Sam Francis

NEW: "What is the point in this party?" "We will have to start again" Labour insiders look down the barrel of defeat in Wales — and wonder what it will mean for their existence after 104 years I teamed up w @saschaosullivan for our long read and Westminster Insider podcast ⬇️

That @estwebber and I thrilled to be included for UK Team POLITICO on the @TheHouseMag and @politicshome latest Women in Westminster list!

My piece on the Gorton and Denton fallout 👇 politico.eu/article/keir-s…

NEW ep🎙️Your complete guide to the Gorton & Denton by-election 🌳 Inside the Green campaign 🟩 How & why Labour ignored the Greens 👽 Why progressive voters turned away from Lab 👀 The future of three way Greens-Lab-Reform fights all that in more in link below @POLITICOEurope

... and how credibly they can keep presenting themselves as the party to hold off the right. Playbook via @DavidSamFrancis and @bethanymrd 👇 politico.eu/newsletter/lon…

Farage has a Trump problem. Their bromance is putting off potential voters, with it being the top reason women wouldn’t vote Reform. In a focus group by More in Common, one woman said she’s worried Farage is just Trump’s “whipping boy.” Read my piece here: politico.eu/article/nigel-…

@journodave Always first with the breaking news

@DavidSamFrancis Sam, let me be the first to say congratulations

🚨Transfer News🚨 Done deal: I’m reactivating this Twitter account to announce I am heading to @POLITICOEurope to help write their essential morning London Playbook newsletter. Pending a medical will be writing alongside the excellent @9andrewmcdonald @BlewettSam and @bethanymrd DMs always open for stories, gossip and legal remedies for staying awake.

I will always love the BBC. In my 15 years across @BBCParliament @BBCLondonNews @BBCRadio4 and @BBCPolitics BBC I’ve worked with some of the best in the business. It truly is an incredible place. But it’s time for a new challenge.

Here: ⁦@BBCNews⁩ report by ⁦@DavidSamFrancis⁩ of my @bbcnewsnight interview with Nick Clegg who accuses right-wing US politicians, including JD Vance, of "rank hypocrisy" for attacking UK speech laws while silencing dissent at home bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

EXCL: Fraud culture was “pervasive” at Unite the Union, auditors say. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Growing number of MPs changing their mind on assisted dying. - Labour MPs Markus Campbell-Savours & Josh Fenton-Glynn join growing list switching to opposing the bill - Supporters are still confident it will pass - Understand gov't minister Chris Bryant among those now supporting, having previously abstained. w/ @DavidSamFrancis; produced by @imogenwallace6 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@estwebber Sad we never got to watch this Privileges Committee/Jeremy Kyle Show cross over

Reeves’s CV exaggerated time at Bank of England bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

NEW The Chancellor changes her CV again, after BBC investigation: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I support Jo White MP's call for DBS checks for parliamentarians. It’s important that we hold politicians to the highest standards. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Where does a wounded political party start after suffering its worst defeat in a general election ever? It is a big question, and both Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick have a different prescription. What are the dividing lines? With @DavidSamFrancis bbc.com/news/articles/…

Some of the many reasons I’m backing @KemiBadenoch for Tory leader on the @BBCNews website this morning. Thanks @DavidSamFrancis for covering this. @renewal2030

Stephen Timms's surprise appointment as a DWP minister means the three remaining MPs who were in Tony Blair's cabinet are all back in government - the others being Hilary Benn and Douglas Alexander (h/t @DavidSamFrancis) That's political longevity for you

Great to speak to @DavidSamFrancis for this @BBCPolitics piece on political betting - take a look if you want to find out more! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…