Not sure the Tories realise how damaging ditching any pretence at fiscal credibility is for them. The appearance of it (if not the reality) was core to their brand back when it had any worth.

Something that constantly amazes me, as an ex-Civil Servant: the fact that today’s Ministers so often simply aren’t over any of the detail. I recall Ministers who struggled, but at least they made the effort. This lot appear to have no interest in doing so.

Sunak’s “best day” is promising to return defence spending to the level that they inherited in 2010. Astounding. Slow 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Oh and Montgomerie used to be vaguely interesting until he swallowed the Brexit pill and went potty.

#sophiefromromania is watching the stand to make sure there’s no trouble

Flag obsessives hijacking the national symbols again, making it impossible for anyone to celebrate the day. Round balding middle aged men wrapping themselves in flags, getting pissed and screaming at police a nice way to celebrate the richness of English culture is it? Fuck that

Who is Sunak's position even meant to appeal to? Who's in the voter demographic which demands harsher treatment of UK allies in Afghanistan? Of all the obscene hills to die on.

Incredible. Conservative London mayoral candidate Susan Hall now tells LBC she's backed universal free school meals for primary school children all along 'and that can be documented'.

Here she is just earlier this month calling them 'wrong' and twice saying she'd scrap them

Liar, liar, someone call the fire brigade….

Today Labour announced its Rural Crime Strategy. This will be very important for Bedfordshire and is reflected in my mission for improving our county’s policing. It was good to discuss Labour’s strategy and my missions with ⁦Steve Reed⁩ and ⁦⁦⁦Alistair Strathern⁩

Labour keeps scoring in Luton!

This is another example of the Tories letting the people of Bedfordshire down. The number of patients in Luton, Bedford and Central Beds per GP is higher than national average. The government is unfairly underfunding both our GP services and police; and local Tories accept this.

Fraser Nelson and Andrew Neil have been running a campaign for months to get our Government to NOT “stay the hell out of it” by blocking the sale of the Telegraph and Spectator to a UAE backed consortium.

Industrial scale hypocrisy.

“Real English” clearly don’t even know their own history. Nor anyone else’s for that matter.

I still struggle to accept that Grant Shapps is defence secretary

We have had this lovely stray (female) brought into us from the NE10 area.

She is chipped however we have been unable to reach the person who is registered as the owner.

If you have any info, please call us on 0191 653 1052.

Thank you ❤️

This - from a govt that wants to cut benefits for the most vulnerable > 'The deal will cost £1.8m for each of the first 300 deportees, the National Audit Office has confirmed.'> UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Thrilled to have reached 41,000 followers on here - there is still a great classics & archaeology community on here, & it is a pleasure to continue sharing #Roman sites & artefacts to as many people as possible, & to learn from others doing the same. Thank you all!

Happy St George’s Day to all in Bedfordshire.

Jessica Elgot Pippa Crerar I know?!! It was absolutely disgraceful! Cringeworthy, rude, dismissive and disrespectful. I was ashamed and embarrassed. Really felt for Pippa Crerar Very pertinent questions that deserved a response? Keep going Pippa Rishi Sunak did himself no favours today.

Extraordinary moment in the press conference just now where Sunak deliberately blocked NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg from answering Pippa Crerar's question about the next election.