I’ve had so many lovely, supportive messages today from viewers, contributors & colleagues. A huge thank you - every single one means the world to me. As for what happens next….let’s see. BBC News (UK)

Someone clearly owns an EU policy phrasebook! McDonald's gets the domain name nosilverbullet.eu to put forward their views on the draft packaging law (pushing against the proposed ambition on reuse in HORECA)

We are at European Parliament , starting an exciting panel debate on the future of #packaging and the launch of the @kearny report #NoSilverBullet - follow this thread for insights!

“Best sustainable solutions come from industry, not politics” MEP Massimiliano Salini now live opening the panel and discussion

The King 👑 Join us in wishing Sir Kenny Dalglish a very happy birthday 🥳

The editorial note on the bottom of the Politico interview with Macron:

I feel your pain …

One key message from our series - brilliantly produced by Georgia Catt - is that impartial reporting is not ‘she says this, he says that, the truth lies somewhere in between.’ Often it does not. Being impartial doesn’t mean being neutral. It means being truthful.

“Bakhmut is burning” Jonny Jonathan Beale and team with Ukrainian troops, who’re fighting on the outskirts of the besieged city, and monitoring drone images from above the city centre. Great 🎥work from Lee Durant

#Paperpackaging has the highest recycling rate of all packaging materials. In the 🇪🇺: 🟢82% of paper and cardboard packaging is recycled. 🟢75% of paper packaging is made of recycled paper. #PPWR could incentivise innovation in #recycling to get these rates even higher up. 👇

What we know so far about the suspected terror attack in #Brussels: 🇸🇪 - Two Swedish nationals confirmed by authorities to have been killed with a gun. 3⃣ - Unverified video of attacker circulating on social media in which a man claims to have killed three people and to be a

Deal! #AIAct

How many seats have Reform cost the Tories ? In many so far … and it is early admittedly … tories would almost certainly have won the seat if Reform had not eaten into their tally . So it’s not quite the Labour swing it appears ..

This is an election the Conservatives have lost , and not one, despite the narrative many are pushing, Labour have won. The deciding factor ? The votes that Reform have denied the Tories in those seats they are losing to Labour. #GeneralElection2024

Prof Sir John Curtice lays out some brutal facts to put this Labour landslide into perspective: — Labour’s vote share in England has *stayed the same* since the last election — Most of the Tory losses are explained by former Tory voters choosing Reform — Keir Starmer has won

I just can’t get past Labour winning 65% of seats off 34% of the vote. Absolutely wild mismatch between the headline result and, well, everything else. Britain is now a multi-party system, and first-past-the-post can’t cope.

I said just after the exit poll dropped at 10pm last night that we were experiencing the most significant general election result since Margaret Thatcher's victory in 1979.  I haven't changed my view, though 1979 and 2024 could not be more different in the explanations for why

He gets my vote.* I live in London so I don’t technically get a vote, but still.

My Dad, marking 50 years - yes, that’s half an actual century - of working at the BBC. Talk about setting the bar high.

He’ll be back …😉