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@spectator @michaelgove @Madz_Grant Early pointer to this was his wrong answer to the question do you prefer Westminster or Davos (even Emily Maitlis giggled at that answer) x.com/TheNewsAgents/…

'He is remarkably sensitive and brittle when it comes to political challenge' According to political theorist Maurice Glasman, Keir Starmer's legal academic background has left him ill-equipped to grapple with the realities of political life. @michaelgove | @madz_grant | @blue_labour

@LBC @BenKentish learning from the Romans - Bread and circuses - people.howstuffworks.com/bread-circuses…

‘This is, in a nutshell, everything that is wrong with Keir Starmer’s government.’ @Benkentish can’t quite believe the timing of Rachel Reeves’ latest announcement.

Reports of Labour in Westminster following SNP on price controls on staple foods; now this. Literally Bread & circuses. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@JohnRentoul The chaos that would be caused would be immense. So many times I saw whips in a flap on how to vote in a free vote on detailed amendments.

(I am not making this up, but this U-turn is more certain than most of the many others)

The bit I’m looking forward to most if Burnham becomes PM is sacking Jonathan Reynolds and all govt whips, abolishing the whipping system

🟠SUTTON & CHEAM: I should have included this last month: London County Court decided David Campanale suffered 5 counts of "unlawful religious discrimination" when Lib Dems deselected him as candidate & replaced him with Luke Taylor: insidecroydon.com/2026/04/30/sut…

@simonmontefiore @JohnRentoul Especially as it should be 'King in the North'. But 'frit' and 'for the birds' seem only to be heard in a political context these days.

Political language: I enjoy the fashionable new political phrases everyone in the media uses slavishly that usually contain an adequate and shorter word for the very same thing. Psycho-drama is in fact .... a drama. Mood-music just means.... the mood. Omnicrisis= a crisis. The egregious cliche 'playbook' is just a book or a programme. The tedious Talkingpoints = points. Offramp=exit. It is fun to deploy the fashionable words of the moment - but all of the above have long since been tired cliches. Perhaps we need a new set. And whatever you do, never again use the tragic: 'King of the North' or 'Love Actually'

Tech companies are finding the boundaries at the moment, hence harmless material being removed then reinstated. That's partly teething problems of implementation, partly the chilling of innovation by such government intervention. But a free-for-all won't cut it in this day & age

Totally revisionist claptrap. When Nadine left the Bill was anything but solely a child protection bill. The 'legal but harmful' drive would have meant perpetual interpretation by government overriding free speech...

@tomhfh @TorstenBell Damn that catastrophic Brexit

@TorstenBell Beating recession-hit Germany, politically gridlocked France, and notoriously unstable Italy is the flex you're going for?

In 2025 the UK was the fastest growing European G7 economy. Today the IMF forecast the same to be the case in 2026, with the UK very likely the fastest growing of the whole G7 in the first quarter of the year (Japan data out tomorrow)

Just before I peeled away from Whitehall to catch my train home from Waterloo, the main draw for this particular crowd took to the big screen. The rest of London was also less safe whilst 4,000 police officers allowed both groups to indulge in this. /END

I felt safe here too though. My overriding emotion at both was sadness. So much naivety. People being pushed into corners they don't really understand by populists who fully understand manipulation. The country is poorer for having both groups played like this. 6/7

In London yesterday at @ConsrvTogethr & found myself in the middle of two lands. First I looked down at the Nakba march whilst I happened to be talking to a Jewish woman 1/7

The LibDems in Sutton used to have roadside skip collection back in the day when they had a claim to be seen as innovative. That was more than a quarter of a century ago. wandsworth.gov.uk/rubbish-and-re…

@maureenhamill @SandDancer9 @PolitlcsUK @thetimes He will have to resign by law if he wins, just not before.

@scullyp @SandDancer9 @PolitlcsUK @thetimes Ah I see but I would expect him to resign if he wins . After all it must be a full time job .. esp if he’s the Commissioner too

🚨 BREAKING: The NEC has voted to let Andy Burnham stand as the Labour candidate in the Makerfield by-election [@thetimes]

@maureenhamill @SandDancer9 @PolitlcsUK @thetimes There is nothing to say he needs to resign his position as Mayor but would have to if elected to Parliament. Boris didn't have to do either way as it's the fact that the Mayor of Manchester is also the Police & Crime Commissioner which excludes him. Different set up in London

@SandDancer9 @PolitlcsUK @thetimes Did Boris?

@SangitaMyska 17,500 cameos would do the trick

If Nigel Farage wants to end the speculation over where he got £1.4million quid in cash for a house is to … tell us where it came from.