As contemptible as Tory Prime Ministers have been from Cameron onwards, at least not one of them is on trial for paying hush money to ladies (or indeed gentlemen) of the night so as to commit electoral fraud.

Yet.

Home Office Permanent Secretary Matthew Rycroft confirms today's Times report that multiple countries were approached for a Rwanda-style scheme.

And they rejected it.

Exclusive extracts from Liz Truss's book 40 Days to Save the West as told to @otto_english

bylinetimes.com/2024/04/15/liz…

How to quantify how bad Brexit has been for the Conservative party: only 16% of Remain voters intend to vote Tory at the next GE, down from 20% in 2019 - next to only 35% of Leave voters going Tory next time, down from 72% in 2019.

Extraordinary. And not in a good way.

Dear 🇬🇧,

I can't stop thinking about my employer caring so little about suicidal doctors that it's chosen to cut the 0.007% of its budget it spends on the mental health service that helps keep them alive.

Thanks, @nhsengland.

And they wonder why doctors are leaving in droves.

“By far the biggest benefactor from unincorporated associations is the Conservative Party, which received £22m from such bodies in 2010 compared to £9.5m for Labour and £6.2m for the Liberal Democrats.”

New public opinion survey from Office for National Statistics (ONS) on the most important issues facing the UK today.

Seems incredible Sunak's Tories are still pumping money into the needlessly cruel and extortionately expensive Rwanda scheme when THIS is what people actually care about.

One of the great broadcasters of our time. What a shame the BBC is losing - no, jettisoning - such talent.

I would just point out that the “Mail” probably doesn’t give a damn about the outcome of a police investigation and has already discounted the possibility of a criminal charge.

The truth is irrelevant if all you’re doing is running a smear campaign.

Dr Simon Ubsdell I’ve been working with a group of women to try to find ways to recruit more women in public life. Holding events, spending our own money if we can’t negotiate a deal on a venue.
Women are very reluctant to put their heads above the parapet. This won’t help!

If, as so many on the right are hoping, Angela Rayner is hounded out of frontline politics (or worse), what a shameful signal that will send on so many levels, and how shameful anyone who abetted it.

And no, your faux 'probity in public life' defence cuts no mustard.

Femi Oluwole, 'I just find it incredible that the very existence of this Conservative government is based on the idea that we should be controlling our borders, not the EU' Femi

'And now the same government is complaining that the EU is not controlling our borders'…

One of the BBC's best journalists decides to leave after management shuts down its flagship in depth news format.

Great to see so many influential voices join forces to call for young people to register to vote.

Young Londoners are the future of our city. Yet one in three eligible to vote are not registered.

Don't let other people decide your future: #GiveAnX

theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

To everyone celebrating in London, and across the world: Happy Vaisakhi!

London's Sikh community continue to make a crucial contribution to our capital - economically, socially and culturally.

Vaisakhi di lakh lakh vidaiya!

À deal looks close on Gibraltar and relations with Europe.

The Telegraph's take is quite instructive.

Bound up in it is all the complexes vis-à-vis Europe.

But behind the noise, there is a lesson here for third countries.

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Excellent line from a very good thread.