Jasmine Williams

Fun factoid. Last prime minister to come to power by winning an election and leave power by losing one - what you’d think was the way these things are meant to work - was Edward Heath over half a century ago

Well worth reading ….

Food for thought. The mission was never negotiation. It was documentation. In the language of Sun Tzu, when peace is impossible, you must first appear to seek it, so that when force follows, it is seen not as aggression but inevitability. Sending JD Vance, a man whose reputation is peace, into a hopeless stalemate was not naïveté, but design. The U.S. didn’t go to talk. It went to witness. And when Tehran overturned the table with the camera rolling, the trap was complete: legitimacy secured, perception shaped, and the next move pre‑justified. Have a nice day.

@londonette And also the use of the word “pile” in the article to describe the house… #journalese 🤦‍♀️

Only a British newspaper would mention high up in their Scott Mills story that his home has a “double garage”. #DOUBLE #GARAGE

The struggle is real. I’m with Aretha

Keith the Apocalypse Bringer is a three-year-old Anglo-Nubian goat in a field in Devon. Keith should not be underestimated. Keith has been systematically dismantling the ecosystem since approximately 7am, when he ate a bramble. This is significant because bramble is an invasive scrub species that outcompetes wildflowers, reduces biodiversity, and creates dense monoculture thicket that nothing else can use. Keith ate it. Keith does this every day. Keith does not charge for this service. 8:15am - Keith ate a thistle. Thistles are also considered invasive scrub in managed pasture. Goldfinches eat thistle seeds, but Keith's grazing will ensure the pasture remains open enough for the ground-nesting birds that can't use dense scrub. Keith has not attended a conservation workshop. Keith arrived at this conclusion by being a goat. 9:00am - Keith dismantled a section of hedge. This was less helpful. Keith does not have a perfect record. 10:30am - Keith escaped the field. He was in the road for eleven minutes. He ate a neighbour's rose. This is not being counted in Keith's environmental impact assessment. 11:00am - Keith was returned to the field. Keith regarded the farmer with the specific expression of an animal that does not recognise the concept of property. 12:00pm - Keith ate more bramble. His digestive system: four stomachs, a rumen full of specialised microorganisms, the ability to extract nutrition from lignified plant matter that would defeat any other animal on this field, is converting scrub vegetation into milk with a fat content of approximately 4.5%. The milk will become cheese. The cheese will be sold at the farm shop. The farm shop is four miles away. The cheese food miles are: four. 3:00pm - Keith produced manure. The manure will grow the grass. The grass will grow the bramble. The bramble will be eaten by Keith. This system has no inputs. It has been running since goats were domesticated approximately ten thousand years ago. Keith is not aware he is saving the planet. Keith is thinking about whether the fence on the north side has a weak point. It does. Keith found it at 4:45pm. Keith got out again.

@forwardnotback @barbmilne So lovely to hear Tim. Wishing you well xx

@barbmilne Morning Barb Tim here Thank you you for your messages An update from me/about me later today I hope (after seeing consultant) But as hopefully from me writing this you will see I am in a much better place (Happy for you to share this) Xxx

Sending all good wishes to @forwardnotback hope you're making good progress. #NewsPenguin #TwitterQuiz 🐧🐧🐧

don't mess with @HillaryClinton

@forwardnotback So sorry to hear this. Loved the quizzes in lockdown, all your London observations and cafe updates. Sending hugs

Quick update, sorry no more #twitterquiz I am in critical care in Portsmouth and gravely ill. Sorry for the message, thanks for all the fun and friendship over the years. I can’t reply to messages.

Andrew remains 8th in line to the throne. He is the first senior royal to be arrested since 1647

As an industry, we need to confront a hard truth: the excitable manner in which politics is now covered is contributing to our modern-day democratic malaise. My latest Substack. open.substack.com/pub/historynev…

People outside SW1 sometimes (understandably) miss the point about lobby briefings. They run until *all* questions are exhausted. This fosters a better conversation and higher quality of information for the public. A press conference with numerically limited Qs is no replacement

This is wild! OBR doc has been leaked. BIG news: pre-measures, the Chancellor had a surplus. She was not handed a big fiscal repair job. Taxes to rise by £26bn. Headroom up to £22bn

🚨 The Day is Here! The buzz at our flagship event is palpable this morning at the QEII Centre in London. The CBI Annual Conference 2025, brings together business leaders and politicians from across the UK, to talk about critical issues. #CBI25

Speaking to hundreds of businesses at the CBI Annual Conference 2025 in London, our CEO @RainNewtonSmith uses a major speech just days ahead of the UK Budget to challenge the government to make hard choices. #CBI25 Read more here 👇 cbi.org.uk/media-centre/a…

Delighted to be joined by @peterkyle, Secretary of State for @biztradegovuk, in conversation with our CEO @RainNewtonSmith. He tells #CBI25 that the government wants to prioritise partnership & engagement with business to grow the economy and realise the UK’s potential.

As if this wasn’t jaw-dropper enough, the final par looks like a firm rebuke to the prince - sorry, Andrew Windsor - for not having said a word about that in his perfunctory statement of a couple of weeks ago.

Last night, our CEO @RainNewtonSmith was delighted to welcome the Chancellor @RachelReevesMP to our business Reception at the #Lab25 Party Conference. We had the pleasure of bringing together so many vital sectors of the economy in one place.

Our Chief Economist @louisehellem spoke to @SkyNews ahead of Chancellor @RachelReevesMP speech at #Lab25 conference. The Chancellor needs to double down on her commitment to the growth mission, thinking about the role of business in driving up productivity in the UK.

Our CEO @RainNewtonSmith was delighted to speak to @BBCr4today this morning about what business wants to hear from @RachelReevesMP ahead of her speech at #Lab25 conference. Businesses are keen to see firm reassurance from the Chancellor against further tax hikes. Listen here 👇