Andrew Marr

As Black Rod knocked on the door, someone in the Commons shouted 'not now, Andy'

I said charge, but they said it was better with their horses

Andrew Marr: The risks and rewards of Starmercide The likeliest outcome is an eventual Reform government. Many on the left believe that, if only voters can be persuaded to think more about the £5m personal donation Farage took, or his connections to cryptocurrency, or what he said at school, Britain will turn on him and his movement will collapse. They are deluded. Without serious things to say on growth and security, any replacement for Starmer is a pointless placeholder before the Reform tsunami arrives. But when we discuss the dangers of a contest, we shouldn’t weakly forget the possible opportunities – for a much more vivid national communicator, and for a more coherent, deeply felt political direction. The party must believe it can do better. @AndrewMarr9 newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…

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Happy days

The King must be starting to wonder whether it's worth learning this week's speech

As Keir Starmer now prepares to say that “incremental change won’t cut it”, a reminder of what he said to @TomMcTague last summer:

All Starmer’s ills root back to the 2024 manifesto. Its failure to address the profundity of Britains plight and match it with serious policies- instead promising silly red lines on tax and Europe - locked Labour into a political trap. Dissimulation never pays. So it has proved.

It appears to be happening. Wes ready to move and perhaps Angela as well

Knowing DB for many years and his loyalist instincts this is a moment

Family hero, never forgotten

The new government of Hungary after inauguration. Never been so cool to be Hungarian.

This is this morning’s absolutely essential reading… Brilliant from Ethan

'That tells you he's in dead trouble.' @AndrewMarr9 reacts as Keir Starmer brings Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman into government after Labour's local election rout.

And a genuinely nice guy too

'Why Nigel Farage will be Britain's next Prime Minister' ✍️ @AndrewMarr9 for LBC Opinion lbc.co.uk/article/nigel-…

Dear @BBCNews I notice you've suddenly started using the word 'homicide' in your reports on the BBC app. Stop this nonsense - you and I are British, and I have absolutely no desire to talk more American. It's called murder, and in the UK always has been.

Perhaps the most vital information of the hour

This is dreadful news. BBC journalism is one of Britain's greatest achievements and assets.

I feel just the same