New ⁦The Rest Is Politics⁩ Q and A - do PMs need to be intellectual? Did Ben Wallace jump before he was pushed? How is 🇮🇱 viewed around the world? And why don’t ⁦Rory Stewart⁩ and I understand 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (allegedly) ? All this and more from your great Qs alastaircampbell.org

Yet, take heart: #HMG is taking firm measures to... stop people walking slowly in protest. bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Amazing series, the first 5 episodes made today's run fly past! Just two questions: 1. Could the actual charts be part of the episode notes? 2. I'm dying to know what Hannah Fry 's elevator pitch for this was! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

I'm so tired. Short sentences are useless, expensive and self-damaging. In 2010, Ken Clarke tried to limit them. It was undone by Chris Grayling. In 2019, David Gauke and Rory Stewart tried to get rid of them. Boris Johnson killed it. Now here we go again.

The Romans created tombs for their dogs and gave them epitaphs to remember them by. One such inscription read: "I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home with my own hands 15 years ago." The Ancient Greeks and

You have to hand it to Rishi Sunak though: he's done more to ensure headline coverage of the cause for the repatriation of the #ParthenonMarbles than even Kyriakos Mitsotakis! BBC News - Greece denies promising not to raise Parthenon Sculptures on UK visit bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

I read this and it struck a chord. Thoughts? Adharanand Finn? theguardian.com/sport/article/…

What a stunning book, playfully written but providing the only convincing (and amazingly straightforward) answer to the question of the meaning of life I've come across. Teaches a ruminating depressive to think less and go out running with my dog more often! #TheHappinessOfDogs

Goodmorning Rory Stewart , ALASTAIR CAMPBELL , have either of you read the amazing "The Status Game" by Will Storr ? I would love to hear his analysis of the current shift in world ideology in a long form interview like #Leading.

I spotted this at the Domaine Bataille Waterloo 1815 and thought it would make you smile Rory Stewart

From Canadian Jim Elliott on Facebook. 🧵 1/ "Dear 77,301,997 Trump-Loving, Conspiracy-Huffing, Rage-Addicted Americans (And the Canadian Dumbfucks Who Worship Them) Oh, hey there. Sit down. Read this. Try not to cry.

As a dad to an 8yo boy, I can identify with every word you wrote. I dread watching #Adolescence , but I know I will -and must. And thank you for making this free to read.

And worse, far worse than all that, they take themselves seriously!

You called it Anthony Scaramucci ! BBC News - Trump 'disappointed' with Musk's attacks on budget bill bbc.com/news/articles/…

Wow indeed! Very well said.

We'll have you Άγγελε! But then again we (@lcfc) sacked Ranieri the year after winning the PL and while we were 1-1 with Atletico in the #ChampionsLeague Quarter finals... We probably don't deserve you. onefootball.com/editorial/4121…

I would welcome an in depth discussion on this in an upcoming The Rest Is Politics Rory Stewart and ALASTAIR CAMPBELL . How realistic is it as a solution to current problems, and how realistic is an expectation that there might be a future PM radical enough to deliver it?

x.com/benphillips76/… Chapeau monsieur!