Times Diary

As suggested by @timesdiary last July Is James Cleverly plotting a Boris-style path to power? thetimes.com/article/295a53…

Another citing of the @timesdiary in the wild

Today in @TimesDiary, Mark Gatiss revealed what it’s like to play the role of Peter Mandelson after he was asked questions by Times Radio’s @KateEMcCann

In @TimesDiary today, @KarlTurnerMP’s compliment on @AndyBurnhamGM’s pint drinking abilities and eyelashes is included.

No summer of sex please, we’re Tory MPs This morning’s @TimesDiary thetimes.com/article/a4e470…

Also includes news on the government’s timely search for… a new vetting officer

Keir Starmer chats about the summer of sex, as he and his wife lead attempts to schmooze backbenchers This and more in today’s @TimesDiary thetimes.com/article/0d57d1…

Glad to see @timesdiary raising chuckles in the tearoom!

Thrilled that 'Since Attlee & Churchill' is mentioned in The Times' Diary today... ... although I promise the podcast isn't as expletive-laden as this makes it sound - only when justified, and only when quoting other people!

A lovely story about filming with the Queen and James Bond for the Olympics in today’s @TimesDiary She had strong opinions on the sketch

This story generated a dangerous idea in the comments section

What will Zack Polanski bring to Westminster? By the looks of things… prickliness Me in today’s @TimesDiary

How @jonsopel had more trouble with his expenses then he did with the Taliban In this morning’s @TimesDiary

Particularly fond of this Prince Philip story in today’s @TimesDiary

Very nice tale from @HackBlackburn @TimesDiary via @philipjcowley and @TheHouseMag about the late Hugh Berrington. I was lucky enough to have taken his @NclPolitics Psychology of Politics course and can still hear him saying those words now (I graduated in, ahem, 1985)

In today’s @TimesDiary How Labour whips cocked-up so badly that they had to get MPs to feign illness in the division lobbies And then got a hell of a bollocking from the Speaker thetimes.com/article/d33927…

And there’s this on the Mandelson Papers Or should that be Peter Files

Reform said they were delivering the cheapest fuel in the country It wasn’t even the cheapest fuel in the county…. or in a 10 mile radius This and more in today’s @TimesDiary thetimes.com/article/817d62…

@JAHeale @TimesDiary Total Sweet spot would be if you’d been to Oxbridge and worked in McDonald’s there. That would be the perfect American political résumé.

Britain now has as many political leaders who worked at McDonalds (Badenoch & Polanski) as went to Oxbridge (Starmer & Davey) via @TimesDiary