Cllr Sara Naylor

Congratulations @KemiBadenoch who will be a force at the dispatch box that @UKLabour won’t be able to match. A disastrous week for @Keir_Starmer and @UKLabour with a bizarre no growth budget and now a formidable new @Conservatives leader. Glad to shake your hand @KemiBadenoch

Good job @joeholmeswriter 🙌

@kevinhollinrake @BobBlackman 🙌

💙 4th CONSERVATIVE WIN OVERNIGHT 🏆

@richardmarcj @Yorkiebadger1 @LeeDavidEvansUK 🙌

Congratulations to @LeeDavidEvansUK, my lovely husband and podcast co-host, for his extraordinary council by-election victory in Stanford in the Vale tonight. A gain off the Liberal Democrats. (Commiserations to my Labour comrade, who won 13 votes)

@kevinhollinrake @anthonyboutall 🙌

💙 Conservative WIN 🏆 Halstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount (Sevenoaks District Council, Kent) Stephen Maines (Lib Dem) - 266 Tony Marshall (Con) - 561 George Pender (Ref) - 378 Robert Royston (Green) - 65 Congratulations Cllr Tony Martin

🙌 local government is not as easy as it looks and I think it’s beginning to show

@ShippersUnbound @WTMAtkinson I think I’ll reread my copies as my own tribute.

Very sad to learn of the death of Len Deighton, who was one of the two greatest spy thriller writers of all time and in some regards was Le Carre’s superior. Anyone who has not read Deighton should try Funeral in Berlin, Bomber or SSGB. Most of all they should seek out Berlin Game, the start of an epic 10 book Cold War series focused on Bernard Samson. Deighton’s writing was sharp, satirical, gripping and often amusing. His office infighting in the intelligence services was delicious and his characters are beautifully drawn. The Samson cycle starts with a meticulously plotted run of five books (Berlin Game, Mexico Set, London Match, Spy Hook and Spy Line) which all stand alone but tell one big story from the jaded but dedicated perspective Bernard a brilliant field operative. Len’s genius idea was to use the sixth, Spy Sinker, to retell the whole cycle from the perspective of everyone else, exposing what Bernard didn’t know and misunderstood. There is then an origin story about Bernard’s dad during the war, Winter, and then a concluding trilogy of Faith, Hope and Charity, which is not as high quality but deals with the fallout from the events of books 1-5. It’s an epic achievement and the greatest long series in spy fiction, accepting that the Smiley series is the greatest short series. Do yourself a favour, give it a try

They’re not fooled.

@afneil I like you @afneil despair of the calibre of these people who have been voted in as MPs but haven’t the character or the calibre of experience to do the job. Spinelessness and self-interest dressed up as national interest.

Now that I’ve watched this interview I feel our national interest and security are in safe hands. And I can see why we strike fear and terror into our enemies, from the Kremlin to Tehran.

Bang on @tomhfh

@afneil @EdwardJDavey is part of the problem & will never be the solution. Incoherent nonsense as per usual from Lib Dem leader.

He should stick to driving the Clown Car.

@DJack_Journo Disaster

Would Miliband be Britain’s first communist chancellor of the exchequer if this came to pass?

@CllrPaulwells You’re a machine Councillor!

Glorious day here in Gorleston. Early morning trip to gym and later to church, followed by a good lunch and delivery session. Then a couple of meetings either residents, hopefully got some good news for them! If you are at a loose end today why not visit GY?

@LordAshcroft @WiltsAnnabelle @NAM_London @VC_and_GC_Assoc Excellent news @LordAshcroft - we are proud of our heritage and the valour of the soldiers who through time have defended our country. Thank you for your determination to honour them.

Delighted to announce I have reached an agreement with the National Army Museum which will mean that my collection of Victoria Crosses and George Crosses - the largest in the world - will go on display there @NAM_London @VC_and_GC_Assoc lordashcroft.com/2026/03/lord-a…

@Charlotty @MarkVipond @KemiBadenoch @Conservatives @Essex_CC Thanks @Charlotty for your good wishes. Doorstep love for Kemi was very good today. She is seen as competent and authentic.

@Sara4LB @MarkVipond @KemiBadenoch @Conservatives @Essex_CC Good luck @Sara4LB! There was a lot of love for @KemiBadenoch on the doorsteps of Gorton & Denton. People who’d never considered voting Conservative, were tuning into PMQs to watch her in action! Forcing more u-turns on terrible policies! Polling shows she’s the best leader! 💙

Delighted to have the backing of UK’s most popular political leader @KemiBadenoch at today’s @Conservatives Essex election campaign launch, I’m standing for @Essex_CC for Constable Division, which is the villages north of Colchester and north Highwoods, on 7 May.

@hilary4016 @LucyTrims @KemiBadenoch @Conservatives @Essex_CC Thank you so much ☺️

@Sara4LB @LucyTrims @KemiBadenoch @Conservatives @Essex_CC Great pic of you with the boss Sara Best of luck on May 7

@CllrPaulwells @JoeDagger11 @KemiBadenoch @Conservatives @Essex_CC Thanks @CllrPaulwells great to meet you too 💙

@Sara4LB @JoeDagger11 @KemiBadenoch @Conservatives @Essex_CC Good luck sara, it was great to meet you recently.

Extraordinary Nigel Farage quote justifying Reform councils putting up tax despite promising not to. “Cutting taxes could mean not putting them up as much, I suppose." huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-fa…

Hextable (Sevenoaks) Council By-Election Result: 🌳 CON: 38.9% (+19.3) ➡️ RFM: 26.3% (New) 🔶 LDM: 23.8% (New) 🙋 Ind: 7.0% (New) 🌍 GRN: 4.0% (New) No Ind (-80.4) as previous. Changes w/ 2023.

@Geri_E_L_Scott Super - congrats 🙌

Trigger warning: lame, emotional and overdone. I don’t really do humble, but I do do grateful. All because of my nanny, my mum, and every woman who refused to believe where you start is where you have to end up. #WiW100