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Humza had the decency to go, but what a shambles he leaves behind in Scotland. Meanwhile, Pedro Sanchez stays on in Spain. Both men blame mental strain of the top jobs on toxic political culture and the media. Easy scapegoating when both crises were in fact of their own making

The government’s latest wheeze to fix the teacher recruitment crisis: axe funding to NowTeach which had been beating its targets in finding older people to be teachers. Bone-headed.

There was - rightly - a hue and cry over who could be allowed to own the Telegraph. I can’t remember a precedent for the true ownership of a paper being kept secret. That’s what’s happened with the Jewish Chronicle prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/65…

Watch this carefully: either The 22-mile trip for post-Brexit border controls will involve nugatory checks or the extra red tape - yes, that Brexit word - will lead to higher food prices ft.com/content/b0b1c3… via @ft

Well worth reading. lot of questions, next to no answers

Beyond parody: the Conservative prisons minister who does not know Rwanda and Congo are different countries in the week the government’s flagship deportation plan finally gets through Parliament. Where’s the beef/brief? mol.im/a/13351441 via Daily Mail Online

This is very good - and very worrying: Every Day in Court Improves Trump’s Chances in November nytimes.com/2024/04/25/opi…

We wish you were more educated too.
But coming from Columbia University ….

A Must-Watch - to better understand the herd “activism” of the US students…

🎥 Dave Rubin

Is Georgia Meloni’s right wing government in Italy censoring state media? In our latest podcast, alan rusbridger and I discuss with La Repubblica editor @Maumoi the row over anti-fascism and whether Italy is heading toward Hungary 🇭🇺 illiberalism mediaconfidential.lnk.to/podcastlh

London square in spring

TikTok fortune of billionaire Republican mega-donor Jeff Yass threatened by Washington

Fascinating tale of how all the money in the world can't buy you a ticket out of US-China tensions, by Ryan McMorrow Tabby Kinder Demetri & Alex Rogers

ft.com/content/256a45… @ft

Slow puncture in the City after Brexit - those who predicted as much were rubbished ft.com/content/515654… via @ft

Speaking truth to power

How to deal with Majorie Taylor Greene misinformation about Nazis in Ukraine - a masterclass from Prof Tim Snyder

'Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.”

“I’m first a journalist & a human being and then an Israeli. How could it be any other way?” The veteran Haaretz.com writer Gideon Levy on whether he ever feels a conflict between his identity and his craft. Media Confidential with Lionel Barber mediaconfidential.lnk.to/podcastAh

Exc: Liz Truss broke Whitehall rules by publishing her new book without agreement from the Cabinet Office.

Former ministers are meant to abide by the 'Radcliffe Rules', requiring them to hand over a pre-publication copy of their memoir for vetting.

Truss gave the Cabinet Office…