“He was very quick to sneer at Rishi Sunak for being rich…When the boot was on the other foot, he was entirely prepared to kick.” Keir Starmer “shouldn’t be surprised” at the backlash to accepting freebies, says Matthew Parris. @Lara_Spirit | #TimesRadio

King of the freebies has spoken

Ok, who had "he'll accidentally say sausages" in the "defining moment of the speech" sweepstake? Anyone?

“I’ve applied for a few jobs and sadly not even had an interview yet.” Jonathan Gullis admits he’s struggling to return to teaching after losing his seat as a Conservative MP because there are "too many activists in the classroom" @HugoRifkind | #TimesRadio

🎙️ US Election Night Live on Times Radio Stay up with Calum Macdonald and the Times Radio team for real-time results, expert analysis, and updates as the US election unfolds on Nov 5th. Hear from John Pienaar and @AFNeil on the ground in the US 🇺🇸 Don’t miss a moment of history.

Kudos to @rorystewartuk for coming on and doing this.

👀 Lord Mandelson not ruling out ambassadorship to the US after Sunday Times reported he is now the front runner thetimes.com/article/383228…

Mark comes on my show every Monday after 1030am to tell me what's going on in the world. This small taster is a good example of why it's something you shouldn't ever miss.

Thanks to Janice for coming on and speaking about her brilliant piece on such a disturbing case - you can listen back on the pod: pod.fo/e/28e95e

Peter Mandelson is set to be appointed as US ambassador, and everyone is wondering how he’ll handle Trump 2.0. Good thing he told How to Win an Election exactly what he would do about Elon Musk in November. 🎧 pod.fo/e/27df8f 🎙️ @HugoRifkind 🗳️ How To Win An Election

After a year of interviews, GET IN, the full story of Labour’s path to power under Keir Starmer and first months in government by me and Gabriel Pogrund, is out on 13 February. Pre-order it now. amazon.co.uk/Get-Inside-Sto…

“About the most mainstream media organisation you could get, @TheTimes...was the organisation that actually carried on revealing what was happening.” Andrew Norfolk, who spent years reporting on grooming gangs, is frustrated by the notion the press ignored the scandal.

The 🇬🇧 @timesradio @jlpartnerspolls monthly focus group RETURNS tomorrow! We spoke to Labour 2024 voters who are now undecided. What do they make of the Govt, Starmer, and the Reeves reset? Is it Nigel or Kemi catching their eye? Listen in at 11am GMT on times.radio

Gideon Rachman Financial Times Political Currency George Osborne Ed Balls Persephonica Simple Politics Sam Coates Sky Sky News POLITICOEurope Beth Rigby Ruth Davidson Harriet Harman Jess Phillips Congratulations to Andrew Alexander, How to Win An Election (The Times), for winning Producer of the Year 🏆 #PoliticalPodcastAwards

“She was my intern and she said I was the rudest person she'd ever worked for.” @EdVaizey recalls his rocky start with Kemi Badenoch.

Times Radio sets a new record! Over 600,000 of you are tuning in to hear the voice of The Times each week - that's up 23% compared with a year ago. And that's a record total of 4.4m hours listened to each week, according to the latest radio industry results.

Unexpected coda to this abridged story of Starmerism from the perspective of Anneliese Dodds in my column this morning - the soft left have grown a backbone and she has resigned. thetimes.com/comment/column…

The podcast is really motoring with Sally onboard. Do jump on as well.

I talked to Hugo Rifkind about the strange court of Donald Trump, attended by crooks, weirdos, and pro-Russian disloyal Americans. youtube.com/watch?v=g7goMh…

I’ve been nominated for Moment of the Year for my MTG interview!! 😭❤️ Such an honour to be alongside such an amazing lineup, thank you The Radio Academy