Great evening at @BritishInsurers dinner with Maxine Goddard.

Remember: we’re not so bad.

In 1956, Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin visited London. All smiles, they met with the Conservative Prime Minister Anthony Eden. It was deemed a charm offensive, but on one evening with the Labour Party, Khrushchev's charm was very much switched off. 🧵

12 Canary Wharfs eh? 12 places whose success will be underpinned by large UK government investment in better transport? A Jubilee Line and a DLR for every Northern city? I can't wait.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Vladimir Putin: “We know from our history from what happened in the 1930s and 1940s. What happens if you continue with an appeasement policy that's failing? People often ask the question, where will Putin stop? Putin will stop where we stop him.

With mortgage rates rising rapidly, this week we split the results by tenure and our most recent data for comparison is mid April. Labour's lead among mortgage holders has increased from 19 points in April to 31 points now. Tories lead only among outright-owners

Pretty brutal to watch the UK fall like a decade behind the US in real per-capita consumption

There are no more borders in the European Union. However, you will always know where the Netherlands begins.

Forget the insane Barbie Movie marketing frenzy, what about Sindy, the brave, noble British underdog? Love this by ⁦Sarah Ditum⁩ thetimes.co.uk/article/64b419…

Let slip the dogs of war

Ironically the membership was ludicrously given the power to select Prime Ministers only when membership was less than a tenth of this number.

Northern Ireland protocol Arlene Foster: ‘Biggest regret’ not pulling plug on confidence and supply agreement with Tories | belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…

An essay for The Times (written to coincide with the publication of #Pax), on the splendour, the strangeness & the terror of the Roman Empire during its heyday thetimes.co.uk/article/roman-…

Brilliant 😂

According to our VI merge from 31 Oct-17 Jan, the Conservatives are holding on to only 55% of their 2019 vote, compared to 82% for Labour. 21% of 2019 Tory voters say they intend to back Reform UK, and another 15% are going to Labour Labour’s biggest leakage is 9% to the Greens

People who accidentally found their doppelgängers in museums - a thread 🧵

The swing in post-war elections, including what current polls point to for this election.

What an extraordinary woman, incredible bravery thetimes.com/article/725c6f…