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Happy 1st birthday to us! A year of Not Another One podcast with ⁦steve richards⁩ ⁦Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧⁩ ⁦Miranda Green⁩ and me. Concept was Tim’s - on most political podcasts everyone agrees. We disagree but we like each other. Here’s to year two. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/not…

Elon Musk — rocket man, billionaire, genius — couldn’t manage to reform government. Why not? My column on lessons from the Doge debacle thetimes.com/article/56323a…

Great fun to be on Radio 4 Any Questions last night, repeated 1.10pm today bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

I’m afraid I think Steve Bannon is right here: Musk’s foray into politics - for all of his hope and potential - ended up being destructive over all. thetimes.com/article/c09d3f…

Today, Ukrainian intelligence reportedly launched 117 attack drones from trucks that had been placed near Russian air bases. I tasked several collects this morning via Umbra and my first images have already started processing. What a remarkable success in a well-executed

💥 Thrilled to be joining Times Radio to become its Political Editor! I am looking forward to joining such a talented team – and bringing the ins and outs of Westminster to its wonderful listeners! Can’t wait to get stuck in

UK defence spending pledges, vs other NATO members

The Times at One with Andrew Neil on Times Radio 1pm today. Everything you need to know about the defence review, the small boats crisis and Labour’s troubles.

Avoids the main question: if the public elects a government to act, and the courts block that government’s actions, how is that democratic?

Fascinating profile of this week's Hamilton by-election by Lucy Dunn spectator.co.uk/article/can-sc…

So tonight's STV debate will be Reform vs SNP. Labour concede their candidate for Hamilton is too bad to put on TV. Which makes you wonder: why field him as a candidate?

They remain so unhappy that it’s possible he will have the whip removed soon

This is the Scottish Labour candidate for Hamilton who refused to take part in tonight's 10.40pm STV debate. He agreed instead to a Q&A: even that didn't go v well. x.com/i/status/19295…