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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Humza Yousaf resigns - Stephen Flynn MP & Anas Sarwar

⏰Political roundup - Natasha Clark
🗳️Local elections - Carla Denyer

Sunak/Starmer Craig Oliver & Baroness Sally Morgan
🇵🇸40-day ceasefire deal - Sam Kiley & Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي💙

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Two thoughts on Humza Yousaf resigning:
- Keeping the very broad church of the the SNP together for so long was an extraordinary feat by Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon. Anyone following them (and their mistakes) was always going to struggle.
- The odds of The Labour Party getting a

'Your point about Ireland is a good one. It is a bit like a bubble in a carpet. You step on it, and it appears somewhere else.'

@CraigOliver10 discusses the Rwanda scheme causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of the UK

#TrevorPhillips trib.al/wkmumC6

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About to talk to ⁦Trevor Phillips⁩ ⁦Sky News⁩ with fellow Specsavers ⁦Christiane Amanpour⁩ ⁦Craig Oliver⁩

Imagine getting this detail…via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/04/23/nyr…

A sad end to Huw’s career at the BBC. Wishing him and his family well.

news.sky.com/story/huw-edwa…

I’ve been talking to emily m and Jon Sopel on The News Agents about why scandals like Mark Menzies’ happen and what it’s like dealing with them…

Great response from Matt Chorley to the suggestion on BBC Radio 4 Today that Liz Truss could be the equivalent of Keith Joseph to Margaret Thatcher, “She couldn’t be Keith Harris to Orville.”

Fascinating Liz Truss interview. Despite going through an entire leadership campaign being told her policies would wreck the economy, she says no one told her & blames everyone else. As ⁦Chris Mason⁩ says: Maybe you’re not very good at politics? bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Congratulations to ⁦James Graham⁩ on winning Best New Play for Dear England at the Olivier awards. You can hear him talking about why he wrote it & other great plays in a two part Desperately Seeking Wisdom with me 👇 or wherever you get podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/des…

With ⁦Netflix⁩ streaming Scoop (portraying real-life media people) ⁦⁦PRWeek UK⁩ asked me what it was like having Rory Kinnear play me in Brexit: The Uncivil War. Excruciating, but I couldn’t complain with a great actor involved… prweek.com/article/186820…

Good to see ⁦The Telegraph⁩ picking up ⁦Tanni Grey-Thompson⁩ Grey Thompson raising the problem of “inspiration porn” talking to me on the Desperately Seeking Wisdom podcast. It’s a great listen on ⁦Apple Podcasts⁩ & elsewhere. DesperatelySeekingWisdom.com telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/0…

A must-read piece by ⁦⁦Henry Mance⁩, taking a sober look at where we really are with AI and LLMs 👇.

AI keeps going wrong. What if it can’t be fixed? via Financial Times
on.ft.com/3J7xNTT

Out now: part 2 of my conversation on Desperately Seeking Wisdom with ⁦Tanni Grey-Thompson⁩ Grey-Thompson. We talk about the importance of learning to respond not react and surrounding yourself with truth-tellers. Available wherever you get podcasts. DesperatelySeekingWisdom.com.

Out now: Tanni Grey-Thompson Grey-Thompson talks to me on the Desperately Seeking Wisdom podcast about what she’s learned from being a top athlete and fighting ableism — including this jaw-dropping story👇. On Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. DesperatelySeekingWisdom.com.

Out now: Tanni Grey-Thompson talks to me on the Desperately Seeking Wisdom podcast about what she’s learned from being a top athlete and fighting ableism — including this jaw-dropping story👇. On ⁦Apple Podcasts⁩ and elsewhere. DesperatelySeekingWisdom.com.

It is shameful that criminalising rough sleepers (ie homeless people) is even being considered by this Government. The proposal should be dropped immediately.

Rishi Sunak faces revolt over plan to criminalise homelessness

thetimes.co.uk/article/fee4bb…

10 years ago today, the first same sex marriages took place in the UK.

It remains one of my proudest moments.

pm-priorities.campaign.gov.uk/david-camerons…