I’m sure that’s true if this is what your living room looks like

Andrew McDonald *one* of your living rooms

🇷🇺 Britain's Russia sanctions heralded the end of oligarch's use of England's courts and law firms. Three years later, following increased fees and a dozen successful delistings, data suggests that Russians are returning to litigate in London. My latest for POLITICOEurope

Britain accounts for 40% of phone thefts in Europe

🎙️Westminster Insider is back! What happens when politics and music collide Inside Britpop, Grime4Corbyn, Glastonbury & the rows of AI Crispin Hunt James Schneider Kevin Brennan Caroline Dinenage MP James Frith MP & more! POLITICOEurope

Sexy St. Johnstone at it again

some amazing "Your Party" name suggestions apparently being tossed around on here

NEW: Autumn term tips for Keir Starmer from Westminster Insider! 🎇 - How to reset your govt. EXCL iv w/ the author of Lab manifesto + Kirsty McNeill MP on conference speech, Simon Hart on reshuffles + Poppy Trowbridge on how to make a success of budget! open.spotify.com/episode/1Q2Xp0…

For all the talk about “clear and obvious”, the technology effectively demands full re-refereeing. This is why any tweak, compromise or modification is impossible. The only solution is full abolition.

This is really good from Dan Bloom on the misfiring No 10 machine politico.eu/article/keir-s…

I took Ed Davey kayaking to ask him just how well his Mr Nice Guy routine works. He said his his stunt-laden strategy was inspired by right-wing leaders such as Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson. We also spoke care, restless MPs, and how to fight reform politico.eu/article/uk-ed-…

Mixed reviews of Kemi Badenoch’s first PMQs of new term — she opted *not* to press on Angela Rayner’s tax affairs “Not only did she miss an open goal handed to her on a plate, she didn’t even know where the goal was — inept, incompetent, and out of her depth” Tory official says

🎙️NEW ep 🎙️Can Britain have a proper Green Party? How the party had changed from early days of campaigns on camels & dog poo 💩 🌳Inside Zack Polanski’s efforts to make his party serious Zack Polanski Natalie Bennett Jonathon Porritt Ellie Chowns Jürgen Klöckner Link below ⬇️

New: Reform’s priority at conference was to ensure the party can step out of Nigel Farage’s shadow. Dan Bloom and I spent weekend in Birmingham figuring out how it wants to do this Loads of new reporting on policy process, decision making and more 👇 politico.eu/article/nigel-…

NEW — Nigel Farage pushed personally to have Aseem Malhotra on the main stage due to his links to team Trump, one Reform figure told us Malhotra then suggested Covid vaccines may have caused the king's cancer (Reform distanced itself from his remarks) politico.eu/article/nigel-…

🚨 BREAKING: Peter Mandelson has left as the British ambassador to the US over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Read the developing story: ow.ly/thN750WV3mp

NEW Westminster Insider 🍾 tips for how to survive the Trump state visit! 👑Keir Starmer has sacked his Ambo so needs to listen up to these great insiders: Gavin Barwell Robert Hardman Esther Webber Sir Alan Duncan Andrew Mitchell Kate Fall and The Royal Butler open.spotify.com/episode/6wWgs3…