Ah fond memories of doing the night shift on the Election special, producing the great iain watson. Election nights in the newsroom were the best! #LocalElections

My thanks to Kwasi Kwarteng for joining me and Sir Richard Dearlove, a fascinating conversation. He reflects on what went wrong in the mini budget, his relationship with Truss, life after high office and the current crises in the Conservative Party podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/one…

Thank you to Martin Pengelly for covering our interview with Kwasi Kwarteng in the Guardian. “Kwasi Kwarteng calls Liz Truss ‘kind of Trumpian’ over firing by tweet” theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Kwasi Kwarteng calls Liz Truss ‘kind of Trumpian’ over firing by tweet theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Abetting war crimes: 'China has been hit with sanctions by the US for supplying 'critical inputs to Russia’s military-industrial base' for use in the war against Ukraine.' 'Nearly 300 entities in Russia, China and other countries' have been targeted. theguardian.com/world/2024/may…

Cannot repeat enough that LAPD/CHP/cops last night let the people who did this simply waltz away into the night

With aid flows to Gaza increasing, now would be a good time for the UK to resume funding #UNRWA . The UN have accepted all the recommendations of Catherine Colonna’s report. Other major donors incl Germany Japan and Canada have resumed. US funding stuck in Congress. Uk should move now.

The quotes from #Biden officials in this Barak Ravid piece underline the extent to which there's still no actual strategy in place -- for #Gaza or wider #MiddleEast issues. They miscalculated in Jan 2021 & have been in reaction mode since October 2023.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has not gone at all to plan. Russia's incurred heavy losses. Yet today, while exhibiting Western military hardware captured in the war, Moscow claimed “[Russia’s] victory is inevitable.” I remember a Soviet poster that declared: “The…

Adam Fleming looks at Humza Yousaf's resignation. Who will become the new first minister? What does this mean for Scottish independence?

#Newscast is on BBC Sounds now bbc.in/4aTvvEf

This is the 3rd instance of Russians in Germany killing Ukrainian refugees. What is Germany going to do about it?

More than 5 years of explaining & analysing the big stories of the week. It was always a privilege. A place of respect where widely differing views could be discussed civilly. Thank you to our amazing panelists & #BBCSevenDays crew. And I got to work with this guy …..👇🏻❤️❤️

It’s sad to be saying goodbye to #BBCSevenDays . The programme was the very first show I presented on the BBC and will always hold a special place in my heart.

I’ve been able to speak to great panellists and of course co-present alongside the best of the best.

Thank you. ♥️

What a difference a weekend makes: