Chris Wimpress

Faro airport. Yet again. Total system failure. No wonder staycations are booming. Soon nobody will want to visit Portugal at all. My patience is pretty much gone.

BREAKING, exclusive to The Economist: How Russia planned to help Iran kill Americans An important story from us tonight. economist.com/europe/2026/05…

Six things to watch in Thursday’s elections from @TheEconomist economist.com/britain/2026/0…

To combat antisemitism, first grasp where it comes from economist.com/leaders/2026/0…

Earlier on LBC…

This week's leader from The Economist: Oil markets are still in La-La land economist.com/leaders/2026/0…

In “The Devil Wears Prada 2”, fashion magazines are off-trend economist.com/culture/2026/0… from The Economist

New: Zack Polanski appears thin-skinned and hostile towards journalists. economist.com/britain/2026/0… from The Economist

@wallaceme *So* not news and perhaps the worst of this sort of thing I’ve ever seen from bbc news online.

Blistering - and beautifully-written - @patrickkmaguire column >>> Cabinet knows that Keir Starmer is done for thetimes.com/article/8d388f…

The Economist: America prepares for the midterms #TomorrowsPapersToday

🇺🇸 Some personal news. I've had the privilege of serving as defence editor at The Economist for eight years, through the Afghan withdrawal, invasion of Ukraine & Mid East wars. This summer I'm moving to DC to take over as our Washington bureau chief. Should be a nice quiet beat.

In an odd way, in his treatment of civil servants Sir Keir has started to resemble Idi Amin, the Ugandan dictator, at the end of the “Last King Of Scotland” The myth of “ungovernable” Britain economist.com/britain/2026/0… from The Economist

The Mandelson saga could be fatal for Sir Keir Starmer economist.com/britain/2026/0…

Ironically, in view of today’s news, I’m currently painting a view of #Horseguards with @OllyRobbins office bang in the middle of it….perhaps I should call it “sunshine over the @FCDOGovUK”

So we are expected to believe a senior civil servant went against SECURITY advice not ensuring everyone in a country mile was “comfortable” especially Ministers, and no-one in No10 knew.More sign off used to be required for a visit to a train station for a jr minister #Mandelson

It’s clear that No10’s strategy is to make the FCDO Perm Sec the scapegoat. There is ZERO chance that someone who’d just been appointed would risk their entire career by NOT telling the FS about the vetting. Perhaps verbally rather than in writing, but he would have been told!

No10’s account is incredible. I held Developed Vetting for nearly ten years and spent three years at the heart of the Cabinet Office. I have never heard of a Developed Vetting denial being overruled. Here’s why…🧵

I'm delighted that The Economist Insider is featured in the New York Times. A great write-up of our expanded video offering. See how we’re lifting the veil on our newsroom—and providing new ways for our subscribers to consume our journalism nytimes.com/2026/04/13/bus…

The @economist weekly edition is published: Donald Trump is the war's biggest loser economist.com/leaders/2026/0…