In The Times Geri Scott writes "Several unions remain furious about the (Labour) party’s retreat from self-identification." Genuinely curious on unions + trans sel-identification. Which ones? Conference policy? Have GS's made speeches against Labour policy? Tom Harris 🇬🇧

Should Johnson, Hancock and Cummings go on trial for unnecessary death of 23,000 fellow citizens?

Excellent Sudan explainer on Sudan in The Standard by Robert Fox 2 x as many deaths as Gaza but anyone seen a protest demo? Key player in slaughter is UAE favourite tax dodging sinkhole of Tory rich and Farage Cult groupies Anna van Praagh

Have all Hungarians forgotten the lessons of Munich 1938 and Budapest 1956?

Pour la Fondation j-jaures Jean-Marc Ayrault, dit que les référendums en FR, NL qui ont rejeté le traité constitutionnel européen en 2005 , a été un signal d'alarme, dix ans avant le Brexit, pour que les élites de Bruxelles changent de cap. @pervenchesberes Martin Schulz

Social Democracy's Lost Spark: When the Third Way Led Nowhere socialeurope.eu/social-democra… Kind of Polly Toynbee to quote from diary I published covering first Blair gov 1997-2001 but not sure 'esprit d'escalier' will be understood in Downing Street

Trump plays Mandani beautifully. As democratic world in dismay at Trump forcing Ukrainians to surrender to Putin the New York Mayor smiles and gurns in Oval Office as Trump’s new bestie Luke Harding Edward Lucas Anne Applebaum

Good Patrick Maguire in The Times on Shabana Mahmood. I know Small Heath, was chair of neighbouring ward in B'ham 1970s. It's close knit MIrpuri community. Lord Nazir Ahmed typical UK Mirpuri politician. Like Donegal faith is fierce. But religion in UK politics very tricky

More than 50 doctors in the UK died caring for Covid patients and BMA states "that must never be forgotten or overlooked in the historical record of the Government’s response to the pandemic". All Brexit era Tory PMs were duds but Johnson was dudder than the others

On Circle line just now and not old but not young woman loses necklace on floor. Young man helps her find it. He and everyone else all white and younger stay seated. London has lost good manner under relentless ME ME selfishness of Murdoch/Mail editors, Farage, Johnson

Qui bono? Who benefits? The answer, when you look closely at the 28-point peace plan, is not Ukraine, not Europe, not ordinary Americans, but the Russian and American oligarchs who have been negotiating behind the scenes argues Anne Applebaum theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/…

US National Bureau of Economic Research paper "The Economic Impact of Brexit" concludes that by 2025 Brexit “had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%”. Investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. Labour Movement for Europe 🌹 🇪🇺 Best for Britain

The Geopolitics of Knowledge: Why Europe Must Reinvest in Its Universities socialeurope.eu/the-geopolitic… Good argument by Manuel Muñiz for socialeurope.org but ignores fact that private sector in US invests in universities. European universities want taxpayers to finance them

Has any proposed peace deal in history included: "$100bn (£76bn) in frozen Russian assets will be invested in US-led efforts to rebuild and invest in Ukraine; - The US will receive 50% of the profits from this venture. - The US will receive compensation for the guarantee?

2 more MEPs close to Farage have been investigated by police over taking money from Putin observer.co.uk/news/politics/…

Thoughtful Patrick Hurley LabourList article on socialism + freedom. Labour was never a social democratic party 1945-79. From Attlee to Callaghan Labour rejected European social democracy. We opted for Labourism in one country. Today Starmer still unkeen, doesn't get Europe

Interesting from John Spellar News this morning.Westminster is a closed system, where even obtaining the phone numbers of political aides, who are paid to speak to the press, can be no simple task. In Brussels, EU press spokespeople have their numbers published online.

So everyone talks about "Autumn Budge, no longer "November statement." So that's 2 budgets a year, plus A/L economic students from pointless OBR popping up now and then with their three pennyworth of observations. No wonder UK isn't governed if all HMT does is prepare budgets

Farage Cult still claiming their DOGE idea pinched from Trump working wonders on local government waste under dynamic duo Zia Yusuf and Richard Tice. But Turmp now is closing down US DOGE. Wake up sleepy Nigel. Your hero knows that gimmicks have short self life in politics.

good to hear Timothy Garton Ash and Michael Crick on Today. 2 writers on Europe and UK politics who have been original and thoughtful digging below surface over many years compared to cliché regurgitators who occupy most broadcasting space Nick Robinson Anna Foster