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Best of X Today: MacIntyre’s 100-Day Vow, Lowe’s Slavery Motion and Streeting’s £70m Mansion

MacIntyre’s 100-day veterans vow, Lowe’s slavery motion and Streeting’s £70m mansion: today’s top eight posts on X, checked against the record.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage smiling on stage in a dark suit and red tie, holding a microphone and a blue folder

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting in his official portrait, beside the white stucco front of the Carlton Gardens mansion near St James's Park

Streeting Moves Into ‘£70m’ Taxpayer Mansion After Lammy Finally Leaves Carlton Gardens

Guido reveals Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has moved into 1 Carlton Gardens, a grace-and-favour mansion worth about £60-70m, after Lammy left.

Louise Haigh and Chancellor John Healey in official portraits side by side

Labour’s Water Grab Would Load £2,700 of Debt Onto Every Household

OBR: water 'public control' could add £78bn to the national debt measure, about £2,700 per UK household, against Healey's £24bn Budget buffer.

Side-by-side portraits of Environment Secretary Angela Eagle, smiling in glasses and a purple top, and Prime Minister Andy Burnham in a suit and tie

‘Get a Life’: Minister Mocks Smoky Bacon Crisps Fears as Labour Prepares to Follow EU Food Rules

Angela Eagle tells a radio host to “get a life” over fears EU meat-name rules could hit smoky bacon crisps as Labour prepares to adopt EU food rules.

Reform Hires a 40-Year Forces Veteran and Vows to Stop Prosecuting Soldiers Within 100 Days

Wing Commander Angus MacIntyre quits the RAF after 40 years to be Reform’s Armed Forces spokesman, with a pledge to pardon veterans in 100 days.

Asylum minister Anna Turley, left, and the main street of Linton-on-Ouse village with a red phone box, right

Minister Says 1,200-Man Asylum Camp Is ‘Away From the Community’. Villagers Say It Shares a Fence With Their Play Park

Asylum minister Anna Turley says Linton-on-Ouse camp for 1,200 men is “away from the community”. Villagers say it backs onto their children’s play park.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking into a microphone, left, and Prime Minister Andy Burnham, right, over the North Sea licences ban

‘An Act of Economic Vandalism’: Labour’s ‘Energy Independence Bill’ Would Ban New North Sea Drilling

Labour’s Energy Independence Bill bans new North Sea oil and gas licences while Britain imports over 40% of its energy. Farage: “economic vandalism”.

Restore Britain MP Rupert Lowe in a navy suit and red tie, official House of Commons portrait

Best of X Today: Lowe’s ‘One. Me.’, Yusuf’s £40m Question and Rees-Mogg on Paying for Poorer EU States

Rupert Lowe’s one-signature reparations motion, Zia Yusuf on Burnham’s £40m and Rees-Mogg on paying poorer EU states: today’s top posts on X, checked.

Professor Dapo Akande, the UK's newly elected International Court of Justice judge, speaking at a lectern microphone

Lawyer Who Argued Against Britain on Chagos Elected as UK’s Judge at UN Court

Dapo Akande, who argued against Britain in the Chagos case, is elected the UK’s judge at the UN court, and Andy Burnham says he is incredibly proud.

Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf speaking at a lectern in front of a Union Jack backdrop

‘Not One of Them Has Been Deported’: Reform Names Three Convicted Terrorists Who Got Into Britain by Lorry and Small Boat

Reform’s Zia Yusuf names three men convicted of terror offences abroad who got into Britain by lorry and small boat. Not one has yet been deported.