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    2. David Bick is smiling. He's wearing a navy suit jacket over a white shirt and patterned tie. The inside of the Norwich Forum is behind him but out of focus.

    • Sir Olly Robbins in a suit and tie in a photo taken in 2019.,

    • Lord Mandelson smiles alongside Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in February 2025.

    • Montage image showing a woman pictured in black and white to the right of the image, wearing a bucket hat and sunglasses, while holding a Welsh flag to the left of the frame

    • John Swinney and Donald Trump shake hands in the Oval Office

    • St Fagans Natural History Museum with a large Sain Ffagan sign stood out the front in capital letters - Sain Ffagan is Welsh for St Fagan

    • Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street ahead of his statement to the House of Commons in London

    • Keir Starmer in Commons

    • Border Force officers processing the first small boat migrants detained under the UK's "one in, one out" deal with France, in Dover, Kent. A row of men sit on a bench with their backs to the viewer. Their faces have been blurred. There is a man in a hi-vis vest standing in front of them at a desk.

    • Daisy Cooper is standing in a street wearing a green jacket over a white top.

    • A close-up of a 20mph circular road sign, with a row of houses behind.

    • A stylised image of a black dog next to a polling station sign, against a multi-coloured triangle on a purple background

    • BBC journalist Ben Summer, a young man with brown hair and stubble speaking to the camera while sitting with a laptop and mug at a desk

    • On the left is Sir Keir Starmer, who has grey hair and is wearing black-rimmed glasses. He is in front of a red background and speaking into a microphone. On the right is Lord Mandelson, who has grey hair and is wearing black-rimmed glasses.

    • Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a meeting to discuss the US-Israeli conflict with Iran and the impact on the Strait of Hormuz, in London, Britain, March 30, 2026

    • The six main party leaders

    • Keir Starmer wearing a suit and glasses

    • Shirley Anne Somerville walking along a street. She has long blonde hair and is wearing dark rimmed glasses. She is wearing a beige coat and a white blouse.

    • Imogen is looking at the camera and wearing a dark blue school uniform with a white shirt ands silver crest. she has chest lenght wavy red hair and has a broad smile showing her teeth

    • Lord Mandelson has short grey hair swept to one side and is wearing black-rimmed glasses. He has a dark blue jacket on and white and blue striped shirt underneath

    • Lord Peter Mandelson wears a blue shirt and a dark jacket as he walks his dog

    • Keir Starmer on a boat next to a grey nuclear submarine. He is wearing a blue gilet over a blue or black jumper. He has grey hair and is wearing glasses. There are two men standing on the conning tower of the submarine