"Tu es Petrus". Oggi Papa Leone XIV inizia il suo Ministero petrino. C'è un legame indissolubile tra l'Italia e il Vicario di Cristo. Il popolo italiano guarderà a lui e alla Chiesa come guide e punti di riferimento, in questo complesso tornante della storia.

“The Government is trying to sign us up to a regime that will follow the EU but we'll have no say as to how laws are made…this is surrendering a degree of British sovereignty.” Labour’s ‘disastrous budget’ is why businesses are shutting down right now, says @AlexBurghart.

Great to join Alex Burghart on the morning media round for Conservatives today!

Great to be out campaigning with ⁦Timothy Barnes⁩ and other ⁦CLWCA The Two Cities #TwoCities⁩ councillors and activists in the West End today !

Only 16% of Brits think that Rachel Reeves is doing a good job as Chancellor - the same level of support that Kwasi Kwarteng enjoyed post mini Budget, according to Ipsos

A 9-year timeline for 3% of GDP on defence—well outside OBR window, outside this Parliament & at upper boundary of Russian reconstitution timelines—and given new commitments incl 12 SSN-AUKUS, is unworkable and everyone knows it. Something has to give. bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz63…

TRANSLATION This is a Strategic Defence Review without the money *It’s just words*

Problem with Starmer’s line that setting a date for 3% would be “arbitrary” and “fantasy politics” is that NATO is literally setting a date for *3.5%* (2032). And surely the fantasy is announcing loads of expensive defence projects without saying how and when you’ll pay for them?

🔴 “UP TO a dozen new submarines” … in the same way I hope to buy UP TO a dozen Aston Martins by the end of the next decade The Govt has not put up the money for these subs This is just chat

Sounds like FCDO, MOD and HMT need a bit of a chinwag thetimes.com/uk/defence/art…

If treaties get in the way, we will leave them. Join me at 11am as I launch a major commission to tackle our rigged system.

Out campaigning with ⁦Elizabeth Amos⁩ in the West End today for ⁦CLWCA The Two Cities #TwoCities⁩

Just published my first substack post on AI and Strategic Reasoning based on my experiments with Gemini 1.5. More to come... open.substack.com/pub/leokeay/p/…

The small print of the Spending Review is explicit that some big increases in council tax are coming It assumes that councils will increase council tax by 5% a year for three years to fund the settlement for local authorities, which includes adult social care It also assumes

4,400 business leaders have moved abroad in the last year in the biggest wealth exodus from Britain in recent history Big spike in recent months, with April exits up 75% on last year Analysis of 5 million company filings by Ben Stupples Max Harlow bloomberg.com/news/features/…

A full 1970s economic meltdown is underpriced 🔴 The Govt is borrowing dangerous sums 🔴 The cost of borrowing is very high and rising 🔴 Tax is set to rise and when it does … 🔴 The economy will contract Without a change of course, something is going to give

Canvassing in Hyde Park Ward ✨ CLWCA The Two Cities #TwoCities #HydeParkWard #twocities #canvassing

Quite a thing to slip out on the day of the Assisted Dying vote

A great day out campaigning for ⁦CLWCA The Two Cities #TwoCities⁩ in Lancaster Gate!

Great to join ⁦Sanzhar Abishev⁩ ⁦Tim Mitchell⁩ and ⁦Elizabeth Amos⁩ campaigning for ⁦CLWCA The Two Cities #TwoCities⁩ in Covent Garden