Join us at #HorseGuards & along #TheMall in #London on Tuesday 1 November from 11h30 as the #UK hosts the first #ColombiaStateVisit x.com/colombianembuk…

Best wishes to my colleague, Nick Boles. Put the big C back in its box. We need his good sense and positivity in full flow in parliament

Parents of Deepcut recruit Cheryl James to receive human rights award countytimes.co.uk/news/168358/pa…

Hollande's ratings plummet to 4% approval. Had to double check. It's true. Amazing. Can he still be Socialist candidate?

Case for Bank of England cutting interest rates 2nd time has probably evaporated. Not clear it was necessary they did it post-June 23rd

Reassuring to see UK economic growth performance remains strong. Defying prediction. Hard to understand why some refuse to accept good news.

Britain is this year forecast to have the strongest growth of any major economy, via Fraser Nelson

So cross about negativity towards fantastic Nissan decision to build two new models in UK that written blog post at glyn-davies.blogspot.com

Looking forwards to Nov 1st when I put my poppy on.

Stroke survivor from Newtown raises £1,000 for charity countytimes.co.uk/news/168390/st…

Milk price boost for dairy farmers as Muller payments rise shropshirestar.com/farming/2016/1…

Nothing more irritating than academics rubbishing the efforts of those operating at the sharp end, without facing up to the hard decisions.

Personally, never thought of academics as 'experts'. No experience of the real world.

Good to see milk prices starting to rise significantly. At last, prospects looking good for dairy farmers. About time too.

Car chain Greenhous has closed its 'dated' Welshpool car dealership shropshirestar.com/business/2016/…

To be fair, Ed Balls is a much better dancer than I thought he'd be. And very entertaining. Has my vote.

This is no time for Brexiteers to crow. The UK economy is by no means out of the woods. telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/…

Government to overhaul ‘fundamentally flawed’ work capability assessments for disabled people thesun.co.uk/news/2078224/g…

Sensible, serious and reassuring approach from Greg Clark on #marr today