And they wonder why they’ve got problems

Labour's Chris Bryant:

'What's worse? Losing WhatsApp messages as a tech bro, losing £11.8bn to fraud as chancellor, presiding over the biggest fall in living standards in history or desperately clinging onto power when you're even more unpopular than Boris Johnson?'

#PMQs

Labour leads by 25% in the Red Wall.

Lowest Conservative % with Sunak as PM.

Red Wall VI (11-12 May):

Labour 47% (+3)
Conservative 22% (-2)
Reform UK 16% (-2)
Lib Dem 7% (+1)
Green 5% (–)
Plaid Cymru 1% (–)
Other 1% (-1)

Changes +/- 13-14 April

redfieldandwiltonstrategies.com/latest-red-wal…

Tune in at 7pm tonight to BBC The One Show to hear the stories of Beth and Siôn, two fans who had to shell out hundreds because Viagogo failed to deliver valid tickets.
 
Their stories illustrate why Labour's plans to tackle ticket touting are so important
 
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With news of a potential sale of Royal Mail, I have written to EP Group to call for important safeguards on Royal Mail and its workforce's future [1/2]

I was truly moved by the speech given tonight The Opera Awards by Thangam Debbonaire . I have never heard a politician speak so passionately about the opera and the art and the need for access for all in our society. Restriction only leads to further elitism. Let’s change this

Just arrived. The paperback is out next week with an additional chapter.

This is how one person has reacted to my cancer diagnosis.

‘1in 14 people in the UK work in the creative industries and writers are absolutely essential to that’ - Chris Bryant addressing the APWG meeting

Wait till she finds out who’s been in charge all these years

They did completely mess this up. Yet more proof that they’re in complete decline.

Chris Bryant He's blocked you to try and hide it:

Bill Browder names refineries that are refining Russian oil & then selling it back to us.

He calls for these refineries to be sanctioned or for legislation to be created so we're not allowed to buy oil from these refineries.

Chris Bryant 'I'm not the warrior, I'm the battlefield.' Perfectly summed up. Very best wishes to you.

Many thanks for all the lovely messages of support over my skin cancer announcement yesterday.

One tiny quibble. I know people mean to be nice when they say ‘be strong’, and I’m very upbeat, but it’s also fine not to be.

I’m not the warrior, I’m the battlefield.

Thank you once again Sir Chris Bryant (Chris Bryant) for talking so openly about your own experience of melanoma. Everyone at Melanoma Focus is sending you their best wishes at this time. 💙💛

Great result in the Commons. The House voted 170:169 to allow a risk based assessment at arrest of an MP for a violent or sexual crime rather than just at charge.

Brilliant points have been made by Lucy Powell MP, Chris Bryant, stellacreasy and Diedre Brock.

We’re also grateful to Wendy Chamberlain MP, Jess Phillips MP, Charlotte Nichols and others who have tabled & supported crucial amendments to fight the watering-down of this proposal.

Thank you

As always Chris Bryant is a voice of reason and light in the debate on risk-based exclusion of MPs taking place in the House of Commons this evening.