoney, Sinful, and Satisfyer, I know what makes a good sex toy Advent calendar.
To test each, I opened all of the doors at once (as early as August, sorry!) to see what they had to offer. I considered whether each was worth the price for the number of doors.
If I hadn’t already tried the main sex toys, I then used them to see what I thought (God, it’s trying). I also took into account whether the toys could be used together, with whom, if there was a good combination of toys for penises, vulvas, and couples, and how long I thought each toy would last for.
There was also material, power, and waterproofness to consider.
About me: I’m a 26 year old cis woman who is in a queer relationship. As a journalist who’s been writing and podcasting about sex and relationships for six years, I’ve tested probably thousands of sex toys at this point, both by myself and with a partner.
Best sex toy Advent calendars to shop now
Ann Summers 12 Nights Of Pleasure Advent Calendar
The Advent might be 24 days, but this 12-day calendar has enough to keep you coming year-round.
’Tis the season to be horny, so tucked inside each individual frosty blue and gold box, you have 13 products that will improve your intimacy in one way or another.
For the clit owner, there’s a full-sized thrusting rabbit, mini magic wand, and G-spot vibrator.
You won’t have to choose between toys you use separately, either, because there’s plenty to keep you both toasty, even without a fire place.
Think: a vibrating rabbit-eared cock ring, which will get one of you there faster and keep the other harder for longer (not naming any names) along with a butt plug, flexible cock ring, and a bullet.
Should you have made their naughty list this year, there’s also all the makings of a beginner’s BDSM adventure, from a studded padel, to hand cuffs, and six ‘exploration’ cards that will help you sexplore your new bedmates.
Ann Summers 12 Nights Of Naughtiness
Santa is going to put whoever named this 12 nights of ‘naughtiness’ (ick) on his sleigh and take them home to spank them with the padel.
Other than that, this calendar is the more affordable of the Ann Summers routes into WAP-land this Christmas.
It might only include mini toys, but they still pack enough power to get even the single gal’s bells a-jingling.
There’s a weeny rabbit, a G-spot wand, two bullets, and a magic wand that will have you reaching your O (Holy Night) faster than you can say ‘rudolph’.
Then, if you do happen to have another creature stirring in your house, there’s plenty to be shared with them, too: anal beads that attach to your bullet, a stretchy cock ring, and a stroker.
Don’t worry, you won’t have to get coal as a pressie, because the padel and silk tie will make up for all the punishing you missed.
Lovehoney Couple’s Advent Calendar
Release date: Available now
Best for: Couples
Number of days: 24
Number of products:
Worth: £487.75
+ Products can be used together or separately
+ Options to stack products, like the bullet vibrator and dildo or cock ring, and finger vibrator
+ 69% off is a bargain
+ The Womanizer Liberty 2 and We-Vibe Sync alone makes up the cost
– Might be intimidating for beginners, but there are products suitable for everyone in there.
Now that’s what I’m talking about. For lovers who have someone to trim their tree, this calendar has all the trimmings you could hope for.
Let’s start with something incredible: a Womanizer-shaped Christmas tree decoration, so you can tell the whole world what a wanker you are.
The stars of the show are clearly the Womanizer Liberty 2, which is loaded with the brand’s special Pleasure Air Technology suction power, and is worth £90 alone.
Then there’s the We-Vibe Sync Lite, a C-shaped toy that can be slipped down your chimney during penetrative sex to make sure your clit gets in on the action.
Where to start with the other 22 products? There are bullets, dildos, anal beads, butt plugs, and prostate massagers galore. Oh, and Santa baby, forgot to mention that little cock ring.
Or an O ring, attached to the end of a hog tie that can connect to your ankle and hand cuffs and turn you into the Christmas ham. That’s the spirit!
Lovehoney Luxury Advent Calendar
Release date: Available now
Best for: Sex toy aficionados
Number of days: 24
Number of products: 24
Worth: £726.74
+ The Enhance is one of my favourite products probably… ever
+ The savings are out of the wazoo on this one
+ There’s something for clits and penises
+ Fun that there’s a Christmas-themed toy in there too (and it’s glass – jel)
– Naturally you won’t use everything, but you can share the things you don’t want with friends!
Sex toy aficionados, listen up! If you’ve rocked round the vibrator game a few times, you’ll know exactly what you’re into, and if you’re not afraid to ask for what you like, this calendar will keep you silent for more than a few nights.
One of my favourite products of all time is the Womanizer Enhance, so it’s huge for me personally that that has made the cut as the tree topper of this calendar.
Loaded with vibrations and suction (at the same time), it promises 100% orgasm success rate.
But add to it the charcuterie board of other products on the table, and you’ll be fizzing out multiple orgasms all year long.
A mini magic wand will keep you enchanted for life, so I’m jingling my bells at its inclusion in the Luxury calendar, along with an Arcwave Zing for our penis possessors out there.
Lest we forget it’s Christmas, there’s also a candy cane-shaped glass dildo, which you can get icy cold by leaving on the porch for a few hours before using it (or popping in a bowl of ice cold water, thanks climate change!).
Like the Couple’s calendar, there’s a cock ring, bullet, butt plug, anal beads, finger vibrator, and rabbit.
But what will really send you into overdrive is the tons of BDSM products to play with: a pinwheel for a spot of pain play, nipple clamps, a padel, and a shiny blue eye mask.
Lovehoney Indulge Advent Calendar
Release date: Available now
Best for: Sex toy beginners
Number of days: 24
Number of products: 24
Worth: £280.76
+ Great if you’re on a budget
+ Love the pink colour scheme
+ An ideal way to try lots of toys if you don’t know what you’re into
– The jelly toys aren’t the best quality so you’ll have to buy replacements eventually.
Thinking of getting into the sex toy world? This bargain £99 calendar from Lovehoney is your ideal starter pack to figure out what you’re in to.
While the toys themselves aren’t as good quality as in the Luxury or Couple’s Advent calendar, they’ll get the job done.
There’s a battery-powered suction toy that gets pretty close to the sensations of the Enhance, along with a baby magic wand to make all your Christmas wishes come true.
Meanwhile the finger stimulator, rabbit stimulator, and anal beads can be popped atop the bullet vibrator.
There’s also room to experiment with BDSM, including a pink rope (sleigh), tickler, massager, and a set of sparkly nipple covers, so you can make your Santa baby twinkle this XXXmas.
Final verdict
There are almost too many Advent calendars to choose from, so if you want to wank your way to wonder this Christmas, there are a few things to consider (and some I’d choose over others).
You’ll want to think about if you want a 12 or 24 day calendar – admittedly 24 sex products might be a bit much for some. Then, think about how you’ll be using them: with a partner or without is the main thing here.
If you’re after a calendar that covers all bases, the Ann Summers 12 Nights of Pleasure calendar has full-sized toys that can be used solo or with a partner.
The Lovehoney Couple’s Calendar is my favourite for couples, while the Luxury calendar might be best for advanced sex toy users. Beginners, on the other hand, will love the Indulge calendar (I’m a big fan of the pink colourway).
More sex toy Advent calendars to watch out for
If none of these calendars are tickling your fancy, don’t worry: last year, there were plenty more sex toy calendars to play with.
This year, we’re expecting drops from:
When is Advent 2026?
This year, Advent starts on 29 November 2026, which falls on a Sunday. But if you want to make the most of your sex toy Advent calendars, I’d recommend starting from 1 December, so you can open one box each day in the run up to Christmas.
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Save 25% Off LEGO Duplo Sets At NextL Including Bluey And Peppa Pig
Christmas might be months away still, but if there’s one thing you can bet on for sure it’s that kids will want toys for a present.
While older kids might be easier to buy for (as in, they’ll tell you straight up what they want) younger toddlers can be tricker.
If you’re after a toy that blends learning with creative play and, most importantly, fun, there’s no better brand than LEGO’s Duplo.
Designed specifically for little fingers, the Duplo keeps in mind that smaller children will still be developing motor skills and building confidence with play, so the blocks are bigger.
But that doesn’t mean they’re not just as fun; this year it has a ton of sets to choose from, from Bluey to Peppa Pig, and even Spider Man.
In even better news, there’s 25% off LEGO Duplo sets at Next from now until 16 September. So if you want to get a head start of your Christmas shopping, run, don’t walk!
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The House Article | We must legislate to ensure the AI revolution delivers for us all

Activists from ‘Pause AI’ and ‘Pull The Plug’ march from OpenAI’s London offices to Google and Meta, London, February 2026 (Ron Fassbender/Alamy Live News)
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Andy Burnham won Makerfield with the slogan “For Us”. With claims that AI will destroy the “Us” bit and a summer of tech shambles behind me, I am wondering – how is tech working For Us?
The shambles started when my Google Pixel 10 Pro developed the green screen of death while I was visiting family in the United States. My under-warranty taxpayer-funded smartphone became less useful than an actual brick.
Google is so, so global but their warranties are not valid outside the UK. My (UK-headquartered fintech darling) Revolut credit card only worked with my phone. My (UK-headquartered, co-operative, value-driven) John Lewis credit card decided my attempt to buy a cheap interim phone at a US store must be fraudulent, and suspended the card.
Without my phone, Revolut would not recognise me or my uploaded driving licence ID, and I found no effective customer service beyond intermittent and unhelpful responses from their X account.
John Lewis offered phone-only support, but when I used an unrecognised phone number to call them their fraud algorithm decided the card had been compromised and issued a new one – to my UK address, of course.
I am a tech evangelist. I became an engineer 40 years ago because I believed technology is what makes the world work for people. But I had to admit, tech was not working for me.
Ironically, half my summer reading was about the great changes AI will bring in productivity, human knowledge and flourishing, and half was about the US political techlash, the end of the tech optimisation trend and the economic and social fallout of an AI boom or bust.
Fortunately, family and friends were able to lend me the funds that the failures of Google, Revolut and John Lewis’ systems had made inaccessible.
Big Tech is simply not incentivised to devote the engineering resources needed to make tech work for us – and the consequences will be felt most acutely by the less well-off, the less tech-educated, those who are offline and those who do not represent opportunities for current or future profit.
Then there is the impact of social media on the mental health of children in particular, the growing flood of misinformation, the surveillance capture of our everyday lives, and of course the one in 10 chance we are all going to die thanks to AI.
We have come a long way from Harold Wilson’s “white heat of technology” speech of 1963 and his aspiration to “replace the cloth cap [with] the white laboratory coat as the symbol of British labour”.
Among the many consequences of the 40 years of neoliberalism repeatedly called out by Andy Burnham is a libertarian attitude to technology, best exemplified in the reluctance to regulate the internet: leave it to the market – governments are too slow and too stupid. The market, it was assumed, would deliver the best, most innovative products and services to those who needed them.
I believe it is important to be clear: that has not worked. Technology’s performance does not match its potential when it comes to making things work for us, and exceeds its potential when it comes to harming us. That is why my constituents don’t trust tech.
This matters now because we are in danger of repeating the same mistake with AI, at a time when tech vested interests are more powerful than ever. Twenty years ago, when global internet penetration was about 17 per cent, Facebook was a baby, only recently launched in the UK, and Google had just listed. Today, three quarters of the world uses the internet, and Meta and Alphabet are worth $6tn. Meanwhile, the enormous sums being invested in AI infrastructure – like all these data centres – are creating new pressures to generate returns, with companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI expected to go public in the pursuit of larger sources of capital.
How many years will it take for this technology to be optimised in all our interests? And how much value will be extracted to be concentrated in the hands of the few while popular distrust and dissatisfaction grows?
Our new government must legislate – with governments around the world if possible but alone if not – to ensure the AI revolution delivers for us all. It must see through the hype and restore responsibility and accountability to both tech bros and governments.
Let us make the tech we have work for us now, and shape the tech to come to work for us in the future.
Chi Onwurah is Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West and chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee
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How To Avoid Losing Money To Increasingly Clever Scams
Public concern over artificial intelligence (AI) scams is rapidly rising – and it’s really no wonder.
According to Europe-wide research from CRIF, three quarters (75%) of Brits are worried about AI-powered fraud, while two in five (40%) believe banks and insurers aren’t doing enough to protect them.
Just a year ago, CRIF found just 24% of UK consumers were worried about the risks that the rise in AI use posed. Fast forward to 2026 and two thirds (66%) believe fraud and cybercrime are becoming a bigger personal threat to them.
They’ve got good reason to be concerned. In June this year, the BBC reported that more than four million fraud cases were reported in 2025 – amounting to an eye-watering total of £1.3bn stolen by scammers.
Which types of scam are on the rise?
The good news is there has been a drop in impersonation fraud, where criminals pose as a bank, the police or an organisation and convince victims to transfer money to a “safe account”, according to UK Finance.
But, unfortunately, AI is enabling criminals to come up with more sophisticated and convincing scams, leading to people losing their hard-earned money.
AI can now mimic the voices of celebrities or even loved ones. Romance scams are on the rise, where criminals use a fake profile to forge a relationship with victims, gaining their trust and then asking for money.
Investment fraud, where criminals persuade victims to put money into a fake or misleading investment opportunity, was also up 40% year-on-year in 2025.
How to protect yourself and your loved ones from being scammed
The key thing to remember is to stop and “take five” if someone unexpectedly asks for your money or personal information.
As part of a new campaign, Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood is urging people to “master the art of impoliteness” to prevent fraud, saying “when it comes to fraud, being a bit rude is exactly the right thing to do”.
Here are some ways to keep you (and your loved ones) safe from scams in 2026:
1. Put the phone down
If someone you don’t know phones you and asks for personal info, security details or even money, hang up. You can then contact the organisation they’re claiming to be from directly to ensure the request is legit.
If you receive a phone call from someone close to you demanding something, be aware that it might not actually be them as AI can now clone people’s voices using clips from social media.
Red flags to watch out for, according to Central Bank, include: your ‘loved one’ pressuring you to act quickly to wire money or send personal details; unusual requests which seem out of the ordinary; and not letting you ring off so you can verify who’s calling.
The advice here is to stop, hang up, and contact your loved one directly via their phone number or another trusted platform.
It can also be useful to come up with an obscure ‘code word’ that only you and your family members know so that if a situation does arise where they need you to send them money or information, you can ask them for the code word to verify it’s really them.
2. Close that email or advert, and do your research
If you receive an email or see an advert that pressures you to act quickly – whether that’s regarding an investment opportunity or buying sold-out concert tickets – close it and act with caution.
The Take Five campaign urges: “Do your research and independently verify the company using the Financial Conduct Authority’s Firm Checker before you share any personal details or send money.”
3. Be wary of who you let into your world
With romance scams on the rise, fraudsters are gaining people’s trust by asking them lots about themselves, showering them with compliments, claiming they’ve fallen in love with them, and then asking for money.
The Neighbourhood Watch Network advises a few steps to take to steer clear of these scams, including: not accepting friend requests from people you don’t know, doing a reverse image search on people’s profile images if you’ve not met them, avoiding giving away too many personal details online; and never sending or receiving money to someone you’ve met online.
4. Shut the door to tradespeople and check their company
If someone knocks on your door offering to clean your drive, clear your gutters, or offer another service, don’t agree to anything straight away.
Take Five warns that fraudsters can pose as tradespeople and pressure you into a quick decision or ask for money upfront.
“Shut the door, take time to check the company or trader is genuine, and speak to someone you trust before making any payment,” the campaign advises.
5. Protect yourself
And lastly, if you think you’ve been scammed, don’t be embarrassed or try to brush it under the carpet.
Contact your bank immediately and tell the police at reportfraud.police.uk or on 0300 123 2040.
Shocked? Concerned? Don’t worry; there’s an easy way to ensure you’re protected from the more nefarious interests looking to take advantage of your online presence: Bitdefender. Bitdefender takes care of the boring security bits for you, so you can carry on using the internet just as it suits you, without worrying about hackers, scammers, malware, and all that nasty stuff.
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This 1 Ingredient Levelled Up My Macaroni Cheese Recipe (And It Isn’t Mustard)
Last night, I was halfway through making my usual cheesy pasta (technically not macaroni as I used mixed pasta shells) when I realised that I had NO mustard in the cupboard. Nothing, not even a little slither.
I had already showered and got into my pyjamas so popping to the shop was obviously out of the question but I really still needed something to give my dinner that familiar ‘punch’.
That’s when my partner, who is admittedly far more adventurous in the kitchen than I am, suggested adding a dollop of horseradish.
Horseradish is, dare I say it, better than mustard in cheesy pasta
I thought he’d lost his mind. I hate horseradish – I can’t even handle the smell of it. But thanks to hanger getting dangerously close to kicking in and a desperate need to have dinner and watch Battlestar Galactica, I trusted him.
Once we had created the roux using flour, milk and double cream as we were a little low on milk, we stirred in around half a tablespoon of horseradish, some garlic seasoning, italian herbs and grated cheese.
I tasted it and outwardly groaned. It was unreal. Nutty, tangy, cheesy, ugh.
I honestly could have eaten it there and then but we chose to crisp up the dish by baking it for 10 minutes at 180°C. To add extra crunch, we topped the pasta with breadcrumbs, cripsy onions and for a little more flavour, dashes of Worcestershire sauce.
Then it was time to dig in, finally.
I can’t believe I’m saying this but the horseradish really brought this to life. I actually think even once we do have mustard back in our cupboard, I’ll still opt for horseradish over it. Every single bite was heavenly.
I couldn’t recommend this more, please let me know if you try it.
Brb, I’m off to eat my leftovers.
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Greens Pick Zack Polanski As Candidate In Starmers Old Seat
Zack Polanski will be the Green Party’s candidate in next month’s crucial Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
The party confirmed on Friday morning that he will go up against Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali to succeed Keir Starmer as the constituency’s MP.
The former prime minister stunned Westminster by announcing he was quitting parliament earlier this month.
Polanski beat off the challenge of local Green councillor Hamza Chowdhury for the party’s nomination.
Starmer retained the seat for Labour with a majority of 11,572 votes at the 2024 general election.
But the Greens have seen a surge in support since Polanski was elected the party’s leader a year ago.
The by-election is seen as a straight fight between Labour, who have held the seat ever since it was created in 1983, and the Greens.
A victory for Abdi-Wali would be further proof that Labour is winning back voters who had switched to the Greens now that Starmer has been replaced as leader by Andy Burnham.
It would also be a huge blow to the Greens, and the political ambitions of Polanski.
But a victory for Polanski would give the Greens their first London MP and be a massive boost for the party as it fights Labour for the support of progressive voters across the country.
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Allison Gardner MP: ‘You don’t have to oppose assisted dying to know that this bill isn’t right’
Like many MPs, I have spent a great deal of time over the past few years deeply considering the assisted dying debate. I have not drawn a firm conclusion on the principle of the matter itself. Like many, I have personal experience of losing loved ones, and I have seen difficult deaths. I understand why people want parliament to consider changing the law.
But the question before parliament is not about whether we think introducing assisted death is ethical in the abstract. The question is if this bill, in this societal moment, is the right way to do it. Having looked closely at the evidence, experiences of other jurisdictions, views from healthcare and disability organisations, and the practical implications of what is proposed, my first conclusion is clear: it can’t be this bill.
My greatest concern with the text before us is the inadequacy of the safeguards provided. We know that systems designed to protect vulnerable people can fail, and in this legislation, the consequences of a failure could be fatal.
The safeguards on paper that are meant to prevent patients from being coerced to die cannot truly account for all the pressures of life. Doctors will be asked to adjudicate whether someone is being forced to participate against their will. Take, for example, victims of domestic abuse. Coercive control does not always involve an explicit threat. However, years of manipulation, financial abuse and psychological pressure, leaving someone feeling that they are a burden on those around them, are no less real. A terminal diagnosis, increasing dependency and the prospect of expensive or exhausting care could make those pressures more significant, leading someone to “choose” to die when they may not otherwise have done so.
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The government’s own equality impact assessment of the bill acknowledges that disabled people are twice as likely as non-disabled people to experience domestic abuse, including coercive behaviour. While the bill may insist on doctors being satisfied that a patient’s decision is voluntary, the sheer volume of likely applicants (as many as 10,428 or more by Year 10) increases the likelihood that coercion will be missed. A flawed assessment of a situation can unintentionally lead to a tragic death. Notably, not a single organisation which supports victims of domestic abuse backs this bill.
At the core of our party’s DNA is a commitment to uphold the vulnerable and fight for equality in the face of structural discrimination. It seems to me that this bill, then, given its detailed risks, is at odds with a central tenet of who we are and what we stand for as a party.
That brings me to my second conclusion: not now.
As Andy Burnham has identified and settled on as a priority issue at the very start of his tenure as prime minister, Britain is in the middle of a crisis in palliative and end-of-life care. Three quarters of hospices in England are running a deficit, two in five are planning further clinical cuts, and 380 hospice beds are currently out of use because of funding pressures.
I support and uphold the principles of free choice and bodily autonomy. But it isn’t fair to act like this assisted dying regime would offer a “free choice” in our current climate if the alternative to a premature death is a lengthy wait for a failing care system to come to one’s aid.
The risks within this context will be particularly acute to those who already face structural discrimination. The government’s new equality impact assessment warns that people from ethnic minorities will be disproportionately likely to opt for an early death under the bill due to the influences of poorer access to healthcare, lower-quality care and poverty. If someone is struggling to obtain hospice care, social care, adequate pain relief or support for their family, we should be asking how we provide those things, rather than assuming that the existence of a legal option to die resolves the underlying problem.
Given the high stakes involved, it seems particularly unwise that the vehicle for this attempt to legalise assisted dying was a private members’ bill, and that a threat now looms large that the same bill will be shoehorned into law via the Parliament Acts if need be. The sponsors of the bill seem likely to reject any attempts to amend the text, leaving many significant flaws in the bill highlighted by the House of Lords in the previous session unaddressed by MPs, in order to leave this option on the table. Assisted dying was always going to be a complex issue that required time and dedicated attention to avoid the bear traps inherent in legislation of this kind. Unfortunately, the means being used to bludgeon this clearly flawed bill into law feel recklessly inconsiderate of the importance of getting the content right.
While I remain open-minded on the wider issue of assisted dying, I am equally resolute that this bill, and this timing, falls short of what is safe and fair for our public services and our vulnerable groups. If and when parliament offers a new choice for terminally ill patients at the end of life, we must ensure that they have the care, protection and support to make that choice genuinely free.
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Oasis Tour 2027 Appears To Be Confirmed With Epic Drone Show
If you missed out on getting tickets for Oasis on tour last year, the group has some news you’re probably going to want to hear.
For weeks, there’ve been whisperings suggesting that Liam and Noel Gallagher are planning to hit the road again in 2027, which finally appear to have been confirmed.
And given just how massive the brothers’ last string of shows was – their latest announcement was a pretty epic one.
On Thursday night, the Manchester sky was lit up with a drone show spelling out Oasis’ name using the group’s iconic emblem – as well as a date and time pointing to Monday 14 September at 4pm, which is seemingly when more news of the group’s return will be revealed.
The graphic design company Microdot – who have collaborated with Oasis numerous times over the years – later shared footage of the teaser on their official social media.
If rumours are to be believed, the Gallaghers’ next jaunt will include a residency at Manchester City’s grounds, the Etihad Stadium, which happened to be where the drone display took place.
Reports have also claimed that Oasis will be returning to Knebworth in 2027, 30 years after their record-breaking shows there in the mid-90s.
Meanwhile, Oasis have also been posting footage of cities like Glasgow, Paris, Amsterdam and Rome on their socials, suggesting that they’ll be playing there live next year.
HuffPost UK has contacted Oasis’ reps for comment.
Before any more live shows from Oasis, fans have the tour documentary Don’t Look Back In Anger to look forward to.
Directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, and written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, the movie chronicles the brothers’ reunion and features their first joint interview after more than 15 years of estrangement.
Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger is in cinemas now.
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Nigel Farage Ally Criticizes Heathrow Workforce Diversity
A close ally of Nigel Farage has been criticised after he complained about the lack of white people working at Heathrow Airport.
Arron Banks was branded “shocking and disgraceful” after he spoke out in a now-deleted post on X.
Banks, who was Reform UK candidate to become the West of England mayor last year, said: “Going through Heathrow today, there wasn’t one white face in security or airport services.
“The Home Office is staffed by the type of people we are trying to keep out! What hope?”
His comments sparked a wave of criticism online.
Tory chairman Kevin Hollinrake said: “What does this say to every non-white adult or child in this country? Born here? Raised here? No matter. Told by a Reform supporter, donor and mayoral candidate Arron Banks that they’re not welcome. Shocking and disgraceful.”
Political commentator Dan Hodges accused Banks of “outright racism”.
The row comes just a week after Zia Yusuf, Reform’s home affairs spokesman, was accused of racism after attacking a Labour council leader born in Somalia.
Sagal Abdi-Wali, who on Wednesday was chosen as her party’s candidate in the upcoming Holborn and St Pancras by-election, came to the UK as a child refugee with her family more than 30 years ago.
She became a Labour councillor in 2022, and has been leader of Camden Council in north London since May.
In a post on X, Yusuf said: “The front runner being foisted on the people of Holborn by Labour to replace the former Prime Minister Keir Starmer in our Parliament was born in Somalia. Do you understand what’s happening?”
It is not the first time that Yusuf’s social media posts have landed him in hot water.
Last month he was slapped down by Nigel Farage after he said Ben Wallace, the former Tory defence secretary who served in the Scots Guards, was “a traitor to Britain”.
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The House Opinion Article | It’s Time For The Whips To Find Their Voice

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There were once good arguments for the whips’ silence but Sebastian Whale argues it’s now in their own interests to find their voice
Why don’t whips speak in public? Is there, perhaps, a helium leak in their lairs just off Members’ Lobby? It would, after all, hardly help instil fear if when they spoke it was not in a menacing growl but a squeak.
Nonsense of course, but no less silly than some of the myths about them churned out by the Westminster rumour mill that go largely unanswered as whips stick to their omertà.
Now that Andy Burnham has vowed to reform the whipping system as Prime Minister, they are about to find their roles under intense scrutiny. And this time they should answer for themselves – in public.
Keir Starmer’s relationship with the bulk of his MPs went from bad to worse and his successor wants the whips’ office to act as more of an HR department than a disciplinary organisation.
Among his arguments is that he doesn’t believe the whip should be used to punish people on matters of conscience. “I didn’t see that done in the Blair and Brown years,” Andy Burnham told LBC.
A laudable point, but it does beg the question: when were Labour MPs punished on matters of conscience?
Such issues – think abortion reform, the death penalty, or assisted dying – are typically left well alone insofar as whipping is concerned. There was a bit of a commotion earlier this parliament when a Labour MP complained to the office about the issuing of a three-line whip ahead of a division on decriminalising abortion – but the line of the whip refers to attendance, not how MPs are expected to vote. In this instance, backbenchers were issued with a three-line whip to attend, but a free vote on the matter at hand.
This is a subtle difference unknown to some Westminster dwellers – even the odd MP. But can they really be blamed when the institution at hand remains so quiet on how it works, what it does, and why it exists?
Traditionalists shy from the light. The likes of Gyles Brandreth and former chiefs Tim Renton and Simon Hart – all one-time Tory whips who wrote about life in the office – are still persona non grata to certain diehards.
“Chief whips should never write memoirs nor give detailed interviews about their work or their flock,” argued a former Tory chief whip. During his tenure, the ex-chief handled “one coming out, three marriage problems, and other personal difficulties”. But he would rather go to jail for contempt of court than “reveal any secret of the office or what colleagues said”.
This omertà may seem extreme but his argument is simple and compelling: “If Conservative MPs thought that whips would be writing books or giving detailed interviews then no one would talk to us again.”
Such an outcome would be disastrous. The whips’ pastoral support for colleagues has, on occasion, been life-saving. Were top whips of all political colours to publish what they witnessed in the office, “then we could outsell Nadine Dorries, Jilly Cooper, and God knows how many Shades of Grey”, the ex-chief said, “but we don’t and should never do so.”
Undoubtedly, however, the code of silence has waned – 64 politicians who served in the whips’ office spoke to me for my book – with many now happy to rebut untrue rumours and half-truths, all within clearly defined parameters that don’t dwell on the personal.
So much the better. Where once it made sense for the whips to remain aloof, thereby inculcating respect and fear among new arrivals to Westminster, now the fog has partially lifted. It is time for full disinfecting sunshine.
Some would argue that the whips’ office is already scrutinised and held accountable through the leader of the House, who takes questions in the Chamber related to the Commons and legislation. The office also issues statements and context in response to journalists’ queries or reporting.
It’s not completely unheard of, either, for whips to appear in the media. Labour chiefs in particular have typically been more comfortable speaking to journalists.
There is, too, a degree of accountability in Parliament. Whips from rival parties are constantly negotiating in the ‘usual channels’, through which agreements (and disagreements) are hashed out. These lines of communication have long been a key thread of parliamentary life, and there are consequences for skulduggery – over the decades, opposition whips have refused to co-operate in the wake of perceived wrongdoing or double-crosses by the governing party.
“We could outsell Nadine Dorries, Jilly Cooper, and God knows how many Shades of Grey”
Chiefs have even spoken from the despatch box. In 1975, government chief whip Bob Mellish addressed the House after a prank by his legendary deputy Walter Harrison, who asked Labour MPs to vote twice, once in each lobby, while wearing disguises (the Tories, in an attritional opposition measure, had taken to calling divisions but not voting). Mellish defused accusations of cheating (the vote was never going to stand, as there weren’t enough people to constitute a quorum) by saying: “I spend all my time trying to get as many MPs as I can to go in one lobby. I’m overwhelmed at the enthusiasm of those who voted in two.”
A more sombre example came in late March 1979, when Mellish’s successor, Michael Cocks, announced to the Chamber that an unidentified person had been seriously hurt in an explosion on the parliamentary estate. The person in question was Conservative MP Airey Neave, who died from injuries sustained after a car bomb detonated under his Vauxhall Cavalier.
But I believe it’s time to go further, and have more direct scrutiny.
Whips would be better served by occasionally putting up spokespeople for interviews or having the chief whip and other seniors face the equivalent of a whips select committee or departmental questions in the Commons, perhaps once a parliamentary term, or on an ad hoc basis, such as during business questions.
This could be set with limitations. They should not, for example, discuss individuals or private information. Instead, they would speak about the parliamentary process, the government’s approach to particular votes, or broader whipping principles that may have informed the behaviour in question.
Speaking publicly would help the whips push back against misconceptions and clarify their essential role. From ensuring attendance at unheralded bill committees, responding to procedural prompts in the Chamber, to facilitating two-way communication between No 10 and backbenchers, the whips keep the place going. The public deserves to know that, and understand the whips’ core purpose beyond cajoling MPs into the ‘correct’ division lobby.
There’s a second powerful argument – though few traces remain of the brutality of old, the whips are nonetheless recipients of a potent form of political power: information. And where there’s power, there will be the wrong people attracted to it.
No matter how few the wrong ’uns are in comparison to the good, there will always be friction where whips are privy to MPs’ personal lives, while at the same time lobbying them for their votes. Having more accountability would help to neutralise this threat, reassure backbenchers wavering over who to trust, and preserve the ethos of good whipping that predominates.
The whips’ silence is starting to hurt them: reputationally, strategically, politically.
Everyone with an interest in politics knows they’re not the fearsome enforcers of old, and yet misconceptions about ‘issues of conscience’ persist. With pragmatism going out of fashion, a forthright argument for their raison d’etre has never been more urgent. And who better to make the case than the all-knowing actors at the heart of the parliamentary nexus?
Sebastian Whale is author of The Usual Channels: Inside the Mysterious World of Political Whips
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