Putin isn’t backing down. Instead, he’s launched multiple drone strikes in EU territory this past month. Meanwhile, the US is checked out. Putin is testing the waters, and finding them amenable.

How much longer can Starmer survive? www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Some great quotes here on Burnham’s manoeuvring www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Andy Burnham Seen As Better Prime Minister Than Other Potential Labour Leadership Candidates www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Here’s where the Lib Dems are at right now www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) could face the axe under imminent education reforms.

We went and interviewed a Lib Dem in his underground burlesque bar [rejected Vice headlines] www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Every time I look at this image I get annoyed for a different reason, it’s remarkable

Fuck this

A great piece from James Marriott. FWIW I am working on a laptop, I didn't read this on my phone... open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From theonion.com/trump-spends...

As, no doubt, are bad actors working for foreign states. www.wired.com/story/extrem...

Another @philipjcowley.bsky.social banger: “One electoral change has been unrelenting: the growing – in fact accelerating – refusal of the electorate to cast a ballot for either of the two governing parties.” www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Labour MPs versus the everything app www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Characteristically interesting @sophiealichurch.bsky.social piece about the Lib Dems' media strategy. www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Shots fired

Real problems for Starmer www.politicshome.com/news/article...

He’s gone www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Crying at the final quote in this www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2545165...

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Free For Me But Not For Thee: my SKETCH of MPs discussing the Palestine Action arrests.

Here’s a characteristically well sourced @siennarodgers.bsky.social feature on the founding of Corbyn’s new party www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Govt reshuffle by @zoecrowther.bsky.social featuring an excellent infographic www.politicshome.com/news/article...

I know there’s a bit going on but this feature about Reform rubbing up against the reality of local government is great www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Here’s our interview with Nigel Farage ahead of Reform conference www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Nadine Dorries defects to Reform

A troubling bit of data journalism on the closure of the social care visa, from @matildamartin.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/news/article...

"The behaviour of Reform I have described.. is not normal" www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Suspended Labour MPs write for us. Feisty: www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Scoop from @matildamartin.bsky.social - The government is considering imposing further restrictions on international students bringing family members to the UK www.politicshome.com/news/article...

IFG op-ed on the Number 10 reset... www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

"I rise to speak" is to MPs' speeches what "delve" is to students' essays...

'PoliticsHome analysis of Hansard shows that the phrase “I rise to speak…” has been used 601 times across the Commons and the Lords so far this year – compared to only 131 in the first eight months of 2024...' www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Mike Reader MP writes for us, he is unapologetic about his use of AI.. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

I spent the day with Curtis Yarvin and the "dissident right" at a garden party in Surrey and wrote quite a few words about it. My cover story for today’s FT Magazine on.ft.com/4ooXS4t [GIFT LINK! 🎁]

How it started etc

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

I don't think AI is ready for medicine but Google sure thinks otherwise www.theverge.com/health/71804...

Dystopia latest:

This man is a Conservative MP and former No.10 adviser.

I'm not sure given the polling situation that "picking a fight with Liz Truss" is the wisest political move, in terms of optics, from Kemi Badenoch

Weekend wrap on where Labour are over Palestine right now: split.

Literally never misses

Given everything that has happened on Twitter/X in the last 2 years it is astonishing that the govt hasn’t even reviewed its use of the platform

Exclusive: Ed Davey has met with BBC boss Tim Davie to complain about the broadcaster’s coverage, which the Liberal Democrats claim is weighted too heavily in Reform UK’s favour www.politicshome.com/news/article...

For anyone sneering at this, read the Reuters Digital News Report 39% of UK consumers now say they get their news from social media, while TV and print continue to decline reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news...

I mean people joke about this but what's the alternative? It's where a lot of people now get information and you can't just leave that space to misinformation peddlers and those who aren't doing that deliberately but will pick on others' messaging if you don't.

An interesting story about the new face of govt comms

(From the bad place). 84 year old Tom Lehrer gives sample permission