Don't forget to register for tomorrow's webinar 🚨 Trinh Tu, Gideon Skinner, Ben Zaranko and @lucyidunn.bsky.social will be discussing the upcoming Autumn Budget. Register here👉 bit.ly/49zQzBN

@lucyidunn.bsky.social will join Trinh Tu, Gideon Skinner and Ben Zaranko for our Autumn Budget Briefing webinar. The panel will discuss the potential societal, economic, and political implications of the Chancellor’s upcoming announcement. Join us on the 18 November 👉https://bit.ly/49zQzBN

🎙️ Spoke with @luketryl.bsky.social on the podcast today about the Green party’s leadership contest, the dynamics between the rivals and why frontrunner Zack Polanski is taking inspiration from Reform ♻️ Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4obv...

🎙️ Great to have @markdiffley1.bsky.social on The Spectator’s Coffee House Shots discussing John Swinney’s indyref strategy, who constitutes the group of pro-indy non-SNP voters and if there’s a ceiling to Reform support in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/4wmP...

Some personal news: I am delighted to have been promoted to Political Correspondent at The Spectator. Drop me an email/message for tips, stories or if you’d like to grab coffee 🗞️

Ash Regan finds Nigel Farage’s ability to ‘shake things up’ refreshing at a time when Scottish politics has become ‘quite dull’: ‘It’s virtue-signalling politics where everyone’s trying to out-compete each other to show how perfect they can be.’ Read here 👇 www.spectator.co.uk/article/ash-...

New: I visited the pub Mike Amesbury drank at before going on to punch a constituent. The barman and locals explain how they voted in Thursday’s by-election… and what they actually think of Reform 🍻 www.spectator.co.uk/article/now-...

Invaluable election day guide from @lucyidunn.bsky.social: key timings, contests and narratives shaping up www.spectator.co.uk/article/your...

🎙️ Was great to host today’s Coffee House Shots podcast with Spec Econ Editor Michael Simmons and More in Common’s Luke Tryl – on the Chancellor’s plans in Washington and how big a part the economy will play in next week’s local elections 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/2TfI...

💥 NEW: Since Keir Starmer’s Labour party swept to victory last summer, the new government’s DfT has logged 76 mobiles as missing while eight have been reported stolen – a rate of more than two a week 👇 www.spectator.co.uk/article/loui...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are the Scottish Tories becoming irrelevant? Wednesday's Survation poll suggested the group could be halved at next year's election – and they don't yet have a Reform-specific strategy as support for Farage's party continues to rise in Scotland www.spectator.co.uk/article/are-...

Great to be in The Spectator magazine this week on the rise of physician associates in the NHS 🏥 While there are areas where overworked clinicians would be desperate for extra help, there is no future for a health service that sees PAs acting like doctors www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 On The Spectator’s Coffee House Shots podcast today discussing former first minister Nicola Sturgeon’s news that she will stand down as an MSP in 2026 🎙️ Can listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6iMl...

I was in Hull last night for the unveiling of Reform’s new mayoral candidate: ex-Olympian Luke Campbell ‘It’s with his earnest, straightforward style that Campbell will endear voters to him. Certainly on the policy front, the boxer is much less well-versed’ 👇 www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-...

The system that allocates UK med students to foundation jobs is in desperate need of change. Punishing medics by sending them across the country against their will won’t improve retention Blog on how the recruitment process has left medical grads disillusioned 👇 www.spectator.co.uk/article/juni...

The SNP may be outperforming Scottish Labour in the polls, but the party of government still faces tough questions on its record as it approaches the Holyrood election – not least given the widening deprivation gap Blog on this week’s education figures 👇 www.spectator.co.uk/article/scot...

so much for Trump’s 4% claim

The Scottish Tories lose a sixth councillor to Reform – and the Farage-led group claims it now has 9,000 members north of the border Meanwhile Scottish Labour is performing poorly in polls and politics professor John Curtice warns RefUK will split unionist vote www.spectator.co.uk/article/refo...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and his depute Jackie Baillie U-turn on gender bill stance on the Holyrood Sources pod – as public opinion changes with Sandie Peggie/NHS Fife case. Another less than favourable headline just days before their party conference www.spectator.co.uk/article/scot...

🎙️ Lovely to be on BBC Radio Scotland this morning with Bernard Ponsonby chatting about new polling ahead of 2026, the challenges facing both SNP and Labour & the rise of Reform 👇

The popularity of weight loss drugs is soaring – but there remain unanswered questions about side effects and long term impact 💉 Wrote on why we should be wary of seeing semaglutide as a quick fix 👇 www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...

In my first post on here, I’d love to highlight this piece on Reform’s surge in Scotland – after a Tory council leader defection and polling suggesting the party could take as many as 15 seats at the next Holyrood election 👇 www.spectator.co.uk/article/what...