Made a (first!) visit to Blackpool
Labour victory beckons.. but is Reform UK breathing down the Conservatives’ necks? theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Anthony Blunt, allowed to live out later years without any real penalty .. yet deadlier than Philby ?
thetimes.co.uk/article/anthon…

Summer election? (Contin.)
Home Office to detain asylum seekers across UK in shock Rwanda operation
Exc. via ⁦Severin Carrell⁩ ⁦rajeev syal⁩ theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Defection watch for more becomes Sunak’s latest headache

This is the mayor of Tower Hamlets taking issue - after our report - with decision taken by his own council officials. What happens next?

‘It’s an expression of emotion’: Pro-Palestine mural under review by London council theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

'Fighter not a quitter' territory

Centre of the UK political universe (nearly)

Travelling through Fylde
No “bad people” in sight thankfully

Could a politician present the Today programme?
Ofcom head: “that’s a question for the BBC”
🤔

RIP Frank Field
Genuine maverick - disagree with him or not - in a world of on-message politicians repeating “lines to take”

Police clash with protesters at rally in central London theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Can Russia be defeated?
Wasn't quite expecting Radosław Sikorski takes justin webb all the way back the Crimean War, Russo-Japanese, WW1, Gates of Warsaw

“This remarkable regime..”
Andrew Mitchell’s description of Rwanda might come back to haunt him
#R4today