I love the line about 'the unforeseen quantity of water in the ocean, which nobody could have predicted.' #LizTruss Via Private Eye Magazine

Spotted in a bookstore in the City of London just now…

This actually isn’t a parody. I know!

letter to the Times from a former Conservative MP

Today's the last day you can register to vote before the local elections. Remember under new government measures, you will also need photo I.D. and if you're under 25, you must be carrying a swan and be able to recite Pi to 1,000 decimal places.
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I am doing one of these on 24th April, being interviewed by Jonathan Maitland
Come along, West London. The Trusster is almost bound to make an appearance.

Such a laugh doing this with the peerless Mr Steel.

'The Israeli Defence Force should be ordered by the United Nations to leave Gaza, and instead use their power to attack the management of the British Post Office.'
The brand new episode is out, with my guests Jan Ravens & Elliot Steel
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NEW: Rwanda’s state-owned airline RwandAir turned down a UK government proposal to transport asylum seekers to Kigali last year because it feared damaging its brand
W/ William Wallis FT 1/3
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For Liz Truss, the Queen's death was all about Liz Truss.

'When the queen died so soon after Truss had become her 15th and final prime minister, Truss writes, the news came “as a profound shock” to Truss, seeming “utterly unreal” and leaving her thinking: “Why me? Why now?'...'

1 in 10 of us face a 3 week wait for a GP appointment. With hundreds of GPs facing closure wait times could get even higher. The Government need a proper plan to save GPs from closure. Agree? Join me today & sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop… via 38 Degrees

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 It's the Mail vs Angela Rayner 🥊🏘️ Russ Cook has run the length of Africa but 'Big Running' isn't keeping pace🏃‍♂️👟 Plus – How to cheat, from an infidelity coach 💔👪

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Something about the beauty of this has sent me into a sort of meditative state.

People in Gaza have been driven to use animal feed as flour, but the hunger crisis in Gaza has now reached unprecedented levels, and people have run out of even animal feed to eat.

Aid getting into Gaza is still insufficient. Please, give what you can bit.ly/3FmJVhPfc

What a treat! Can’t wait to listen to this.

This was so much fun and I hope it’s fun to listen to ! ! !

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy. That’s more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding for creative arts at university level is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic…

We’re back! And more buried in balls than ever before.

God, well done Sir Alan Duncan. This needs to go far and wide. He is not the only sensible Tory on this either - I really hope others now have the courage to speak out.

In memory of James Kirby, a fellow Light Infantryman, with whom I served in Germany & Bosnia with 2LI. Killed in Gaza earlier this week, working for World Central Kitchen. A fine soldier & a great bloke. Not forgotten. Cede Nullis