Edited my profile bio.

Here’s Andrew Hunter Murray launching his new book, A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO BREAKING AND ENTERING, out next week.

He had me at “crime caper / satire on the London property market”.

Congratulations to The #PressAwards Daily Newspaper of the Year category winner The Times and The Sunday Times

Not, I grant, the most pressing issue of the day but I continue my protest against The London Library, a great cultural institution, giving an uncontested platform to an entirely worthless conspiracy theory - letter in The Telegraph today.

Just to note the amazing number of times Ian Birrell is shortlisted for awards and the number of times he wins them. He really is one of the most impressive journalists of our generation.

What if Jeremy Corbyn was still Labour leader?

“We would be in shreds going into the next election”, says Peter Mandelson.

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Thank you for inviting me to be on the panel to talk about the impact of Holocaust Memorial Day, with Lord (Eric) Pickles and Andy Lawrence. Always in awe of Olivia Marks-Woldman and her fantastic team.

Reducing the salience/profile of Liz Truss would in any sane world be a strategic electoral & political priority for her own party. Obviously her opponents should try to maintain her prominence even if she tried to keep a low profile.

On the How to Win an Election podcast I often explain that political controversies are noise rather than signal. But that’s not true of the Premiership of Liz Truss.

The ECHR has been a huge force for good but it now needs saving from itself. Reforms are needed to blunt populist challenges

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I've just caught up with the closing down of the National Conservatives conference in Brussels by a local mayor. This is an act of illiberalism worthy of a Putin or a Lukashenko and should be condemned.

I've said it before, I'll say it again. If you're not listening to the 'How to win an election' podcast you're not truly interested in electoral politics. Such a must listen every Tuesday. The Matt Chorley, Polly Mackenzie, Daniel Finkelstein, Prince of Darkness combo is divine.

This is a classic property of all policy, that there is some anomaly or difficulty or complexity which is a drawback. In this case there are basically three options. 1. Don’t do it all 2. Ban all smoking for everyone 3. The Sunak policy with the two classes problem. You just have…

Helene von Bismarck Indeed, There's a follow up too (The Ratline), attempting to trace Ottoe Wächter's attampts to escpe justice.

But good though they both are, I think I'd give my vote to Danny (Lord) Finkelstein's Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad.

Currently listening to Daniel Finkelstein extraordinary book 'Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad'.

It's a timely reminder where extremism can lead. I also loved his story about 'Betty from Nottingham'. What an incredible lady she was.

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🚨 Joe Shields via IG. You beautiful man.

I have seen many tweets labeling King Abdullah of Jordan a 'traitor' for intercepting Iranian rockets and drones flying over his own country.

A traitor is someone who betrays his own country and its interests.

Here are the facts:

1. #Iran violated #Jordanian airspace.
2. Iran…

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The crazed rush to insist that the Bondi killer was Muslim by some and Jewish by others - when in fact he was neither - is another example of how much this platform is just somewhere people come to have their confirmation biases further confirmed.