.Anushka Asthana: You took Putin to the judo…You had beers with Xi….is there any way back for them?

David Cameron: I think with Putin, absolutely not

The Foreign Secretary says that whilst Putin’s actions are unforgivable, it's right for the UK to engage with China

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.Robert Peston: Is there a feedback loop...between polls & outcomes?

Sir John Curtice (@whatukthinks): No…take the example of 2017…Theresa May was not a very good campaigner...polls tempted her to call the election, sure, but it was her campaign that probably threw it away

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Tonight was the debut of our first ever AI focus group with Whitestone Insight

Watch Anushka Asthana break down our exclusive findings, incl. the public's worries about global conflict and whether they believe politicians can deal with them👇

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'I'm not interested in the words, I'm interested in the action & what I can see is that changes are being made... So far good progress, not enough, more needed'

Foreign Sec David Cameron tells Anushka Asthana Israel needs to make more progress on getting aid into Gaza

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The other thing to point out is - Dublin regs weren’t working in a way that countries were satisfied with. Certainly wasn’t seen as some magical solution

Good to see David Cameron talking about these issues in Kyrgyzstan. Right now part of the answer to how Russia is managing to equip its war machine is by importing sanctioned items via the Caucasus & Central Asia.
Including items from the UK!

I asked David Cameron about this The Sun story while travelling with him in Central Asia. “These are very disturbing reports,” he said, and if right “then it is extremely worrying and extremely irresponsible for Russia to do this”.

Currently in Kyrgystzan with the foreign secretary David Cameron who admitted that Russia is using central Asian countries to side step sanctions & build it’s “war machine” - including with British equipment itv.com/news/2024-04-2…

Lord Cameron visits countries wooed by Russia and China, ITV News Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana reports itv.com/news/2024-04-2…

Scope are calling this a “full scale assault” on disabled people.

The PM is now pushing ahead with a consultation on Personal Independence Payments that was almost published previously (but was considered too controversial). It has some pretty radical ideas including replacing cash payments with access to treatment 1/