Don't doubt that if Trump and Vance had been in Zelenskyy's position at the start of the invasion they'd have been on the first helicopter out of Kyiv.

Look Metro Manners - it's the lesser spotted shiny new metro in action at Seaburn on the Sunderland line. A rare sight, but always good to see...

Morning coffee with a view of the pier.

Beautiful morning for a bit of marshalling #parkrun

Haggis AND black pudding for breakfast, bitches.

Your semi regular reminder from me that these are local elections, fought on often complex local issues which deserve better than being treated as fodder for over excited lobby correspondents. Oh, and thanks to all the #localgov staff who make them happen. #LocalElections2025

Greatest semi final ever? This has to be up there. #InterBarca

Every year I get slightly slower... Always good fun tho and thanks to all the volunteers that make events like this happen. #sunderland10k

.Zoe Gardner having a former UKIP apparatchik for breakfast on the radio just now while calmly presenting the facts. Great radio, but more heat than light on this issue today. #migration

🚨| The president of the American Federation of Musicians issued a statement in response to Trump! “The American Federation of Musicians will not remain silent as two of our members — Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift — are singled out and personally attacked by the President

yeah sex is cool, but have you ever watched Man City miss 308 shots on goal while 1-0 down to Crystal Palace

My youngest doing his bit to encourage more volunteers at our #parkrun parkrun UK - please note, chocolate is not available every week...

Thoughts and prayers with SJP...

Apropos of nothing: London is a much safer city than it was 15 years ago

Lovely line in the Times on Tebbit: "When informed about the then Prince Charles’s reported sympathy for the unemployed he noted that it might be because the prince was himself unemployed."

It's the annual 'Champagne at Lords, bitches' tweet.

Got one of those top 100 things 'to do' in #Newcastle. Coming in at number three is The Bishop Of Newcastle 🫨 - which seems a bit presumptuous to me given she's a woman of the cloth...

If only all the Monday mornings were like this...

Liked this. What. A. Series.

Violent, lawless, broken Britain? The facts tell a very different story My Times essay:- thetimes.com/article/63b7ff…