Lee Humphreys

@John_Stepek @BeauNash1674 If true, let that be. Let the benchmark for IQ be 120. Raises the bar on ignorance considerably.

@BeauNash1674 Ach I'm afraid I don't think that works. I've noticed that people are politically "thick" across all sections of the IQ spectrum

We need to set up some kind of basic finance training course for MPs

We voted to leave. Abide by the result in spirit, Keir.

@DPJHodges The Brown Harman appointments are mental.

I think we're beyond this now. But it's worth noting that Starmer has tried 3 things as part of his "reset". a) The "I'm not going anywhere" interview b) Brown and Harman c) The "I'm serving for 10 years" interview Every single one has made his position immeasurably worse.

@IslingtonChap x.com/jk_rowling/sta…

He saved us from the Credit Crunch. Then he saved us from the News of the World. Now he will save us from Reform. Sometimes. Often. Always. It takes a Scot.

🚨 Labour’s private school VAT raid is pushing over 65,000 children out of independent education 1 in 10 pupils. The Adam Smith Institute says this is 3x worse than the government predicted, with 115 schools already closed. These kids aren’t disappearing they’re flooding into already oversubscribed state schools. Bigger classes, longer waiting lists, overstretched teachers, and crumbling buildings. Standards will fall for every child. Taxpayers face an extra £500m+ bill a year, while the policy likely loses money overall. Ideological vandalism that punishes aspiration. Britain’s children deserve better. #EducationFail #StateSchoolCrisis #LabourFail #VATRaid

More than 65,000 children have been forced out of private schools by Labour's VAT raid on fees, think tank says trib.al/cYBFbAy

@RWillmore86339 @DAaronovitch It’s a good point. You have to imagine that Labour and Reform %’s go up come the general election, as voters coalesce around the favourites. But still your point is in tact. 33% brings you a landslide in 5 party politics.

@DAaronovitch Two years ago keir starmer won a landslide with 33% of the vote . Yesterday Nigel farage won a landslide with 26% of the vote . keir starmer will shortly lose his job . Paper mandates don't always work

And went on to win a landslide at the 2001 general election

@DAaronovitch 1968 and 1970 probably a better comparison. Starmer is no Blair. Saying that, Starmer is no Wilson. He’s not even Hazel Blears.

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@Reublint0n Meanwhile …

I have a theory that not a single reform supporter understands how elections work

My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com

@georgeeaton @ArguablyMag 1) Set up detention centres outside the U.K. 2) Err, that’s it.

How does Labour recover? Rather than chasing Reform and the Greens, the party must reclaim the radical centre – and a pledge to rejoin the EU is its best hope of building a winning coalition. My piece for @ArguablyMag on the lessons of the elections. arguably.uk/p/how-does-lab…

@MatthewStadlen x.com/fergusmason25/…

Early signs that Reform underperforming? Number 10 a distant prospect for Nigel Farage.

@GavinBarwell @Prosper_UK_ x.com/basilthegreat/…

You're going to hear a lot about how Reform is now a national party. It's not true, as John Curtice sets out here. They're doing very well in areas that voted strongly for Brexit and not very well at all in areas that voted strongly Remain @Prosper_UK_ #post" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bbc.co.uk/news/live/c142…

What people in England think is happening today

Devastating. Like Dylan going electric.

In a major development, the IPCC has finally admitted its apocalyptic RCP8.5 climate scenarios are "implausible", meaning most media scare stories over the last 15 years are officially junk, says Chris Morrison. dailysceptic.org/2026/05/05/ipc…

@Jacob_Rees_Mogg @georgegalloway Great observation

The juxtaposition of the story on the left “£1 billion a year to EU” with the one on the right “no money” for defence is a stark illustration of the Remainers’ delusional folly.

@spectatorindex Interesting. What’s their source?

Reuters reports that US intelligence assess that 'the time Iran would ​need to build a nuclear weapon has not changed since last summer'.