Honour guard for Sunak at German Chancellery. Speculation the troops have cut their trousers short in his honour

Beating Jim Pickard 🐋 at his own reflection game

very much focused on my shorthand at this precise moment in time

watching Sunak in Warsaw announcing pledge to lift defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% of GDP by 2030

story here on @ft website

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PM in huddle on plane. Asked him about Ukraine’s difficult summer ahead. He told me: “It’s imp we cont to support Ukraine…we’re stepping up, that’ what situation demands & requires…it is imp Europeans invest in their own security…I’m v proud UK has always led in that regard

Rishi Sunak will unveil an extra £500mn of military funding to Ukraine on Tuesday and announce the largest supply of munitions to Kyiv as the UK prime minister travels to Poland and Germany to reinforce ties with key European allies, Jim Pickard 🐋 reports. ft.com/content/7452a8…

Telegraph column section enters emo phase

Labradors - double coated, waterproofed & insulated - were bred from St John’s Water Dogs, carefully selected to retrieve fish from the semi-arctic waters of Newfoundland and Labrador for their fishermen owners.

Here are 3 of them, begging to get inside to escape light drizzle.

am i crazy or do these gloves fit perfectly?

What is this? How much money does Rishi Sunak's wife make every minute? So what?

statistic of the day:

“the FTSE-100 is just 16% above its 1999 dotcom-era high, while the S&P has more than trebled in value in the same period”

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big scoop here

Ahead of today's speech on the rule of law, I talked to Jim Pickard 🐋 about its importance for our standing in the world.

A Labour government will always respect the separation of powers and champion Britain's legal services.

Full piece here ⬇️
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Most surreal photos you'll ever see - thread 🧵

1. Eruption on Mount Etna gives the illusion of a Phoenix in the sky

I’m sitting in a London pub wearing running gear and a tinfoil cape while strangers buy me beer. Works every year. 😉🍻

feels like the ECHR is going to become quite the political battleground in the next Parliament, especially if the next Tory leader accepts exit

This is a great interview and Shabana Mahmood is going to play a big part in any future The Labour Party government