
Tim Baker
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Tim Baker
@TimJ_B
Political Nerdery at Sky News. Views own etc. Tweets not subed. 🇬🇧⚽ 🇳🇿🏉. [email protected]


EXCL: Keir Starmer is planning a major intervention on electricity, to be announced in the coming weeks. PM is looking to impose a ‘rush to electrification’ scheme aiming to move masses of households off gas in a rapid timeframe. He will look to seize the Iran war and its impact on energy bills to bring the public onside as he announces a rapid national dash from gas to the grid. In today’s Spectator Evening Blend email

Anna Jones: A couple of weeks ago, you were talking to my colleague Sophy Ridge. You said you'd been to the cinema with your good friend Wes Streeting. You went to see The Devil Wears Prada, I think. And you said that someone that's planning to pull the plug and launch a leadership bid in a couple of days time doesn't go to the cinema with a friend. A couple of days later, he quit. Peter Kyle: Yes. He wasn't planning it at the time, and circumstances changed. But he has to answer for that. I am not here to speak for Wes Streeting. @AnnaJonesSky @SophyRidgeSky

I have contacted SNP leader John Swinney and Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth to congratulate them on their enormous mandates. For the first time ever, there could be three pro-independence First Ministers across these islands. More and more people are looking towards a future beyond the constraints of the Union. I look forward to continuing to build the friendship between the people of our nations, and to working closely with both John and Rhun in the time ahead.


Peta Credlin admits she 'boos on the inside' during Welcome to Country ceremonies - and reveals why she's had enough trib.al/vHecQW6




Wow. I’ve just received a threatening letter from Ben Delo’s solicitors Addleshaw Goddard. They are claiming, among other things, that it is unlawful to publish information about Delo’s conviction for an anti-money laundering offence in the US. They also say I cannot publish their letter. An extract is below. Is Delo going to get his solicitors to threaten everyone who mentions his conviction? How is this not a SLAPP? @sra_solicitors @DanNeidle

A bit late to this from @j_amesmarriott but it’s one of the best pieces I’ve read this year because going beyond day to day politics/struggles people share in focus groups it captures something bigger we hear - that we’ve passed our prime and it’s all been down hill for years.

'Matter of principle': Starmer says Israel 'is wrong' for attacking Lebanon amid Iran ceasefire. The prime minister sat down with @Peston for ITV News' Talking Politics Podcast. itv.com/news/2026-04-0…

We @spectator will join - the parent company ABF must reconsider




I've written to Cabinet Office Minister Darren Jones to urge the Government to engage with AI firm Anthropic whose new frontier model Claude Mythos could present catastrophic cybersecurity risks to the UK

Do 🫵 YOUR 🫵 civic duty and make sure anyone/everyone you know working in the Defence/Foreign Policy/National Security establishment in Britain is aware of the Mythos news. Ignorance is not an excuse anymore. It’s going to get weird: strap in.


What landmark lets you know that you're nearly home when you see it?
