Well done. This talk of an establishment ‘hit job’ is so dangerous. Did Theresa May, Cameron, Brown, Blair, Major etc ever complain like that about civil service? With Trump it was the swamp and the witch hunt. Now with Boris we have the blob and the hit job

But could he do it on a cold night at and with Rochdale? Manchester City: 'Hysterical and 'hated at times' - Pep Guardiola is already the greatest - bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

After being sent in to Rye College following lots of political pressure over Catgate, Ofsted found: - no serious concerns - school has ‘culture of kindness and mutual support’ - teachers largely ‘promote debate and manage pupils’ discussions well’ schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-has-no-…

Simon Case, head of the civil service, is back at work - my story: news.sky.com/story/cabinet-…

Power of the media? None of this would have happened without 'Mr Bates vs The Post Office' on ITV.

So happy that my #blacklancastrians exhibition is part of #JudgesLodgings permanent collection ! The museum re-opens next month after its winter break so pop in for a visit. There’s lots to see and the museum staff are amazing!

All this does is highlight the abject failure of any govt doing this work to bring down household bills.

I understand whips have been informed that there will be a bill next Wednesday (13th). All stages in one day. That would imply NICs, not income, because NICs requires separate legislation.

Thanks for the image.

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Very lucky to see Sathnam Sanghera Lancaster University last night with a great turn out from Lancaster Black History Group It feels like we've come a long way in the discussions we're having but clearly there's still some way to go. Nod to the culture wars for LRGS Politics Dept students.

Participation and power of events. Will the Labour manifesto aim to win back these members and voters?

When #Football teams didn't wear adverts on their shirts and didn't change the design of their kit every year - #Blackburn Blackburn Rovers in their best kit ever, 1968. Team had 2 English, 1 Scottish, 1 Welsh & 1 Irish Internationals. We Are THE Rovers BRFCS @roverschat_ ReadRovers.com

Who’s up for starting a GoFundMe to help Matt Smith buy Rovers? 😅 Would love to have someone with his passion for the club in charge! mirror.co.uk/sport/football… #Rovers 🔵⚪️ | #EFL

Great example of media scrutiny here. Both main parties will face some tough questions over the next 6 weeks. The media can help to educate voters before they go to the voting booths

The national service nonsense does give me the opportunity to tweet one of my favourite recent bits of polling when Ipsos actually ran the famous "Yes Minister" questions as a randomised experiment, and showed that it worked.

No no no no no no no. Don’t do this at transition days?! I’m sure it’s a tiny % doing it, but it’s mad. Behave.

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Another scandal that govts of all colours have lacked courage to tackle. Council tax is outdated, regressive, and grossly unfair to those living in poorer regions and in cheaper properties. It needs updating and making proportional to current value thetimes.com/article/642218…

3) US consumers are reacting very very negatively. These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.