The Conservatives’ decision to ban the great @DavidHencke from the Tory Party conference is ridiculous (he has attended since 1987). Parties should allow all journalists in.

Who could have guessed that Trump's "Give me the peace prize now or I'll go to war with you" strategy wouldn't work out?

Maybe I'm just stuck in the past but on balance I think I preferred the country before we had likely leaders of the Conservative party actively trying to stoke religious conflict on the streets of Britain

Call me crazy but I've got a sneaking feeling that putting the country in charge of a politician who likes to encourage people to publicly burn religious texts won't work out too well

Don’t you live in… Dubai?

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues. Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject. https://t.co/2DjEl2yPNP

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues. Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject. https://t.co/2DjEl2yPNP

There was a 19% increase in recorded religious hate crimes against Muslims last year in England and Wales, according to new ONS figures. This compares to just a 3% rise over the past year among all religious groups targeted by hate crimes

Another @BylineTimes journalist has been barred from the Conservative Party Conference despite having attended almost every conference since 1987. It comes after political editor Adam Bienkov’s pass was also rejected: https://t.co/W9RKoEJjmF

A free press is a vital part of a functioning democracy. That means all sides accommodating critical voices. Even the appearance of Labour and the Conservatives trying to stifle dissent at their party conferences sets us on a dangerous path. https://t.co/XG25wKcpzn

Good to see the union speaking out on this recent trend of political parties banning critical journalists from covering their events. It would also be nice if other working journalists were similarly willing to speak out about it!

The National Union of Journalists condemns the Conservative Party's decision to ban myself and David Hencke from their conference as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech" https://t.co/ZNVnNQcIR1

I'm old enough to remember *checks notes* this morning, when being like China was a bad thing

So the argument is that authoritarian governments using slave labour and crushing dissent is good but democratic countries freely debating ideas is bad?

The Conservative party's treatment of David, who exposed the cash for questions scandal, is a former political journalist of the year, and has been covering party conferences for almost 40 years, is a disgrace https://t.co/ZNVnNQdgGz

Kemi Badenoch's plan to abolish stamp duty would put a £24.5 billion a year black hole in Government finances by 2030, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility

It's never too late

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch. Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

James Cleverly says the opinion polls will now start "ticking up" for the Conservative party.

Kemi Badneoch ends her speech by saying she stands for a country "where people are judged by the content of their character, not the colour of their skin"