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# ![@Steven_Swinford Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::224568664.png) @Steven_Swinford Steven Swinford

Steven Swinford posts on X about china, prince andrew, sick of, spy the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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[countries](/list/countries)  XXXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  XXXX% [finance](/list/finance)  #404 [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  XXXX%

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[china](/topic/china) #2178, [prince andrew](/topic/prince-andrew) #131, [sick of](/topic/sick-of) #30, [spy](/topic/spy) #552, [rachel reeves](/topic/rachel-reeves) 6.25%, [beijing](/topic/beijing) #745, [insurance](/topic/insurance) #1387, [cps](/topic/cps) #36, [governments](/topic/governments) #67, [he will](/topic/he-will) #848

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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"This morning Robert Jenrick said Prince Andrew had embarrassed the royal family and should leave Royal Lodge He said the public are 'sick' of him and that it was 'about time' that the King's brother 'took himself off to live in private' That is not the Tory line or Kemi Badenoch's position - the official position is that it remains a matter for Buckingham Palace"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1980650412907639003) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-21T15:00Z 117.5K followers, 37.4K engagements


"BREAKING: The Court of Appeal has overturned an injunction that would have blocked the use of the Bell Hotel in Epping to house asylum seekers The home office argued that the human rights of asylum seekers ultimately trumped the concerns of local residents The Court of Appeal found that the temporary injunction would have incentivised unlawful protests and encouraged other councils to apply for injunctions It said the judge made an 'erroneous decision' in denying the Home Office the right to take part in the legal proceedings 'If an outbreak of protests enhances the case for a planning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1961422214726816145) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-08-29T13:34Z 117.4K followers, 1.6M engagements


"Exclusive from @Geri_E_L_Scott Cabinet ministers believe Sir Keir Starmers national security adviser is too close to China and his position is increasingly unsustainable Jonathan Powell faces mounting scrutiny over his relationship with Beijing after a China spy trial collapsed last month Before entering No XX Powell made several visits to China including one in which he met the most senior diplomat and said that Britain wanted to enhance its relationship with Beijing in pursuit of a stable practical and long-term partnership One cabinet minister said that Powell was too soft on China and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1976705161037832610) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-10T17:43Z 117.5K followers, 158.6K engagements


"Exclusive from @MaxKendix Eight Reform UK councils have indicated that they will raise council tax next year after struggling to find huge cuts in public spending Durham Warwickshire Leicestershire Derbyshire Staffordshire Lancashire Lincolnshire and Kent are all looking at council tax rises Reform leaders have faced similar problems to other councils in providing for the spiralling cost of childrens and adult social care which accounts for about two-thirds of budgets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1976705830171955391) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-10T17:46Z 117.4K followers, 209.6K engagements


"EXCLUSIVE from @Smyth_Chris Rachel Reeves is preparing to save more than a billion pounds by targeting disabled peoples capacity to get cars through the benefits system Tax breaks worth about X billion a year are set to be scrapped in the budget dramatically reducing an exemption by which cars leased under the scheme do not have to pay VAT or insurance premium tax In another change being considered BMWs Mercedes and other luxury cars could be removed from a scheme that provides such premium brands to more than 40000 benefits claimants Reeves is said to be less likely to go further next month"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1979175472580956679) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-17T13:19Z 117.5K followers, 59.8K engagements


"EXCLUSIVE from @KateMansey The King is considering stripping Prince Andrew of his title as the Duke of York as the palace reaches a tipping point with him over a string of scandals Charles is considering all options a royal source said. One option would be to remove the dukedom from Andrew Such a move would require an act of parliament but it would be likely to receive government and public support particularly if it had the Kings backing It is hoped that Andrew might voluntarily give up the title before being forced however"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1979197757018554825) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-17T14:48Z 117.5K followers, 50.3K engagements


"Breaking: The government says that Matthew Collins the Deputy National Security adviser was entirely responsible for the evidence given to the CPS in the China spy trial 'The Deputy National Security adviser was given full freedom to provide evidence without interference' The government confirms that the evidence - based on the integrated review at the time - did not designate China as an enemy and a threat to national security But there was plenty of evidence at the time - from the heads of MI5 and MI6 and government statements - that China was considered a threat to national security This"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1977786967715684454) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-13T17:22Z 117.5K followers, 360.9K engagements


"Breaking: The governments treatment of trans people in the UK could breach the European Convention on Human Rights Europes human rights watchdog has claimed Michael OFlaherty the human rights commissioner for the Council of Europe - which oversees the ECHR - has written to Shabana Mahmood the home secretary and MPs setting out his concerns after visiting the UK to observe human rights issues. He warned that trans guidance introduced across different areas of society in the UK following the ruling in April by the UK Supreme Court declaring that the definition of a woman must be based on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1978022522407764145) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-14T08:58Z 117.5K followers, 959.6K engagements


"Keir Starmer now looks like he will have no choice but to publish the critical evidence that led to the collapse of the China spy trial after another extraordinary row with the CPS Once again the governments version of events in this case is being publicly challenged by another public body What the evidence from Matthew Collins the deputy NSA says will be fascinating. Did it make any reference to threats posed by China at all Did it draw on evidence from the home office or MI5 Did it flag the public descriptions of China as a threat to national security by the heads of MI5 and MI6 Or was it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1978356400045658576) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-15T07:04Z 117.5K followers, 394.6K engagements


"As is often the case the great @ShippersUnbound and I are fishing in same pond He reveals in The Spectator that Chinese interests purchased the data hub used by Whitehall departments to exchange information - including on highly classified projects A source tells him that the episode was a "stratospheric fuck-up' Sources also tell him that the MoD and Downing Street were both hacked"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1978469953717080190) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-15T14:36Z 117.5K followers, 382.1K engagements


"The government is not denying the claim from Dominic Cummings that China succeeded in compromising the system used to transfer highly secret data around Whitehall Cummings said that China obtained 'vast amounts' of classified information over a period of many years A Cabinet Office spokesman said: 'We do not comment on security matters'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1978502298620838059) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-15T16:44Z 117.5K followers, 211.2K engagements


"The governments denial today that there was a massive data breach which saw China gain access to huge amounts of classified government material is a classic of the genre The Cabinet Office says it is untrue to claim that the systems we use to transfer ***the most sensitive government*** information have been compromised But that denial only extends to the most sensitive data held on a specific system Government sources privately concede that there was a huge breach of classified data over many years held outside that system - as per Dominic Cummingss claim Significant volumes of confidential"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1978719056992596479) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-16T07:06Z 117.5K followers, 166.7K engagements


"The government's evidence in the China spy trial suggests that Christopher Berry a British academic and english teacher met Cai Qi one of the most powerful men in China The evidence says the meeting is 'striking'. One China watcher said: 'I cannot tell you how mental this is' Today Qi is the fifth-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee the body which runs China. The number matters - in China power is carefully delineated He is known as President Xi's 'chief of staff'. He previously served as deputy director of the office of the Central National Security Commission - one of the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1978758535753125934) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-16T09:42Z 117.5K followers, 99.6K engagements


"Exclusive from @Geri_E_L_Scott A group of peers is at the centre of a House of Lords plot to derail guidance protecting womens single-sex spaces leaked documents have revealed. The group which includes a former head of Stonewall and one of its founder members is seeking to scupper rules drawn up by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) by delaying the governments process until a new chair of the regulator is appointed. A source told The Times that Lord Collins of Highbury the governments equalities spokesman in the House of Lords had been involved in 'strategy development with the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1979444814409007469) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-18T07:09Z 117.5K followers, 333.2K engagements


"Sounds like the deadlock between the government and West Midlands police over Aston Villa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv is still very much unresolved The government has asked the police to tell it what additional resources are needed to police the game safely. The police are yet to respond Number XX condemns any violent behaviour at the Maccabi Tel Aviv game at the weekend. But the position remains - Starmer will do everything in his power to ensure travelling fans can come to the game"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1980267913392103847) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-20T13:40Z 117.5K followers, 82.4K engagements


"Sir Keir Starmer is refusing to describe China as a threat to Britains national security Pressed repeatedly his official spokesman points to the statement by Matt Collins the deputy national security adviser in his statement ahead of collapsed China spy trial That evidence stated that China conducts large-scale espionage operations against the UK. It says those operations threaten the UKs economic prosperity and resilience and the integrity of our democratic institutions But it stopped short of describing it as a threat to national security which ultimately led to the collapse of the trial It"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1980268119756329262) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-20T13:41Z 117.5K followers, 391.7K engagements


"Exclusive from @TomWitherow @GeorgeGreenwood @ManuMidolo Prince Andrew has not paid rent on his grace-and-favour mansion on the Windsor Estate for two decades The Times can reveal The Times obtained a copy of the leasehold agreement for Royal Lodge revealing the terms under which the prince lives on the 30-room estate It states that while the prince paid X million for the lease plus at least XXX million for refurbishments completed in 2005 he has paid one peppercorn (if demanded) in rent per year since 2003 He and his family are entitled to live in the property until 2078 The agreement also"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1980377232808812795) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-20T20:55Z 117.5K followers, 75.6K engagements


"Prince Andrew should leave Royal Lodge and make his own way in life because the public are sick of him the shadow justice secretary says Robert Jenrick says Prince Andrew he has disgraced the royal family and the nation time and again and must no longer be allowed to live in a taxpayer subsidised luxury home Its about time Prince Andrew took himself off to live in private and make his own way in life. He has disgraced himself he has embarrassed the Royal family time and again. I dont see why the taxpayer frankly should continue to foot the bill at all. The public are sick of him. The King"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1980531512425509181) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-21T07:08Z 117.5K followers, 32.6K engagements


"Breaking: Rachel Reeves lifts the lid on the OBRs productivity downgrade saying it will show that Brexit has had an even bigger impact on the economy than expected Shes framing the narrative for the tax rises coming in the Budget arguing that Brexit - specifically the way Brexit was implemented - has hit growth The reasoning is that peoples viewed have changed on Brexit. That six in XX voters think Brexit has been more a failure than a success She is trying to delineate between the way Brexit was implemented and the Brexit vote itself I dont think that the past has to define our future. Thats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1980607519253815549) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-21T12:10Z 117.5K followers, 56.9K engagements


"Exclusive from @Geri_E_L_Scott and @matt_dathan The Home Secretary has told Europe's human rights that questioning the validity of the Supreme Court's trans ruling is 'unacceptable Shabana Mahmood accused Michael OFlaherty the Council of Europes human rights commissioner of misrepresenting the governments legal position on protest counterterrorism and the treatment of transgender people. OFlaherty warned that trans guidance that will be introduced in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling could exclude trans people from many areas of life Mahmood said: 'I would like to take this opportunity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1980649308333428839) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-21T14:56Z 117.5K followers, 15.2K engagements


"EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Reeves will launch a X billion tax raid on lawyers family doctors and accountants as she seeks to balance the books by targeting the wealthy The chancellor is expected to use the budget to impose a new charge on people who use limited liability partnerships as she tries to fill a XX billion hole in the public finances More than 190000 workers use partnerships particularly in the legal world and they offer a significant tax benefit over ordinary employment. They are not subject to employers' national insurance as partners are treated as self-employed Reeves is said to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1980685785415434479) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-21T17:21Z 117.5K followers, 467K engagements


"Exclusive: Young people would be given a 5000 national insurance rebate towards the cost of their first home when they get their first full-time job under Conservative plans to reward work Sir Mel Stride the shadow chancellor will announce proposals for a first-job bonus that would divert national insurance payments into a long-term savings account. For a working couple the bonus would be worth 10000 The plans would benefit 600000 people a year and the Conservatives say the XXX billion cost would be funded by cutting government spending including ending sickness benefits for milder mental"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1974946198290051485) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-05T21:14Z 117.5K followers, 423.5K engagements


"Exclusive from @matt_dathan China was given assurances that Labour would progress its application to build a super-embassy in London amid pressure on ministers over ties with Beijing China submitted a new planning application on July XX last year XX days after Labour entered power. A previous application expired a year earlier after an unsuccessful attempt to persuade the Tory government Zheng Zeguang the Chinese ambassador to the UK told senior Foreign Office officials that China wanted assurances that ministers would progress the application A government official told The Times: 'They China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1977646357360824566) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-13T08:03Z 117.5K followers, 52.1K engagements


"Sir Keir Starmer will do 'whatever it takes' to ensure that Israeli football fans can attend the game between Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv next month Starmer believes police should not be 'surrendering' to anti-semites and racists. Allies say PM is furious The Govt is in talks with West Midland's police about additional funding to ensure that they can police the game safely Feels like a potential resolution is in sight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1979230289307275498) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-17T16:57Z 117.5K followers, 60.6K engagements


"BREAKING Prince Andrew has been forced to reliquish **all** his titles including Duke of York and Knight of the Garter after his friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein threatened to overshadow the reign of King Charles. He will remain known as Prince Andrew in accordance with a law first set down by George V in 1917 which stipulates that a son of a monarch can be called a prince. His HRH status will remain in abeyance. A private lease agreement with the Crown Estate means that he can stay in residence at Royal Lodge Windsor. Comes after huge @KateMansey scoop earlier this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1979247295687209242) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-17T18:05Z 117.5K followers, 50K engagements


"Exclusive: * Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves plan to blame Nigel Farage for tax rises in the Budget. They will say he delivered Brexit with 'easy sloganeering' then walked away failing to take responsibility * They will explicitly link the OBR's upcoming productivity downgrade - which has left a huge hole in the public finances - to the economic hit after Brexit. Rather than just blaming the Tories they plan to go for Farage personally * So much for the conference afterglow: A new analysis of polls show just how dire things really are for Labour and the Tories * Starmer is the most"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1976736510037639305) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-10T19:48Z 117.5K followers, 980.8K engagements


"EXCLUSIVE: China compromised the system used to transfer highly secret data around Whitehall and obtained vast amounts of classified government information over a period of many years Dominic Cummings has said Cummings who served as a senior adviser to Boris Johnson said that he and the then prime minister were informed about the breach in 2020. He said he was warned at the time that disclosing some specific details of the breach would be a criminal offence It included Strap material which is the government term for the highest level of classified information. Cummings told The Times: The"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1978454551532302378) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-15T13:34Z 117.5K followers, 690K engagements


"EXCLUSIVE Dominic Cummings interview * Nigel Farage is in pole position to become PM if he can build a serious team. Cummings says Farage deserves 'credit' for being right on Brexit and migration 'He can destroy the Tory party a one-man band with an iPhone. He could even win the next election one man band with an iPhone. But you cannot take over the broken British state and change it as a one-man band and an iPhone' * But Cummings questioned whether Farage is enough of a 'psychopath' to want to be prime minister 'You've talked to many people like Blair like Cameron Osborne right We both know"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1979444336476762559) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-18T07:08Z 117.5K followers, 188.8K engagements


"We're now in the position where the Conservative Party is publicly calling for Prince Andrew to leave the Royal Lodge arguing that the public is sick of him and that he has disgraced both the nation and the royal family It will become increasingly difficult for the government not to take a position on Andrew remaining in the 30-room lodge given the taxpayer subsidy involved and the peppercorn rent Something will have to give"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1980543606797554094) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-21T07:56Z 117.5K followers, 41.6K engagements


"Big exclusive tonight from @patrickkmaguire and @Gabriel_Pogrund Britains most senior civil servant is expected to be ousted within months after losing the confidence of senior figures in Downing Street No XX and Whitehall sources have told The Times that Sir Chris Wormald the cabinet secretary is unlikely to survive beyond January as concerns about his performance increase Sir Keir Starmers inner circle are concerned that the centre of government remains underpowered despite last months reorganisation of the prime ministers Downing Street team Starmers ally Baroness Casey of Blackstock the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1980717484744294552) [@Steven_Swinford](/creator/x/Steven_Swinford) 2025-10-21T19:27Z 117.5K followers, 183.2K engagements