Good article and big lol at this comment on it

Proper crackpot dictator stuff, this. Making the despots of the 20th century blush!

"'Prime Minister' is an extremely moving and intimate portrait of Ardern as a leader and as a human being. It is also a message to leaders everywhere that it is possible – and desirable – to lead with heart" 🎥 @sarahowen.org.uk reviews 'Prime Minister' #JacindaArdern #PrimeMinisterDoc bit.ly/3KUJYb7

We (an MPs office) send Christmas cards to all the mosques in our constituency! And they are gratefully received!

I mean

Calibri and Times New Roman are BOTH woke Aptos is the future

This! Having the same fight on fireworks. Can't quite believe the police & council act like enforcing existing laws is as hard as the moon landings martinrobbins.substack.com/p/rubbish-mo...

Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.

The US should be treated as a global diplomatic pariah.

There's lots of talk about radicalisation on X - and it's awful especially for politicos etc. But Facebook is increasingly terrifying too. Look at any Labour MP's post about the 2 child limit, the main comment you'll see is that it's about helping "third world" immigrants who are "breeding"

Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy. OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty

So glad I got up early on the weekend for this 😤 #TheAshes

I feel like I'm going insane here, why is no one saying Trump is boycotting this because he's a racist? It's v simple! He can't stand African leaders. He is just a simple racist. Better to get on without him

this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself it is also free to read youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...

2p on income, reverse Hunt cuts, electric vehicle tax & gambling tax - reverse 2 child cap and end with £22bn headroom! Give me the red box now! wait what's that, 2p on income and 2p on NI won't go down well? doubt it

Reminder - this doesnt just affect trans people. Hannah Botterman is a icon and English legend - is scared to go to the loo alone in case people now challenge her. And this advice would entirely empower them.

Labour MPs want the government to carry out a more serious, "minister-led" review of its use of X A Whitehall review of government social media use is currently underway. However, Labour MPs say the process lacks rigour and proper ministerial involvement @zoecrowther.bsky.social reports

See also: MP's inboxes

"Labour must fix the asylum system - but I have two very real concerns with Mahmood's plans" My op-ed in LBC on the Government's asylum plan t.co/06PtJfT4NJ

Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...

There is no evidence that stripping refugees' rights one by one will have any impact on people crossing the channel. Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children. These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.

A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one. It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution. This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.

Ultimately the vision of britain that starmer has is profoundly cynical, nasty and just not true. He thinks that abidicating his responsibility in showing that another option is maturity and doing the difficult thing, but he's literally just creating the hateful country he is so afraid of

I’ve got a radical solution to this guys

No officer, you see my right to own this knife means I also have the right to stick it in my neighbour’s head!

If anyone enjoyed A House of Dynamite, I would wholly recommend Annie Jacobsen's "Nuclear War: A Scenario". It shows how accurate the film is and goes into the aftermath... terrifying but very well written and researcher.

Politics is easy when you rest on slogans. Even if you then end up as an apologist for imperialism.

The current series is definitely the most book-accurate River (truly incompetent)

Wonder what the prompt was for this? “Vibe: third reich”

Oh First Port, you do spoil us

It's an immense privilege to work in Parliament. Part of the deal is to know you're brushing shoulders with people you might vehemently disagree with. But going to work with someone who proudly spouts this poison, who would happily see your family deported... that's a challenge

Presumably this also deports freelancers or those self-employed. Like my dad. Truly despicable piece of legislation.

Voters’ anger is largely focused on asylum, and perhaps on low-skilled immigration. The government response seems to be focused on making sure no high-skilled immigrant will ever pick the UK in future, and the ones currently here will rapidly rethink their decision. This will not end well.

This morning’s news of a deal being reached for the first phase of a ceasefire in Gaza is a moment of hope at a time when endless violence felt inevitable.

Yes. And it won't win over a single voter whose main concern is immigration. Pointlessly self-destructive.

Hearing my very scouse uber driver bring up Charlie Kirk was certainly a "we are so cooked" moment

I remember being told that it would take 193 years to reach legal limits for nitrogen dioxide. I decided this was unacceptable. Thanks to the bold policies we put in place, we've managed to do it in nine years - 184 years earlier than expected.

I think that was Keir Starmer’s best speech as Labour leader, in part because he clearly believed most of it and the argument actually cohered and had some policy substance to it.

An action-packed first day at #Lab25! 🌹 Highlights included a diversity & communities reception, a panel on women’s health, and speaking to colleagues at the @savethechildrenuk.org. Nice to see some familiar Luton faces too! Lots of conversations had, and lots more to come in the days ahead 🌹

GSTK!

This is IMO why you can't understand Morgan McSweeney's approach to politics without reference to Liz Kendall (whose campaign he managed) getting 4.5 per cent, a contest from which he basically took the lesson 'don't try and argue for something, ever'.

There's a quote in that Peter Cardwell SPAD book about party conferences as a journalist being like going to Disneyland, and as a SPAD like *working* at Disneyland. For lots of journos the drama can be separated from the (increasingly high) stakes.

Reform's ‘plan’ to revoke the legal status of millions of UK residents is morally abhorrent & economic madness The public believe in fairness & mutual respect, not this cruel Trumpian policy that would leave us all poorer. We are not America - we must resist this dangerous turn in British politics.

The Labour Party has a tradition of antiracism campaigning. It’s supposed to be in the party’s DNA. That they cannot say it’s just straightforwardly wrong to alarm families who choose Britain to live, work and raise children in is a total moral failure.

Also getting a masterclass in it from across the Atlantic.

The true question right now is whether you believe in the moral character of the British public. If you do, you'll want to have the fight with Reform. You'll believe that the public will hate the idea of breaking up families, spying on & deporting people who've worked here for years.