🚔 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🌹 All the below plus ... Lucy Powell insists to Labour staff she wants to back PM after budget comments implosion 🤔🤔🤔 🪺 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

⚖️ IN PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... ⚖️ No doubt today was disastrous for govt. But Tories shot themselves too ⚖️ Tried to 'gotcha' Labour with claim 2nd asylum seeker released in error ⚖️ When it turned out not to be an asylum seeker, Tories pivot to 'still bad a prisoner released'

💹 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT: all the below, plus ... 💹 Reeves briefs business groups on downbeat budget pitch 💹 Lab MP: Reeves should have said outright she will break manifesto 💹 PM biographer spotted at pre-budget speech 💹 Read and subscribe here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

During your evening commute home, do have a read of my analysis delving into why Zack Polanski has channeled Nigel Farage's comms strategy ... and how Britain's eco-warriors are reaping the rewards.👇

🐀 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🦨 What Labour MPs want to hear from the PM tonight 🛒 A new shop will open inside parliament 🦘 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🏘️ IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🏠 Rental Reeves: Latest on the chancellor home saga. Expectation = cleared 🖊️ Kemi confirms U-turn on existing ILR deportees 🏚️ Clacton neighborhood most deprived again. What has Farage done to secure investment? 🖇️ Link in next post

🥷 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 💰 Labour MPs brace for tax-raising manifesto breach 🫣 Tories launch into internal immigration row 🛢️ Pressure on Starmer over Turkish use of Russian oil 👇 Details below ...

🤴 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🤴 SCOOP from @NewsAnnabelle: Reform voters want Farage to give Prince Andrew a kicking 🤴 SCOOP: Labour aide Ella Watson replaces Matthew Faulding as PLP Secretary 🖇️ Read the newsletter & subscribe (free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🌪️ IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🌪️ SCOOP: David Lammy will tell 6pm PLP there is still hope after Caerphilly 🌪️ He will argue progressives in Canada, Norway & Australia “have all roared back from deep mid-term lows to win and win decisively new terms.” 🌪️ Link in next post

My latest on Catherine Connolly's even bigger-than-expected win. It was interesting to see her share the stage at Dublin Castle with the FF and FG leaders she's just humbled. Good grace shown by all. Next up: a byelection to fill Connolly's Galway West seat. www.politico.eu/article/irel...

⛈️ IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... ⛈️ Finding new grooming probe chair expected to take *months* ⛈️ SCOOP from @nearlblog: Oil & gas tax could end soon ⛈️ FULL Labour cttee moves (via @NoahKeate) ⛈️ Read the newsletter & subscribe (free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🤦 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🤦 "Everyone in government thinks their job is challenging and high stakes, before they step foot in the Home Office. It’s a 24/7 circus of sh*t." 🤦 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

Liz Truss’ dream of boosting British cheese exports falls flat in Japan www.politico.eu/article/liz-...

“We need to explain it better to people,” said APPG Chair for digital identity Allison Gardner as “there’s been a knee-jerk reaction.” Longstanding Labour MP Fabian Hamilton warned “faith in our institutions of government and of the state is at an all-time low.” More below 👇

😷 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 😷 Full report from inside the room as BoJo faced COVID investigation 😷 Cabinet ministers set to face China case collapse probe 😷 New gig for Rishi Sunak 😷 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

⚽️ IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... ⚽️ Govt mobilised police from across Britain for a ~72hr Trump visit (leaving local areas under-resourced) but can't do the same for a football match? ⚽️ Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

👑 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 👑 Pressure on DPP Stephen Parkinson to come out of hiding & explain China case collapse 👑 Anger in govt at CPS boss going to ground 👑 Neil O'Brien & JCNSS MPs @liambyrnemp.bsky.social, Mike Martin urge him to break silence 🖇️ Link in next post

👑 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 👑 Pressure on DPP Stephen Parkinson to come out of hiding & explain China case collapse 👑 Anger in govt at CPS boss going to ground 👑 Neil O'Brien & JCNSS MPs @liambyrnemp.bsky.social, Mike Martin urge him to break silence 🖇️ Link in next post

Heartbreaking case I watched the summing up for while reporting this piece 👇

Meanwhile, back in the real world. Eye-opening piece from @ecasalicchio.bsky.social

⚖️ NEW: Inside Britain’s broken justice machine ⚖️ I spent a week visiting crown courts in England to see how f*cked it all is ⚖️ Trials being scheduled for Dec 2029 — hence the 80k case backlog ⚖️ But also endless delays mid-trial & for sentencing etc www.politico.eu/article/insi...

🍂 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🍂 Lobby scoop: @wizbates.bsky.social becomes a SpAd to Steve Reed 🍂 Labour MPs hope the Gaza ceasefire will aid their political fortunes 🍂 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🐳 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🤦 Boris Johnson hides from another sleaze scandal 🦥 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🦚 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🛫 Loads of help from @samblewett.bsky.social with the PM in India and @estwebber.bsky.social with Yvette Cooper in NI. 🌪️ Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

7 policies Britain’s Tories nabbed from Donald Trump 👇

In the Conservative conference hall for the Robert Jenrick speech: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🪖 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT: All the below, plus ... 🥛 Top Tories argue dregs defecting to Reform 🦞 Badenoch pal attacks Katie Lam EU welfare cut call 🍫 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🎙️NEW ep 🎙️ Postcard from Liverpool: is Starmerism is already over? w/ Deputy PM David Lammy Lucy Powell @alistrathern.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social @peterhyman.bsky.social @morganwild.bsky.social @noahkeate.bsky.social & @ecasalicchio.bsky.social www.politico.eu/podcast/west...

🦵 IN PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🦵 What happened to Kemi's no policies b4 2027 plan? 🦵 Top Tories argue she junked her core brand 🦵 Aides argue 2027 was never a thing 🤳 Read in full & subscribe: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🚓 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🚔 All the latest on the Manchester terror attack 🔵 First lines dropping from glut of Kemi interviews Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

Lucy Powell clearly won this battle: www.flickr.com/photos/europ...

Oops! Bridget Phillipson's effort to pull a pint in our POLITICO Pub at Labour conference: www.flickr.com/photos/europ...

🌹 PLUS PLUS PLUS ... How Burnham burned out ... SCOOP from @danbloom1.bsky.social on GMB woes ... Powell/Phillipson Insta-beef ... Labour passes on Owen Jones at conference 🌹 Read the full thing: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🌹 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT: How the Starmer speech is landing 🌹 One Starmer-skeptic MP: “I think he smashed it. And I came here thinking there was no way he could pull things back.” 🌹 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 👀 That speech from Shabana Mahmood was quite something www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🪴 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... ⛄️ A day at the center-left mum's and dad's conference in Westminster, where the PM appeared 🎷 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🦘 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT: All the below plus ... 🪲 Digital IDs / local funding deets / Trump win on NHS drug prices / court backlogs / new Lab Together boss 🦐 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

Lots of weird stuff happened today. But was this the weirdest? Michael Gove spraying bullets at the Duchess of York.

Not to mention ... various machinations from Lib Dem land, including the thinking behind *that* Nigel Farage school shootings attack, and how an internal Lib Dem race could determine whether they lean further into their MAGA-esque approach.

🥊 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🥊 Scoop: Lab conference squabbling re Gaza (via @danbloom1) 🥊 Scoop: Phillipson & Powell TV showdown? 🥊 Scoop: Lab MP ballot to watch Starmer/Reeves speeches 🤳 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

Ed Davey stunt in action. Cricket on Bournemouth beach

🥀 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🥀 SCOOP: Lib Dems ditch 2045 net zero pledge (via @nearlblog) 🥀 SCOOP: Top Starmer project aide Matt Faulding quits 🌹 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

Well worth reading among SW1 crowd 👇

🍔 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT: All the below, plus ... ✈️ Scoop: THIRD migrant deported to France 🪦 Scoop: New assisted death cttee makeup 🍄 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🛺 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🪦 SCOOP: Peers close to deal on assisted death committee Luciana Berger pushed for ⚰️ MPs would hold sessions until mid-Nov with legislation on pause 🤳 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🐌 Apologies — editing quirk in Playbook PM meant it came out in a weird order. Now fixed in the online version! Read here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

🏊‍♂️ IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... 🐠 Read the full newsletter and subscribe (for free) here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

What Britain needs from Donald Trump Keir Starmer will be keen to shout about tech and nuclear deals during Donald Trump’s U.K. state visit — but Ukraine, steel and other issues remain thorny www.politico.eu/article/brit...

🚧 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... all the below plus ... ⚠️ Shad Cab Minister: Kruger defection "end of days" vibes ... 🪠 Parliament toilet leak near Commons entrance ... 🚢 Leo DiCaprio spotted in Westminster (insert sinking ship gag here.) 🖇️ Link in next post

NEW: Keir Starmer knew when he went into PMQs last week that the FCDO was investigating the leaked emails between Mandelson and Epstein. No10 insists PM knew nothing about the contents of the emails