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@Peston It is for this reason I am quitting X as it has become a dangerous tool of the far right

On 2 November last year, Rishi Sunak as PM interviewed Elon Musk at Lancaster House. I was there. It was quite the love in. Today Elon Musk is making the divisive and inflammatory charge that the British police come down heavy on white thugs but give a green light to alleged Muslim ones, and he is endorsing for his almost 200m followers other claims that seek to sow animosity between communities, such as that the courts and authorities are somehow soft on Muslim criminals. Here is what may or may not elude Musk. The election was barely a month ago, and if there is “two-tier policing” today then there would have been on Sunak’s watch too. Since Sunak presumably believes the police and courts were and are even handed in their treatment of different ethnicities and religions, shouldn’t Sunak say something to Musk?

@davesumnersmith Check your history - violence, alas, is an ever present feature of human behaviour

What has gone wrong in UK society?

Some ppl would have no idea how much a full time classroom teacher has to push themselves to get through an entire academic year. In schools where workload is incessantly high, where behaviour is consistently horrific, where scrutiny is extreme, it's a monumental achievement.

@nthnorfolknews Pity he didn’t recommend ways in which we can build houses without trashing our rivers

Lord Fuller has used his maiden parliamentary speech to call for Natural England to have its powers watered down. northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/24461088.… 👇 Full story

@fugitiveink Indeed, months and years rather than 2 weeks

@KneeRob Possibly so, but I've yet to see any evidence that he has any positive qualities whatsoever as my member of parliament. It will be interesting to see whether, over the coming months and years, I have reason to revise this view.

@BethRigby Probably a good time to stop trying to score points and let the PM get on and be judged by his actions and not his or your words

WATCH: Bit of back and forth here on PM Starmer's insistence he is committed to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence with no timeline. Is it his ambition to hit it by the end of the parliament. He won't commit. Why won't he put his money where his mouth is? 👇

@ItsTaz1989 He didn’t say that. He said he expected them to address him as Prime Minister as is the convention

"Call me Keir, Prime Minister tells civil servants" I hate this informality, as if the office is unimportant & the title is meaningless. We have order, tradition, titles for a reason. Take it seriously. The title bring with it responsibility.

@AnnaSophieGross PR would give extremist parties much more power….

The Lib Dems won 72 seats from 3.5mn votes Reform UK won 4 seats on 4.1mn votes (😲) Green won 4 seats on 2mn votes Will Ed Davey's Lib Dems still fight tooth and nail for PR?

A former government chief scientific adviser as science minister. A businessman with years of experience in rehabilitation as prisons minister. A barrister with years of experience as attorney general. A focus on specialism, domain knowledge and expertise.

@ACarpenDigital @maitlis Heavy dose of realism at the challenges ahead but maybe helpful to have low expectations

@sf_lang Is there an Edward Coke in the house to rescue them?

In England, the Head of State is subject to the Law, as both King John and Charles I found out. The United States seems to have thrown away this precious safeguard against despotism.

@davidfrum Ref Edward Coke 1607 Case of Prohibitions

In 1689, the post-revolutionary English parliament enacted - and the post-revolutionary monarchs signed - a new"Bill of Rights." avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/e…

A friend writes to ask about a hypothetical Trump self-pardon if elected in 2025. A point of history here that may cast some light:

@MSNBC @KenDilanianNBC Edward Coke risked his life to establish that nobody is above the law - a ruling which was adopted by the Founding Fathers…what has happened??

Supreme Court rules Trump has some immunity from prosecution. @KenDilanianNBC breaks down the decision and what it means for special counsel Jack Smith taking his case to trial.

WHAT A SPEECH 👏👏👏👏 Keir Starmer “Don’t forget any of it”… #VoteLabour #Change #GeneralElection2024 🌹🌹🌹@UKLabour

@Simon4NDorset Disappointing that you believe in the figures and that your hypocrisy blinds you to your own record of tax rises.

Some very interesting, encouraging and I believe to be accurate headlines.

@MarkVipond What was wrong with the local school

The head girl at the private school our daughter attended had to catch two buses to and from school, every day, because her parents didn't have a car. They worked 3 jobs between them, never had holidays, never went out to eat. Maybe a good time to recalibrate your prejudices.

@tombennett71 Gove’s divisive approach inevitably led to an overall negative impact and a legacy of a teachers exodus from the profession

One of the most significant educational figures in modern history. So many of the gains that have been made in the sector are down to his efforts. Massive figure in the landscape of reform: curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, literacy etc

@gabrielmilland Evidence please