Apparently Brecon and Radnorshire is very agreeable to visit in June…

If this is true, leaving aside the obvious constitutional issues (once the King has agreed a dissolution can the govt change its mind?), can any party come back from its MPs fighting like ferrets in a sack on day one of a GE campaign after a disastrous launch?

Lots of people asking me where I was when Sunak announced the election. I was inside, because it was raining. Only an idiot would have gone out in that... #GeneralElection

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Can I borrow your cagoule?

We've been lied to. It's time to undo the damage of Brexit!

Great to see Jane Dodds AS/MS 🔶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 at yesterday’s protest standing up for the arts in Wales.

Exactly this. Rhodri Morgan, Carwyn Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and Mark Drakeford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 were all electoral assets. We now have a Welsh Labour FM facing serious questions about his conduct, and whose ratings are through the floor. Unprecedented and interesting times.

Furlough is when Rishi Sunak took an £820bn loan from you, and gave all his best mates nearly £300bn of it.

Oh and he gave you a tiny amount of your own money too.

Exactly this.

The greatest triumph for political comms since the Ed Stone.

“Once, whilst working for the Government, I suggested the PM tell the nation how great he was at planning ahead whilst standing in the rain with no umbrella”

'I've called an election by mistake'

If only there was a £2m media briefing room at Downing Street with a roof and everything...

For liberals and progressives, Starmer in No 10 will mean the start of the fight of our lives. New blogging:

neilschofieldhughes.substack.com/p/for-liberals…

A dismal little man in a downpour, repeating platitudes, struggling to make himself heard over GET TORIES DONE - GENERAL ELECTION NOW!’s sound system. Something quite Shakespearean about Rishi’s ending.

If Sunak’s speech proves anything, it is that the attempt to silence GET TORIES DONE - GENERAL ELECTION NOW! has failed.

I knew I should have picked up a lettuce in Lidl this morning…

'I've told the Prime Minister that if he doesn't call an election today then I will.'

Absolutely this.