For all those joining the great migration, you can find me at @jamesmchapman.bsky.social.I’m not quite ready to give this place up, but Bluesky seems like a much happier place and I’ll be spending more time there.

Restoring tax-free shopping a no-brainer for @RachelReevesMP: all the analysis shows the extra tourist spending that would be stimulated would more than cover the cost, boosting jobs and public finances. We'd also become the only tax-free destination for 450 million EU consumers.

RT @BarristerSecret: That this is presented by the media as “policy” is why we are in this mess. These are not serious people. These are m….

RT @RichardGCorbett: This majority wanting to rejoin the EU continues to grow, slowly but relentlessly…

RT @Zero_4: Highlights of Nigel Farage on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg…. “I don’t know”. #BBCLauraK

RT @PeterStefanovi2: “So you don't know how much it would be in any ballpark?" #BBCLauraK asks Reform UK leader Nigel Farage about his prop….

Amazing preview of Shanghai Me, which opens officially in Mayfair on Monday. The shredded duck with Chinese garlic and XO sauce was my favourite. Attentive staff and a great atmosphere. Amazing views over Hyde Park and Westminster too. ⁦@shanghaime_dxb⁩

RT @NicholasTyrone: I think everyone in the country would be happier if we rejoined the EU - Remainers for obvious reasons, and Brexiteers….

RT @BestForBritain: Alastair Campbell on what Starmer’s answer to Farage should be: "This guy's one achievement in his entire career is Bre….

RT @Eddystone506: OUF. Brexit has cost every UK household £22k👇. @grok. Explain the main reasoning in numbers please.

RT @BestForBritain: "Brexit has been a disaster for British travellers." ⚠️ . "Tourists, students and business travellers have all suffered….

RT @LukeTryl: Obviously it’s only a small handful of by-elections but the fact Reform are failing to hold by elections in seats they won ju….

RT @Haggis_UK: Alastair Campbell says Nigel Farage(Reform MP) needs to be attacked on brexit:. "Nigel Farage's one achievement is brexit. ….

RT @MrLukeGeorge: My goodness @EdwardJDavey is on form today 🔥. Watch Ed go straight into the Hornets nest on GB News and tell some home tr….

RT @campbellclaret: Spot on. And not just the Beeb - @Nigel_Farage gets a very easy ride because he is treated as fellow commentator and fe….

RT @EdwardJDavey: If the only way you'll ever hear someone call out Nigel Farage's destructive, divisive politics on the BBC is for me to d….

RT @MrLukeGeorge: I totally agree with @EdwardJDavey on the BBC love affair with Nigel Farage.

RT @DPJHodges: Surely the child has already suffered enough.

In my time at the Treasury, not once did a civil servant step out of line and cause embarrassment or controversy for ministers when speaking at an event. As I told @prweek, the Cabinet Office should relax a little and rethink its new guidance.

RT @oliverbrown_tel: A victory for nerve, stamina – and highly effective lawyers

Agree with this. Civil servants need to be engaged with communities they are paid to serve while always remaining politically neutral. In my time at the Treasury, not once did a civil servant step out of line and cause embarrassment or controversy when speaking at an event.