an amazing album

🚨https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/starmer-mulls-asking-independent-ethics-adviser-to-investigate-josh-simons

Our Sunday read from @adampayne26.bsky.social is a really good look at how popular the greens truly are right now www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Jesse Norman on Parliaments restoration www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

The workload facing MPs and their staff is growing, in ways that aren't visible to the public: casework and the inbox. For @thehousemag.bsky.social, I delved into what the workload looks like, why it's growing, and what this means for how MPs can balance the different aspects of their role

Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Labour is still relying on Andy Burnham to help them win in Gorton and Denton, despite blocking him as a candidate www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Well, now all the fuss has died down we can all relax and enjoy @adambell.bsky.social on Labour's 2030 clean power mission www.politicshome.com/news/article...

A fascinating "why format matters" example here. Making this the text of your post would be standard government minister boilerplate. Posting it as a screenshot in the official font makes it look like you've been asked to carry the portrait of Lenin at the May Day Parade.

Baz on fire: www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted *And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it Full story: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

Mandelson helped sever New Labour from its roots – moral decay was the result ✍️ Jon Trickett www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

As discussed here.... www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...

On the toilet eating a burger while ketamined up to the gills

If only there had been signs www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2007/news/bl...

Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.

"In retrospect Prime Minister, was his nickname of The Prince of Darkness not a tiny bit of a red flag?"

No defence of him AT ALL but when you consider this comes *after* he’s allegedly sent him financially sensitive info this is an incredible illustration of how thoroughly played Mandelson was

This is great: Meet Hereditary Peer Lord Hampton – The Only Serving Teacher In Parliament www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Another banger

Heartbreaking to have pretty much left Twitter and subsequently learn a new centrist party has been launched

🧐 “In line with the plan of Starmer allies, which was revealed by PoliticsHome on Thursday, the vote went against Burnham and he was blocked from running.” www.politicshome.com/news/article...

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Conservative councillors nationwide have told PoliticsHome they are being offered senior roles and parliamentary selection to defect to Reform UK in the coming months. www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Pretty amazing that govt has plopped this online, to what can best be described as a collective shrugging of shoulders www.gov.uk/government/p...

Interesting to see Trump apparently confirm the use of a sonic weapon in Venezuela

An interesting piece from the NSPCC - A social media ban would punish teens for the failures of tech platforms www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

🚨Scoop: the government has told Labour MPs that the decision to scale back jury trials could be reviewed if the court backlog is reduced to a certain level, PoliticsHome understands www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Chinese embassy approved. Now the Chinese have to face the British final boss: NIMBYs and the courts t.co/b7pHCQ9EVh

A friendly historian might wish to tell Shabana Mahmood what happened to Millbank prison...

Said it before, I’ll say it again, Badenoch is Sean Dyche

While there is a Lot Going On, those wishing for a distraction may be interested in this little bit of history I wrote, for @thehousemag.bsky.social, on the intriguing relationship between espionage and stage magic... www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Trying to square this story with the fact that Britons also trust us less than estate agents pressgazette.co.uk/news/survey-...

Terrific piece

You might read the opening of this and be stunned beyond belief but that would be to forget that politics is an entirely vibes-based activity now (apart from some concerns about the City of London) www.londoncentric.media/p/laila-cunn...

This is clearly depressing and radicalising in a way a tax wouldn't have been.

How Robert Jenrick's Defection Unfolded www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Badenoch has missed a trick not doing her sacking Jenrick video like his fare dodging one. Chasing him through Portcullis House saying 'you're bang to rights'.

Kemi Badenoch: "I have sacked Robert Jenrick... I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his Shadow Cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party." 😲

🚨 The latest edition of the House is out now! The home security and espionage edition Try a sample and subscribe: www.politicshome.com/house-magazi... - Tom Tugendhat interview - The secret world of female spies - Is Parliament under threat? - Undersea cable threat

Here’s a piece from the latest @thehousemag.bsky.social from the esteemed @gordoncorera.bsky.social on how spies target Westminster www.politicshome.com/news/article...

The government retreat over AI and copyright is the headline, but yesterday's evidence from Google was also... interesting. thecritic.co.uk/arti...

Exclusive: Government Considers Watering Down Mandatory Element Of Digital ID www.politicshome.com/news/article...

👋I've got a few new followers, so I wanted to reintroduce myself + flag what I love writing about General political themes welcome & I'm always looking for new topics to cover Particular interests: - Education (in particular SEND + universities) - Local government + upcoming elections - Digital ID

From @bengartside.bsky.social - Spies Have Been Hidden In Embassies For Years. But For How Much Longer? www.politicshome.com/news/article...

One of the finest plaques to be spotted in Oxford

Exclusive from @zoecrowther.bsky.social: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging the government to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK" www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Reform has a problem: years of this before the next general election... www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Who would NEU members vote for if there were an election tomorrow? 🟢Greens - 23% 🔴Labour - 18% 🟠Liberal Democrat 7% 🔵Conservative 4% 🟣Reform UK 6% 🔺Your Party 3%

They don't make lives like this any more www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...