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Good to see Starmer instantly recognising one of the really significant advantages of the House of Lords: allowing a prime minister to staff their Cabinet with experts from outside of the limited Commons talent pool.

Campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz told Axios: "Campaigns are hard. No one came here under any other illusion. But I can personally tell you there's a fire lit under all of us and keeps us going every single day."

Imagine Mrs Thatcher in Normandy to commemorate the bravery and sacrifice of our D-Day heroes, with President Reagan, President Mitterrand and Chancellor Kohl. She wouldn't dream of telling Douglas Hurd to stand in for her so she could get back for an interview with Brian Walden.

Don't think Rishi Sunak was aware that a boat filled with Lib Dems popped up behind him on the campaign trail today... And I'm pretty sure that's the Lib Dem Deputy Leader, Daisy Cooper on it too...

Here’s an idea. Instead of national service, which is obviously idiotic, how about kids working on farms.

Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate. Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again. Well, make my day, pal.

UBS - "The UK is shaking off its ‘sick man of Europe’ label & is now a Buy."

This scene from Dumb and Dumber was improvised by Jim Carrey and the Big Gulpers weren't even extras. They were hanging out watching the filming and director Peter Farrelley put them in a scene.

Of course if you’re a US citizen you should punish Biden for his Gaza position. Let him lose the election and know why. Only way things can change

Markwayne Mullin: And by the way, I’m not afraid of biting. I will bite. Q: Biting? Mullin: I’ll bite 100%. In a fight, I’m gonna bite. I’ll do anything. I’m not above it. And I don’t care where I bite by the way.

‘ARE YOU A JEW?’ This video was recorded yesterday by a friend of mine in London. Welcome to the new reality for British Jews.

1/2 The ONS have today confirmed that the British economy recovered faster from the pandemic than anyone thought, growing quicker than most of our European peers. A lot of the data is being rewritten - other countries are revisiting their data too.

“First Prigozhin. Now Kadyrov." - Russian Telegram channels write. Some say that he has already died, some that he is in critical condition and fell into a coma due to severe kidney failure or that he was poisoned. Up until recently, Prigozhin and Kadyrov were the only two people in Russia with significant power resources who allowed themselves their personal “discussions” about the course of the war. After the murder of Prigozhin, I immediately wrote that Kadyrov would be next. Let's see if Putin's regime is really getting rid of everything and everyone who can afford autonomy and his own private heavily armed army. If Kadyrov dies, the situation in Chechnya might change. Will Putin be able to keep control over Chechnya? Will it become the center of resistance once more? This could be a chance that people of Chechnya could make use of.

On this day in 1943, Allied bombers begin eight days of round-the-clock raids against Hamburg, Germany. By the time it's over, as many as 40,000 civilians will be dead. Many perish in firestorms created by incendiary bombs. Some will later compare the conflagration to Hiroshima.

BREAKING: Asked if Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is still alive, MI6 boss Sir Richard Moore said “As far we we can tell Prigozhin is floating around”. He said the Wagner chief went to tea with Putin in recent days. “These things are mysterious even for me”