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Statement from Lord Field of Birkenhead’s family issued by his Parliamentary office:

A youthful run-in with Attlee, & a wonderful piece drawing on long memories and independent judgements sceptically reassessing his role newstatesman.com/culture/2016/0…

Underlines what we’ve lost with David Marquand

With thanks to Richard Johnson for promoting me to look it up

Among many other things, David Marquand was one of few people still alive today who had dined with Clement Attlee.

I remember this because he wrote a rather acerbic review of John Bew's 'Citizen Clem' and mentioned that Attlee was charmingly self-deprecating dinner conversation.

Anyone living near #Morecombe ? A date for your diary. It’d be wonderful if you could attend Margaret’s funeral to pay your respects on behalf of us all 👇🏼

‘The Prime Minister said it’s fully funded but we don’t know the detail of how it’s going to be funded do we.
Do you know?’

James Heappey- Armed Forces Minister until last month says Rishi Sunak’s £75 BILLION defence spending announcement will be funded by… ‘efficiency drives.’

It’s apocalyptic in Athens right now. Mind you, no filter used.

Staying chilly, but still dry for many - for now, at least.

Here's my latest weather forecast...

Testimony from a filmmaker in Al-Fashir, capital of North Darfur & safe haven, as fighting continues & full RSF advance looms:

'Rapid Support Forces closed all roads leading into the city, and stopped the movement of tankers, goods, fuel, and all aid and commercial convoys.'

Now available on #c4news Youtube channel.
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RFK Jr, Trump’s anti-Biden torpedo turning into a boomerang politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

I wrote about the Tony Travers Conundrum in the Commons Confidential newsletter last week

Moving report by Victoria Macdonald on new play about the awful failure of care for 'Laughing Boy' Connor Sparrowhawk. #c4news Confess that clip right at the end of Connor as a toddler laughing got me a bit.

So many times survivors say the same: we're not interested in money, we want recognition and an apology. #c4news

Water companies 'science led'. #c4news I hear Jim Royle.

'It feels like our government and their government - Hamas - are on the same team and essentially they want to see this piece of land being soaked with blood. IDF member to Secunder Kermani #c4news

Extraordinary interview as member of IDF tells Secunder Kermani that all Gazans are seen as responsible for atrocities of 07/10, that some air strikes seem unnecessary, civilians are killed wantonly and sometimes even deliberately, destruction is carried out unnecessarily. #c4news

Major Heappey getting a bit huffy when Sergeant Jenkins challenged him. #c4news

It seems a bit creepy that they've already identified the ones they're going to send. These poor people already marked. #c4news

Thought they were interviewing Claude Littner there for a second, thought he sounded quite like him. #c4news