But, as Reform's leads show, in a situation where just 12% say Britain isn't broken, and more people say 'It's time for change' than before the general election, the risks of rolling the dice on a more American future might not seem so great compared to status quo

What is the Conservative Party's economic argument? What is their answer to the UK's structural fiscal challenges? How would they reform the NHS ? They don't know/care. Their only focus is a bidding war with Farage on immigration. There is no reason for them to exist.

At last, some decent reporting on the ECHR.

Suicide is when someone wants to die. Assisted suicide is when someone helps them. Assisted dying is when someone desperately wants to live, but is dying, & wants the choice to end their life in dignity, before pain becomes unbearable. Morally & emotionally illiterate to conflate

We so desperately need competent, intellectually honest, serious political debate but this… Britain does indeed deserve better

More wealth tax nonsense over the last few days. Evidence is pretty irrelevant to someone who thinks 3% of £620bn is £40bn…

The government's problems are deep, fundamental & structural. Reshuffling Ministers & No10 team will make no difference whatsoever. The issue isn't who's i/c delivery, or who's i/c communications - it's that there isn't a plan to implement or communicate.

It is really incredible how badly the party has fared as opposition. Trump is wildly unpopular but the Democrats even more so because they have no vision and no agenda.

This - intellectually dishonest, cynical, opportunistic and profoundly unserious - captures why the Conservative Party is in a death spiral.

Newsnight graph tonight showing Lab+Con share in 2024 election as 45%. It was actually 58%.

Thoughts on White House seizing control of pool coverage: 1. Next step on the slippery slope is to control who has access to video and audio of presidential events. U.S. military records and distributes audio/video feeds now. Trump could break precedent and limit distribution 1/

French President Macron: The United States should be compensated by Russia for expenses incurred in supporting Ukraine, since Russia started the war.

Britons tend to say it is more important to support Ukraine than to maintain good relations with the US More important to support Ukraine: 48% More important to maintain good relations with the US: 20% Neither: 14%

If you’d asked AI to write a piece of Russian propaganda in the style of Donald Trump, this is what you’d get. Well done America, you’ve elected a Russian asset as your President.

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In 2017, Trump inherited a strong economy, low interest rates, and a generally stable international situation. For the next 3 years, Trump enjoyed the dividends from his inheritance - until he crashed into his first real crisis, the COVID pandemic. 1/x

Why the second administration of Authoritarian-Populist leaders is so much more damaging for democracy.

There’s being bold and there’s being plain bonkers. No-one who thinks for 5 minutes can believe means testing the state pension is a good idea - but that is what @KemiBadenoch says she’s up for

Mark Zuckerberg is an appalling human being

After an FOI dispute lasting 18 months I've finally obtained the official reasons Boris Johnson gave for peerages of Charlotte Owen & Ross Kempsell. The reasons cited for Owen seem thin, inadequate & lacking in evidence, leaving her peerage as a mystery rather than justifying it.